BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hasu P. Shah
Chairman,
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Jay H. Shah
Chief Executive Officer,
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Thomas S. Capello
Founder & Principal,
First Capital Equities

Daniel Elsztain
Chief Real Estate Business Officer & Alternate Director,
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A.

Thomas J. Hutchison III
Former CEO,
CNL Hotels & Resorts and CNL Retirement Properties, Inc.

Donald J. Landry
Former CEO and President,
Sunburst Hospitality, Inc.

Dianna F. Morgan
Former Senior Vice President,
Walt Disney World Company

Kiran P. Patel
Chief Investment Officer,
Hersha Group

John M. Sabin
Executive Vice President,
Phoenix Health Systems, Inc.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jay H. Shah
Chief Executive Officer
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Neil H. Shah
President and Chief Operating Officer
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Ashish R. Parikh
Chief Financial Officer
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Michael R. Gillespie
Chief Accounting Officer
Hersha Hospitality Trust

William J. Walsh
Vice President of Asset Management
Hersha Hospitality Trust

David L. Desfor
Treasurer and Corporate Secretary
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Robert C. Hazard III
Vice President of Acquisitions and Development
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Bennett Thomas
Vice President of Finance
Hersha Hospitality Trust

James A. Crolle III
General Counsel
Hersha Hospitality Trust

Shareholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the Board of Trustees or any of its Committees, may do so by writing to the Lead Trustee, Board of Trustees of Hersha Hospitality Trust, c/o Corporate Secretary, 44 Hersha Drive, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102. The Corporate Secretary will review all communications received. All communications that relate to matters that are within the scope of the responsibilities of the Board of Trustees and its Committees are to be forwarded to the Lead Trustee. Communications that relate to matters that are within the scope of responsibility of one of the Board Committees are also to be forwarded to the Chairman of the appropriate Committee. Solicitations, junk mail and obviously frivolous or inappropriate communications are not to be forwarded, but will be made available to any non-management trustee who wishes to review them.