Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) ("PAC" or the "Company") today announced that Daphne Bryson Jackson has been elected to its Board of Directors effective December 10, 2021. Ms. Jackson will serve as an independent director and is anticipated to stand for re-election at the Company’s next annual stockholder meeting expected to be held in June 2022. As a member of PAC's Board of Directors, Ms. Jackson will also serve on the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. This election increases PAC’s Board of Directors to eight members.

Ms. Jackson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of DBJ Consulting, which provides strategic advisory and executive coaching services to companies and organizations. Ms. Jackson is also the Principal of GovLink, Inc., a government relations and lobbying consulting firm focused on clients who provide goods and services to large urban municipalities. In 2015 she was one of the founding members of WICERS (Women in Construction, Engineering and Related Services), an annual conference focused on highlighting issues and challenges facing women working in non-traditional industries.

Joel T. Murphy, PAC’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said, "Daphne brings tremendous experience as a leader for over 25 years in governmental affairs, communications and professional development and has shown a deep commitment to corporate diversity and inclusion. We are confident that Daphne will be an outstanding addition to our Board, and we look forward to benefiting from her leadership and perspective."

Howard A. McLure, PAC’s Lead Independent Director said, "Daphne’s appointment reinforces our efforts during the past few years to refresh our Board. As we conducted our process of vetting director candidates over the course of the last several months, it became evident that she possessed the ideal kind of experience and competencies we are looking for as we continue to diversify the skillsets of our directors."

Daphne is a Certified DiSC Workplace Facilitator (Wiley) and is a 1985 graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, MO with a BA in Business Administration. She also holds certificates from Case Western University in Conversations that Inspire: Coaching, Learning and Leadership Change and Georgia Institute of Technology’s International Economic Development Council in Real Estate Development and Reuse.