Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. announced that W. Blake Baird and Murray J. McCabe have been elected to the company's Board of Directors. In addition, Lewis N. Wolff, a Director since 2004, did not stand for reelection and has retired from the Board. These changes are effective as of April 28, 2016 and have expanded the Board to nine members, including eight independent Directors.

Mr. Baird is the co-founder of Terreno Realty Corporation. Prior to co-founding Terreno Realty Corporation, Mr. Baird was President and a Director of AMB Property Corporation and Chairman of its Investment Committee. Mr. McCabe is currently a Managing Partner at Blum Capital Partners, L.P. His responsibilities include overseeing and managing Blum Capital's, and its affiliate Montgomery Street Partners', global real estate-related investment initiatives, focusing on distressed debt, opportunistic equity investments and structured investments in public securities.

Prior to joining Blum Capital in September 2012, Mr. McCabe worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co.