Cedar Realty Trust announced that Jennifer Bitterman has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Bitterman joined Cedar in 2011 and most recently was Senior Vice President of Corporate and Portfolio Management where she played integral roles in critical strategic and operational decisions, as well as overseeing financial planning and analysis. Ms. Bitterman succeeds Philip Mays who is departing Cedar to pursue another opportunity and has agreed to assist Cedar through late-October to ensure a seamless transition. Prior to Cedar, Ms. Bitterman worked at Morgan Stanley Real Estate in the asset management group and at Credit Suisse performing equity research on the REIT sector. She received her BBA degree with high distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.