Diane L. Dewbrey, Retired CEO, Financial Services

Ms. Diane L. Dewbrey was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in November 2018.  Ms. Dewbrey is a member of the Audit, Finance, Executive and Compensation Committees and currently the Chair of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Dewbrey serves on the board of ANZU SPAC (NASDAQ:  ANZU) and Director on the Board of Chandler Asset Management (ESOP). Ms. Dewbrey also is the Chair of the Investment Committee for the YMCA of the USA. Previously, Ms. Dewbrey served as the Nom/Gov Chair for Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBSI) and was a member of the Risk Committee.  Additionally, she was the Board Advisor to Organic Valley Co-op where she assisted the board with governance, audit, and compensation. Ms. Dewbrey previously was the Chair and director of Enventis (NASDAQ: ENVE) until its merger with Consolidated Communications. Dewbrey earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Xavier University.

Prior to serving as a director at Enventis, she held various senior positions at Fifth Third Bancorp, where over an eighteen-year period, she became Senior Vice President, Director of Central Operations and member of the Executive Management Team.  At Foundation Bank, where in her ten-year period with the company, she served as CEO and a Director of the Foundation Bancorp and Bank Board. 

William C. Fallon, Chief Executive Officer

William C. Fallon was elected as a Director of the Company in May 2017, and appointed as Chief Executive Officer in September 15, 2017. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer and Director, Mr. Fallon served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice President of the Company and head of the Global Structured Finance Division. Mr. Fallon also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of National. From July of 2005 to March 1, 2007, Mr. Fallon was Vice President of the Company and head of Corporate and Strategic Planning. Prior to joining the Company in 2005, Mr. Fallon was a partner at McKinsey & Company and co-leader of that firm’s Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice.

Steven J. Gilbert, Chairman of Board

Mr. Gilbert was named Chairman in May 2023 and has served as a Director of the Company since May 2011. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Gilbert Global Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund, Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of MidOcean Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity firm, a Director of Oaktree Capital Management, an investment firm, and a Director for SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation, a publicly-traded company special purpose acquisition corporation and has served in these capacities since 1998, 2005, 2016 and2021, respectively. He was previously Chairman of the Board of CPM, Inc., a global provider of process machinery for the feed industry and Chairman and Senior Managing Director of SUN Group (USA), an investment firm, from 2007 to 2009. Previously, Mr. Gilbert was Managing General Partner of Soros Capital, L. P., Commonwealth Capital Partners, L.P., and Chemical Venture Partners. He also held investment banking positions with Morgan Stanley & Co., Wertheim & Co., Inc. and E.F. Hutton International. Mr. Gilbert was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1970 and practiced law at Goodwin Procter & Hoar in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Gilbert is a Director and Chairman of the Board at Tripointe Homes, Inc., Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., and Fairholme Funds, Inc. He is also a member of the Writer’s Guild of America (East) and the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Director of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. Within the past five years, Mr. Gilbert served as a Director of several privately held companies. Mr. Gilbert has also served on the boards of more than 25 companies over the span of his career.

Janice Innis-Thompson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Litigation & Legal Operations of Nationwide

Ms. Janice Innis-Thompson is currently a director at the Executive Leadership Council and National Forest Foundation. She has also served on Boards for Bridge Builder Mutual Fund, an Edward Jones Complex; The Wardlaw-Hartridge School; Board IQ; New York Police Department Audit Advisory Board; and Hale House. Since 2020, Ms. Innis-Thompson has been Senior Vice President, Corporate Litigation & Legal Operations for Nationwide. For the three prior years, she was Chief Compliance Officer for Samsung Electronics America. Ms. Innis-Thompson earned a BS degree in Public Relations from University of Florida and a Juris Doctor degree from University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law. Prior to her employment with Samsung Electronics America, Ms. Innis-Thompson was Senior Managing Director, Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer during a 10-year career at TIAA.

Theodore E. Shasta, Former SVP & Partner of Wellington Management Company

Mr. Shasta was elected to the Board of Directors in August 2009. Mr. Shasta is a former Senior Vice President and Partner of Wellington Management Company, a global investment advisor. At Wellington Management Company, Mr. Shasta specialized in the financial analysis of publicly traded insurance companies, including both property-casualty and financial guarantee insurers. Mr. Shasta joined Wellington Management Company in March 1996 as a global industry analyst responsible for the insurance industry. In January 2008, Mr. Shasta became a portfolio advisor responsible for senior-level relationship management for existing institutional clients and consultants as well as development of new business, a position that he held until June 2009. In addition, effective January 1999, Mr. Shasta was elected Partner and was promoted to Senior Vice President, and served in such positions until he withdrew from the partnership in June 2009. He also served on Wellington Management’s Audit Committee from January 2004 to June 2009 and was Chair of that Committee from January 2008 until June 2009. Prior to joining Wellington Management Company, Mr. Shasta was a Senior Vice President with Loomis, Sayles & Company where he was an industry analyst responsible for the automotive, freight transportation and insurance industries. Before that, he served in various capacities with Dewey Square Investors and Bank of Boston. Mr. Shasta earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1986. Mr. Shasta is a member of the Board of Directors of Chubb Limited (formerly ACE Limited) and serves as a member of its Audit Committee.

Richard C. Vaughan, Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lincoln Financial Group

Mr. Vaughan was elected to the Board of Directors in August 2007. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lincoln Financial Group from 1995 until his retirement in May 2005. He joined Lincoln in July 1990 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lincoln National’s Employee Benefits Division. In June 1992, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for the corporation. He was promoted to Executive Vice President in January 1995. He was previously employed with EQUICOR from September 1988 to July 1990, where he served as a Vice President in charge of public offerings and insurance accounting. Prior to that, Mr. Vaughan was a Partner at KPMG Peat Marwick in St. Louis, from July 1980 to September 1988.

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