Mr. Parker is a retired Corporate Vice President of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and GE Capital, where he served as Chief Executive Officer of multiple operating businesses from 1996 to 2009. During his tenure at GE, he was appointed Vice President of General Electric and served on the Company s Corporate Executive Council, GE s senior leadership group comprising its top executives. Mr. Parker currently serves as an Emeritus Board Member of Visible Men Academy, a tuition-free, mission-driven, all-boys, public K-5 charter school in Bradenton, Florida, which he co-founded in 2012. From 2012 to 2021, he served in executive leadership roles, including Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, leading the organization s educational programs, strategic growth, governance, and financial oversight. Earlier in his career, Mr. Parker held senior leadership positions at IBM, Morgan Stanley, and ADP. He has led sales, large-scale business transformations, acquisitions and integrations, enterprise risk management initiatives, and global operational improvement programs. His experience spans insurance, financial services, manufacturing, homeland security, and technology-enabled businesses. Mr. Parker previously served on the Board of Directors of A Better Chance and is an Emeritus Member and former board member of The Executive Leadership Council. Mr. Parker brings to the Board extensive senior executive leadership experience, including international operations, financial management and capital allocation, enterprise risk oversight, Lean/Six Sigma operational execution, sales, supply chain and manufacturing, technology strategy, and enterprise-level transformation.