Ms. Mayfield has served as a member of our Board since July 2023. Ms. Mayfield is the former Chief Communications Officer and Vice President of Corporate Affairs of Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company), a diversified conglomerate whose principal operations include education and media. She served in that role from February 2015 until December 2024 and was responsible for corporate affairs, public relations, communications and strategic initiatives. She joined Graham Holdings in 1998, where she held several executive leadership positions. Prior to joining Graham Holdings, Ms. Mayfield was a Vice President and Trust Officer at NationsBank (now Bank of America) in the Investment Services Division. A director of Founders Bank, a Washington D.C.-based community bank, she has chaired the audit committee since joining the board in 2020. Ms. Mayfield also currently serves as the treasurer of the board of directors of the District of Columbia College Access Program. Ms. Mayfield graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in business administration from Trinity Washington University and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College. She previously served as a member of the board of directors of Ready Capital Corporation from June 2023 to July 2024. Qualifications: Ms. Mayfield is a seasoned finance and banking executive with experience in multiple sectors who brings to the Board extensive leadership and management experience, including in public relations, corporate affairs, communications, and investor relations. She contributes varied perspectives to the Board as well as experience with corporate and board governance, including assessing enterprise risk, regulatory requirements, executive compensation practices and policies and processes to effectively manage and monitor these areas, in support of the stockholders interests. Ms. Mayfield also has experience and understanding of accounting policies and standards, financial reporting, disclosure requirements, financial statements, internal controls, audit (internal and external), complex financial transactions, capital allocation, and mergers and acquisitions.