Dexter V. Perry, 56, is a Certified Financial Planner and a registered Investment Advisor Representative with One Providence Capital, LLC, a registered Investment Adviser Firm based in Apex, N.C. Mr. Perry joined our Board in 2021. He began his career as a consumer bank manager and investment sales producer with First Union National Bank. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Duke University in 1991, Mr. Perry served on the board of trustees of the N.C. Supplemental Retirement Plan, chairing the audit committee and the investment subcommittee, the latter of which was charged with overseeing and monitoring plan assets in excess of $6 billion and reviewing the investment manager performance of over 25 individual mandates stipulated by the plan. Mr. Perry also served for three years on the board of directors for the John Rex Endowment, also serving as a member of its finance committee, which oversaw investment assets of over $75 million. He also served on the credit committee for Generations Community Credit Union in Durham, NC until its merger with Self-Help Credit Union, in 2014, and served on the boards of directors of Mechanics & Farmers Bank, Durham, NC, and its holding company, M&F Bancorp, Inc., from 2018 until 2021. Mr. Perry currently serves on the board of trustees of RBC Funds Trust located in Minneapolis, MN and on the board of trustees for Asheville School located in Asheville, NC. Mr. Perry brings to our Board financial, investment and banking expertise, as well as valuable experience and knowledge arising from his board and trustee positions.