Chief financial officer for Kimball Electronics, Inc., a global electronics manufacturing company, since July 2021, after serving as vice president, finance (from January 2021 to July 2021). She previously served as vice president, financial planning and analysis (from August 2019 to January 2021), director of operations planning (from March 2017 to August 2019), and also held a number of roles of increasing responsibility including regulatory, operations and finance at NiSource Inc., a regulated public utility. Ms. Croom received her Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of Wooster and a Masters of Business Administration from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. She is a tenured utility industry finance executive having worked in both the electric and natural gas business. She has acquired extensive and wide-ranging leadership, accounting, audit, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, tax, treasury and governance skills through her former roles. Prior to her roles at Kimball Electronics and NiSource, she also was employed by American Electric Power Co Inc., an investor-owned electric utility, focusing on investor relations, corporate finance and treasury. Ms. Croom s extensive and wide-ranging leadership, accounting, audit, governance and related skills make her a valuable member of your Board.