Mr. Vernon was a former member of the Board of Directors of Perpetual Federal Savings Bank of Urbana. Upon completion of the acquisition of Perpetual Federal Savings Bank of Urbana on October 1, 2021, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank. Mr. Vernon is the President of Vernon Family Funeral Homes and Set-In-Stone Monuments with seven locations serving Champaign and Miami Counties in Ohio. Mr. Vernon and his family moved to Champaign County in 1999. In 2002, he acquired the first two funeral homes in Mechanicsburg and North Lewisburg, Ohio. In 2003, he added a funeral home located in Urbana. Most recently in 2023, he obtained the funeral homes in both St. Paris and Fletcher, Ohio. Vernon Family Funeral Homes offer a tradition of compassionate, family-centered funeral services. His business ownership and experience in the funeral services industry, as well as his community involvement, enable him to provide knowledge and insight regarding business management and small business operations in the Champaign County footprint and surrounding area. Born in Liverpool, England, he moved to the United States at a young age. Raised in Enon, Ohio, Mr. Vernon is a 1985 graduate of Greenon High School. He graduated from Wright State University in 1987 with an Associate s Degree in Applied Sciences and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1988 with a Bachelors in Mortuary Science. Mr. Vernon currently serves as President of the Champaign County Board of Health and is a Board Member of the Champaign Memorial Foundation, the Maple Grove Cemetery Board, and a member of the Mechanicsburg Lodge #113 F.&A.M. Mr. Vernon currently chairs the Company s Board Compensation Committee and serves on the Audit Committee.