Mr. Caldera has been a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School teaching in the MBA program since July 2023. He has also served as a Senior Advisor to Belay Associates, LLC, a private equity firm, and its Everest Consolidator Acquisition Corp. since March 2021. Prior to that he served as Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and as a Senior Fellow in the Program on Law and Government at American University Washington College of Law from 2018 to 2021. He also served as a Professor of Leadership and a Senior Fellow of the George Washington University Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute from 2016 to 2018. From January 2009 to May 2009, he served in the Obama Administration as an Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Military Office. From August 2003 to February 2006, he served as President of The University of New Mexico, where he was also was a tenured member of the law school faculty from August 2003 to December 2010. Previously Mr. Caldera served as a California state legislator and as Secretary of the Army in the Clinton Administration. Mr. Caldera is the co-founder and co-chair of the Presidents Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. He is also a member of the board of directors of Meritage Homes Corporation. He also served on the board of directors of DallasNews Corp. from March 2011 to September 2025. We believe that Mr. Caldera's knowledge and experience in the leadership of large public organizations, regulatory and governmental affairs, together with his legal training and business and public company board experience, qualify him to serve on our Board. Mr. Caldera holds a B.S. degree from the U.S. Military Academy, a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Age 70.