Ms. Schmidt has been a director of Mercantile since January 2025 and a member of Mercantile Bank s Board since 2023. Ms. Schmidt was recently appointed a member of EMB s Board, effective December 31, 2025, in connection with Mercantile s acquisition of Eastern Michigan Financial Corporation and EMB. Ms. Schmidt is the Chief Information Security Officer at US Foods and responsible for ensuring the security, integrity, and availability of the company s organizational systems, people and processes, a position she has held since 2022. Immediately prior, from 2015 to 2022, Ms. Schmidt worked as Chief Information Security Officer for Farmers Insurance. Ms. Schmidt also sits on the Technology Leadership Team, tasked with providing efficient and secure technology access to employees and customers. Since 2017, Ms. Schmidt has served as vice chair of the West Michigan Tech Talent Council, and since 2020, has served as an executive sponsor of the West Michigan Cyber Security Consortium. She also has extensive knowledge of enterprise business continuity, technology risk mitigation (for example, AI and other emerging trends) and IT compliance. Ms. Schmidt s business acumen and specialized expertise in technology and information security were factors supporting our determination that she would be a valuable member of our Board.