Arcilia C. Acosta has served as Chief Executive Officer of CARCON Industries and Construction, a full-service construction firm, since 2000. Ms. Acosta is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Southwestern Testing Laboratories, a geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing firm, which position she has held since 2003. She is a celebrated 30-year business veteran, entrepreneur, nationally recognized speaker, philanthropist and mother. Ms. Acosta has held board-level positions with some of Texas s most successful corporations. She currently serves on the board of directors of Vistra Corporation, a retail electricity and power generation company located in 18 states across the United States and the District of Columbia. She also served on the board of directors of Veritex Holdings, Inc. from January 2021 until its acquisition by Huntington Bank in October 2025. She served on the board of TPG Pace Energy Holdings Corp. and for more than ten years on the board of Energy Future Holdings Corporation. From 2013 until it was acquired in 2019, she served as a member of the board of directors of Legacy Texas Financial Group, N.A., a bank holding company. From July 2018 through February 2020, Ms. Acosta served as a director of ONE Gas, Incorporated, a publicly traded natural gas distribution company and one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Ms. Acosta to numerous positions, including: in March 2016, to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the state s authority on public higher education, for a three-year term; in March 2020, to the Strike Force to Open Texas, as one of 40 members from across the state appointed to this special advisory council; in April 2021, to the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System, with a term expiring in January 2027 and where she currently serves as chair of the Facilities Committee and is the immediate past chair of the Audit Committee; and in November 2022, as one of three co-chairs of the 2023 Texas Inaugural Committee. In 2021, Ms. Acosta was honored with the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Award. She has served as a commencement speaker for four notable Texas universities. Ms. Acosta holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University and a Bank Board Director Certification from Southern Methodist University Southwest School of Banking. She is a graduate of the Harvard University Business School Corporate Governance Program. Ms. Acosta is well-qualified to serve as a director because of her broad range of experience and directorships. With over 25 years of experience as a Chief Executive Officer in the Construction and Engineering industries, Ms. Acosta excels as a high performing leader with the business acumen and analytical skills needed to drive transformation. She also has over 17 years of experience as a board member on publicly traded corporate boards, where she has served as chair of audit, governance, and risk committees.