Mark C. Kilmer is Chair of the Board of The Republic Companies, a partially family-owned business founded in 1916 and headquartered in Davenport, Iowa involved in the wholesale equipment and supplies distribution of energy management, electrical, heating, air-conditioning and sign support systems. Prior to joining The Republic Companies in 1984, Mr. Kilmer worked in the Management Information Systems Department of Standard Oil of California (Chevron) in San Francisco. Mr. Kilmer is currently the Chair of the board of directors of Quad City Bank and Trust, a board member of MercyOne Genesis and the Downtown Davenport Partnership, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Ambrose University. He is a former member of the board of directors of IMARK Group, Inc., a national member-owned purchasing cooperative of electric supplies and equipment distributors. He is a two-term past Chair of the PGA TOUR John Deere Classic and the past Chair of the Scott County YMCA's board of directors. Mr. Kilmer is the past Chair of the board of directors of Genesis Medical Center and has served on the board of directors of the Genesis Heart Institute, St. Luke's Hospital, Rejuvenate Davenport, the Vera French Foundation and Trinity Lutheran Church. He was a four-time project business consultant for Junior Achievement. Prior to joining the board of Quad City Bank and Trust in 1996, Mr. Kilmer served on the board of directors of Citizen's Federal Savings Bank in Davenport, Iowa. In 2014, Mr. Kilmer was named the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by the Quad City Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and along with his wife, Kathy, received the Bethany Homes Leadership Family of the Year Award. In 2016, Mr. Kilmer and his wife were inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Handicapped Development Center. In 2023, Mr. Kilmer was inducted into Junior Achievement's Quad City Business Hall of Fame. We consider Mr. Kilmer to be a qualified candidate for service on the Board of Directors and the committees he is a member of due to his experience leading a successful wholesale and supply distribution business in Davenport, Iowa, one of our market areas, current and prior service on bank boards, including Quad City Bank and Trust, and his knowledge of the business community in the areas in which QCR Holdings operates.