Ms. Mielle is one of our independent directors and has served on our board of directors since March 2021, following the completion of our merger transaction with Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation ( Anworth ), Ms. Mielle served on the board of directors of Anworth prior to the merger transaction. Ms. Mielle also serves on the boards of Studio City International Holdings Limited, which operates an entertainment resort, and Tiptree Inc., which provides specialty insurance and investment management services. Ms. Mielle was a Partner at Canyon Capital Advisors, LLC ( Canyon ) from August 1998 to December 2017, where she focused on the transportation, technology, retail and consumer products sectors, specialized in corporate and municipal bond securitizations, and was responsible for all aspects of Canyon s collateralized loan obligations business. Prior to joining Canyon, in 1996, Ms. Mielle worked at Libra Investments, Inc. as an associate in the corporate finance department, covering middle market companies. Prior to Libra Investments, from 1993 to 1995, Ms. Mielle worked at Lehman Brothers as an analyst in the Financial Institutions group, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Mielle holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Stanford University and a Master in Management degree from cole des Hautes tudes Commerciales in France (HEC Paris). She was named one of the Top 50 Women in Hedge Funds by Ernst & Young in 2017. We believe that Ms. Mielle is well qualified to serve as a director due to her extensive experience investing in fixed income and leading capital structure optimizations and restructurings.