Age: 58 Director since: 2025 Partner, Trinity Investment Group; Managing Partner, Stillwater Mountain Ranch LLC Mr. Smith was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 1, 2025, in connection with the Independent Merger. He is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Stillwater Mountain Ranch LLC, a private development in Whitefish, Montana. Mr. Smith is also co-founder and an active partner in Trinity Investment Group, which invests in private equity, public equity, and hard assets. In addition, he serves as an advisor of EAW Energy Partners, an oil and gas minerals acquisition firm. In 1997, Mr. Smith co-founded Walker Smith Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund based in Dallas, Texas, and he served as portfolio manager of that firm for sixteen years. He started his investment career as an energy analyst at Wasserstein Perella & Co., an international investment bank. Mr. Smith serves as a director of Whitehorse Finance, Inc., a closed-end management investment company. He is a member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, an association of business professionals that supports local charitable organizations. Mr. Smith s extensive experience in overseeing the management of investment firms and knowledge of the Texas banking market will afford him the opportunity to make significant contributions to the Board in providing investor perspective and local market experience. Other Listed Company Boards : Independent (2013 to 2024); Whitehorse Finance, Inc. (2015 to present)