Director Age: 68 Director since: 2009 President of Blackthorne Associates, LLC Current Committees: Risk (Chair) Compensation and Human Resources Executive Committees pending re-election at Annual Meeting: Risk Compensation and Human Resources SELECTED DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS: Background as the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of a public company brings strong executive experience to the Board, along with his expertise in finance and marketing Extensive business, corporate governance and risk management experience as a director for both public and private companies, with continued educational certification in FinTech and Compensation and Human Resources CAREER HIGHLIGHTS President of Blackthorne Associates, LLC, which provides consulting services to firms investing in a wide range of consumer-oriented businesses Serves as Director of Alliance Consumer Group since 2024, as well as non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Compensation Committee Serves as Director of Bear Down Brands since 2017 Served as a member of the Board of Darigold as well as Chair of its Audit Committee and Member of its Compensation and Finance and Risk Committees (2017-2024) Served as Director of Gehl Foods, LLC as well as Audit Committee Chair (2015-2024) Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH), which developed, sold, distributed and marketed over-the-counter drugs, household cleaning products and personal care items (2007-2009) Former President of the Dairy Foods Group with ConAgra (2005-2006) Held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance, marketing and general management at Kraft Foods (1981-2004) and was named Executive Vice President and General Manager of Kraft Foods Coffee Division in 2002 Previously served as a director of Sterling before the Sterling Merger.