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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PAUL BROCKLEBANK

Mr. Brocklebank currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Canal Insurance Company, Canal Indemnity Company, and the Wm. R. Timmons Agency. Prior to assuming that role in 2017, Mr. Brocklebank served as Canal’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Underwriting Officer. Before joining Canal in 2010, Mr. Brocklebank held senior leadership roles at United National Group, SJA Agency, and Royal Sun Alliance, all focused on property and casualty insurance underwriting. He is a graduate of Westminster College, Carnegie Mellon University, and Duquesne University School of Law, where he earned his B.A., M.A., and J.D., respectively. He currently resides in Greenville, South Carolina.

NANCY LYONS CALLAHAN

Ms. Callahan is a global strategy and technology executive with more than 25 years of experience in the insurance, financial services and technology sectors. She currently serves as Global Vice President, Customer Success, for the multinational corporation SAP SE (NYSE: SAP). Her career has included work with start-ups as well as industry leaders including SAP, Concur, AIG, and Reuters. Ms. Callahan also serves on the board of Midwest Holding, a life and annuities company, where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee.

NORA CROUCH

Ms. Crouch is a former Fortune 500 financial services executive, most recently serving as Chief Accounting Officer for Markel Corporation until her retirement in 2020. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, during her tenure with Markel, she served on the Board of Directors of Markel Ventures, the company’s in-house private equity investment arm, and on the Board of Directors of AMF Bakery Systems, Markel Ventures’ first portfolio company acquisition. Ms. Crouch currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the James Madison University College of Business, the Board of Directors of Richmond National Group, and the Board of Directors for John Hancock Life Insurance Company USA and its various subsidiaries. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia.

ANN PELHAM CULLEN

Ms. Pelham spent her professional career in the media industry, retiring in 2008 after 10 years as Publisher of Legal Times, a print and online newspaper focused on law and lobbying in Washington, D.C. She had previously worked at Legal Times, part of ALM, in several other capacities for almost 20 years, beginning as a reporter in 1988 and subsequently serving as Managing Editor, Executive Editor, and Associate Publisher prior to being named Publisher. She serves on the Duke Board of Trustees and is a past President of the Duke Alumni Association. Ann also sits on the board of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. She currently resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

PATRICK J. MULLEN

Mr. Mullen is Director of Strategic Capital Partnerships at Arctaris Impact Investors, a Boston-based private equity firm which manages over $500 million in assets. In addition to leading its Salt Lake City, Utah office, Mr. Mullen has responsibility for several core strategies related to the firm’s fundraising, investment underwriting, and capital structuring practices. Prior to his time at Arctaris, Mr. Mullen was a co-founder and Managing Director of Investing at Sorenson Impact and worked with the Sorenson Impact Foundation from 2010 to 2017. Mr. Mullen has also served the State of Utah as Chair of the Opportunity Zone Task Force, where he successfully led efforts to drive private capital investment in underserved communities. Mr. Mullen’s career has taken him to numerous international locations, including India, East Africa and Latin America, and he has served in Board of Director roles working with management to play an integral role in helping early-stage companies grow and prosper.

CHARLES M. TIMMONS, JR

Mr. Timmons served Canal Insurance Company, Canal Indemnity Company, and the Wm. R. Timmons Agency, LLC in various leadership positions between 1972 and 2009, and most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of those entities before retiring at the end of 2009. Mr. Timmons also previously served on the Boards of Canal Insurance Company, Canal Indemnity Company, Central Investments Corporation, the USC Business Partnership Foundation, and Greenville Artisphere. He currently serves on the USC Insurance School Advisory Board and resides in Greenville, South Carolina.

GREGORY VEZZOSI

Mr. Vezzosi retired in 2016 from a long and distinguished career in the insurance industry, most recently serving in an executive leadership role for CNA. Prior to CNA, Mr. Vezzosi was EVP and Chief Operating Officer for the Argonaut Group. He has also served as SVP for Specialty Commercial Lines at St. Paul Travelers and as SVP and Chief Underwriting Officer for the Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Companies. He began his insurance career at the Chubb Insurance Group, where he rose to more progressive leadership roles over his 20 years there. Mr. Vezzosi is a graduate of Brown University, where he studied Economics. He resides in Beaufort, South Carolina.

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