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Founder of Emergence Equity Management, Inc., Whistle Communications, Inc., Tribe, Inc. and Software As Service, Inc., Gordon Ritter is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and occupies the position of Chairman for Veeva Systems, Inc., General Partner at Emergence Equity Management, Inc. and Venture Advisor at Chaac Ventures. Mr. Ritter is also on the board of 9 other companies. In his past career Mr. Ritter held the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at salesforce.com, inc., Chief Executive Officer of Software As Service, Inc., President at Tribe, Inc., Vice President-Global Small Business Division at International Business Machines Corp. and President at Whistle Communications, Inc. (a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corp.) and Vice President-Capital Markets at Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc. Mr. Ritter received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

Currently, Rubin Ritter occupies the position of Co-Chief Executive Officer of Zalando SE. He received an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Presently, Agnes Ritter occupies the position of Director & Chief Technical Officer at Severstal PAO and Chief Technical Officer & Director-Production at Severstal Management JSC (a subsidiary of Severstal PAO). She is also Chief Technical Officer & Director-Production at Severstal Management JSC. Ms. Ritter previously held the position of Head-Production at Severstal-Resource JSC. Agnes Ritter received an undergraduate degree from College of Europe.

Gordon Jude O'Brien is currently the Chairman at The Middleby Corp.
and the Director at European Touch Ltd.
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He is also the Director at Business Machine Realisations Ltd., the Managing Partner at Cannon Capital LP, and the Chief Financial & Investment Officer at Re:Build Manufacturing LLC.
Additionally, he holds the position of President-Specialty Finance & Operations at American Capital Strategies, Ltd.
In the past, Mr. O'Brien served as a Director at Bridgeport Machines, Inc., Halt Medical, Inc., Aeriform Corp., Inca Metal Products, Chromas Technologies, Patriot Medical Technologies, Inc., BC Natural Foods LLC, Piper Aircraft, Inc., Hartstrings LLC, ThreeSixty Sourcing, Inc., Optima Bus Corp., Confluence Outdoor LLC, Euro-Caribe Packing Co., Inc., Biddeford Real Estate Holdings, Inc., American Decorative Surfaces, Inc., Academy Event Services LLC, Sunvest Industries LLC, Fulton Bellows LLC, JAG Industries, Inc., Liberty Services Corp., and Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. He was also the Principal at Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc.Mr. O'Brien's former positions also include being the President-Specialty Finance & Operations at American Capital Ltd.
from 1998 to 2008, and the Vice President at Pennington Partners & Co. and Penman Partners from 1995 to 1998.
Regarding education, Mr. O'Brien obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago.

Gordon Riske is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at KION GROUP AG and Member-Executive Board at KION Holding 2 GmbH (a subsidiary of KION GROUP AG), Chairman for Egemin Automation, Inc. and Chairman at Egemin NV. Mr. Riske is also on the board of Atlas Copco AB, Weichai Power Co., Ltd. and American Chamber of Commerce in Germany eV and Member-Executive Board at KION Holding 2 GmbH and Member-Executive Board at The Hertie Foundation. In the past Mr. Riske held the position of Chairman for Linde (China) Forklift Truck Co. Ltd., Chairman-Management Board at DEUTZ AG, Vice President-Robotic Systems Division at Kuka Welding Systems & Robot Corp., Director at KUKA Schweißanlagen & Roboter GmbH, Electrical Engineer at Devlieg Machine Co., Chief Executive Officer for Still GmbH, Managing Director at KUKA Deutschland GmbH, Chief Executive Officer for KION Group GmbH and Chairman-Management Board at Linde Material Handling GmbH. He received an MBA from Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich, an undergraduate degree from Lawrence Technological University and an undergraduate degree from Oekreal School of Business.

Presently, Michael Lawrence Gordon occupies the position of Chief Operating & Financial Officer at MongoDB, Inc. Mr. Gordon is also Member-Leadership Council at Tech:Nyc and Member of Cnbc Global Cfo Council and on the board of 5 other companies. He previously occupied the position of Assistant Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble Co., COO, CFO, Secretary & Treasurer at Yodle, Inc. and Managing Director-Media & Telecom Investment at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Mr. Gordon received an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Gordon J. Hardie is on the board of Greencore Group Plc, Aryzta AG and O-I Glass, Inc. In the past he was President, CFO & Chief Administrative Officer at Nordson Corp., President-Food & Ingredients at Bunge Ltd. Chairman-Supervisory Board of Walter Rau Neusser Öl und Fett AG and Chairman of Bunge Loders Croklaan BV (both are subsidiaries of Bunge Ltd.), Director-Americas & Asia Pacific Region at Pernod Ricard SA, Managing Director at Morningside Partners LLC, Vice President-EMEA Region at Foster's Group Pty Ltd., Managing Director at Goodman Fielder Pty Ltd. and General Manager-Marketing at Southcorp Wines Pty Ltd. Mr. Hardie received an MBA from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, an undergraduate degree from University College Cork and an undergraduate degree from National University of Ireland.

Currently, Gordon Young Birrell is Executive Vice President-Production & Operations at BP Plc. He is also on the board of BP Subsea Well Response Ltd. and BP Containment Response Ltd.

Russell L. Gordon is Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at RPM International, Inc. In his past career Mr. Gordon occupied the position of Engineer-Wafer Fabrication Operations at VLSI Technology, Inc., Treasury-Specialty Chemicals Division at Goodrich Corp. and Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a graduate degree from Kellogg School of Management.

Gordon Sanghera founded Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc and Oxford NanoLabs Ltd. Presently, Dr. Sanghera is Chief Executive Officer & Director at Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc. He previously occupied the position of Research Director at Abbott Laboratories and Head-Research & Development at MediSense, Inc. (a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories) and Chief Executive Officer at Oxford NanoLabs Ltd.

Gordon B.
Madlock is currently a Director at Hunter Technology Corp.
and a Member at American Foundry Society.
Previously, he was a Director-Mexican Operations at Lear Corp., a Senior Vice President-Operations at Sparton Corp.
from 2009 to 2019, and a Senior Vice President-Operations at Citation Corp.

Currently, Gordon Hyde holds the position of Vice President-Operations for RPM International, Inc. He received an MBA from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree from Brown University.

Gordon Neil MacLeod occupies the position of Chief Executive Officer of Ryman Healthcare Ltd. Mr. MacLeod is also on the board of 29 other companies. In the past Mr. MacLeod held the position of Corporate Finance Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand. Mr. MacLeod received an undergraduate degree from the University of Canterbury.

Marc D. Gordon holds the position of Chief Information Officer & Executive VP of American Express Co. and Chief Information Officer at American Express National Bank (a subsidiary of American Express Co.). Mr. Gordon is also on the board of American Express Global Business Travel Co. In the past Mr. Gordon occupied the position of Chief Information Officer of Best Buy Co., Inc., Chief Information & Technology Officer at Bank of America Corp. and Chief Information Officer for Timberland LLC. Mr. Gordon received an undergraduate degree from Colby College and a graduate degree from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Currently, James R. Gordon holds the position of CFO, Secretary, Treasurer & Executive VP at First Financial Bankshares, Inc. He is also Member of The First Presbyterian Church (Boulder, Colorado), Member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Member of Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants. He previously was Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at FB Financial Corp. and Chief Financial Officer at FirstBank (Nashville, Tennessee) (a subsidiary of FB Financial Corp.), Chief Financial Officer & Senior Executive VP at The South Financial Group, Inc., Chief Risk Officer for Union Planters Corp., Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Assurance Partner at BDO USA LLP, Partner at HORNE LLP, Partner at HORNE LLP, Chief Accounting Officer for National Commerce Financial Corp. (Tennessee), Chief Accounting Officer for National Commerce Corp. (Alabama) (old) and Chief Accounting Officer of National Bank of Commerce (Lake Charles, Louisiana). James R. Gordon received an undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and an undergraduate degree from Christian Brothers University.

Gordon Lijun Guo is CFO, Executive Director & Executive Vice President at WH Group Ltd. (HK). In the past Mr. Guo was Executive Vice President at Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co., Ltd. Financial Controller at Luohe Chinachem Shuanghui Packaging & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Financial Controller for Luohe Chinachem Shuanghui Plastic Processing Co., Ltd. (both are subsidiaries of Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co., Ltd.).

Gordon Leonard Toll is the founder of Ferrous Resources do Brasil SA. He currently holds the following positions: Chairman at Evraz Group SA since 2010, Executive Chairman at Satimola Ltd., Independent Director at Stillwater Critical Minerals Corp.
since 2021, Director at Brazil Iron Ltd., Director at Oakmont Trading Ltd.
since 2011, Member of Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, and Member of The Institute of Directors (United Kingdom).
Previously, he served as Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Magnetite Mines Ltd.
from 2014 to 2018, Deputy Chairman at Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Chairman at LinQ Resources Fund from 2010 to 2012, Non-Executive Co-Chairman at Petro Matad Ltd.
from 2011 to 2012, Chairman at Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., Non-Executive Chairman at Compass Resources Ltd.
from 2005 to 2010, Chairman at Fortescue Ltd.
from 2005 to 2007, Deputy Chairman at Ferrous Resources Ltd., Director at Mediterranean Resources Ltd., Director at MagIndustries Corp.
from 2011 to 2012, Non-Executive Director at Atalaya Mining Plc in 2010, Director at Avocet Mining Plc, Group Mining Executive at Rio Tinto Plc, and Manager-Mining International at Texasgulf, Inc. He holds a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and an undergraduate degree from The University of Queensland.

Gordon J. Gaudet is Chief Innovation Officer & Executive VP at Selective Insurance Group, Inc. In the past Mr. Gaudet held the position of Chief Information Officer & Partner at Actuarials Exchange LLC, Partner at C-Change and Director-Insurance Core System Transformation at Deloitte Consulting LLP. Mr. Gaudet received an undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba.

William Gordon was the founder of Electronic Arts, Inc. (founded in 1982) and held the title of Chief Creative Officer & Executive Vice President from 1998 to 2008.
He is currently a Director at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (since 2022), Airtime Media, Inc. (since 2012), Flipboard, Inc., Tradesy, Inc., N3TWORK, Inc. (since 2013), Ubiquity6, Inc., Dreamscape, Inc., and Truecaller AB (since 2020).
In his former positions, he was Chairman-Game Design at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, an Independent Director at Amazon.com, Inc. (from 2011 to 2018), and a Director at Audible, Inc. (from 1995 to 1999).
He also held director positions at Linden Research, Inc., MEVIO, Inc., Katango, Inc., Zazzle, Inc., Katmango, Inc., Zynga, Inc. (from 2008 to 2022), ngmoco, LLC, Klout, Inc., Ador, Inc., OUYA, Inc., Betterworks Systems, Inc., Zume, Inc., and Duolingo, Inc. Mr. Gordon received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

John Gordon Coburn (born October 9, 1941)> is Chairman and CEO of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), a global company, which he joined in November 2001 and grew from 61 million dollars to 1.3 billion dollars. Prior to joining VT Systems, he served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). He assumed the duties of Commanding General on May 14, 1999 and retired from the Army in 2001. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army, Pentagon. AMC is one of the largest commands in the Army with over 60,000 employees, and activities in 42 states and more than 24 foreign countries.

Military Career

Coburn is a distinguished military graduate of Eastern Michigan University, where he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in education, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the infantry. He served in various logistics assignments throughout his career, to include Deputy Commanding General, AMC, Alexandria, VA, and Commanding General, U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. He was also the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany, from 1991 to 1992. Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Commanding General, 22nd Theater Army Support Command, Saudi Arabia from April 1991 to July 1991, and as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Procurement, U.S. Army Materiel Command from 1989 to 1991.

Other major command assignments include Commander of Materiel Readiness Support Activity, Lexington, KY, from 1987 to 1989; Commander, Division Support Command, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, from 1984 to 1986; Commander, 124th Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, from 1980 to 1982; Commander, Defense Contract Administration Services Management Area, Defence Logistics Agency, South Bend, IN, from 1978 to 1980; and Plant/Depot Commander, Taiwan Materiel Agency, AMC, Taiwan, from 1972 to 1973.

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Kevin K. Gordon has served on our board of directors since December 2016. Mr. Gordon has also served on the board of directors of Progyny, Inc., a leading fertility benefits management company, since October 2019 and Q Holdco Limited, a private company that provides engineered and elastomeric solutions, since September 2019. Mr. Gordon served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Liquidia Technologies Inc., a clinical biopharmaceutical company from January 2018 until March 2019. Mr. Gordon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc., a research, clinical trial and pharmaceutical consulting company, from October 2015 until October 2016 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2010 until December 2015 (Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. merged with IMS Health Holdings, Inc., an information and technology services company, in October 2016 to form IQVIA Holdings, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical services provider). Mr. Gordon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Teleflex Incorporated, a medical device company, from March 2007 until January 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Gordon held various senior corporate development positions at Teleflex Incorporated from 1997 to 2007. From 1992 to 1997, he held various senior positions, including Chief Financial Officer at Package Machinery Company, a consumer product packaging equipment company. From 1984 to 1992, he held senior manager and other various finance positions at KPMG LLP, an audit, tax and advisory services company. Mr. Gordon holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Connecticut.

Gordon Melbourne Nixon is a businessperson who founded Apollo Healthcare Corp. and who has been at the head of 11 different companies. Currently, Mr. Nixon is Chairman of BCE, Inc. and Chairman of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada (a subsidiary of BCE, Inc.) and President & Chief Executive Officer of Royal Bank Mortgage Corp. Mr. Nixon is also Chairman for MaRS Discovery District, Chairman-Capital Campaign at Queen's University, Member of Order of Canada and Member of Order of Ontario and on the board of 5 other companies. In the past he held the position of Co-Chairman of Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, Director at Business Council of Canada, Chairman at Prosperity Council of Waterloo Region, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Royal Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer for RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer at RBC Social Finance (both are subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Canada) and Chairman of MaRS Discovery District (Venture Capital). Mr. Nixon received an undergraduate degree from Queen's University.

Gordon McKellar Cairns is an Australian businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies and currently holds the position of Independent Chairman for Woolworths Group Ltd. Mr. Cairns is also on the board of 7 other companies. In his past career Mr. Cairns was Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Origin Energy Ltd. and Chairman of Origin Education Foundation Pty Ltd., Chairman at Quick Service Restaurant Holdings Pty Ltd., Senior Manager-Marketing at YUM! Restaurants Australia Pty Ltd., Chairman at David Jones Pty Ltd., Chairman of Rebel Group Ltd. (Australia), Chief Executive Officer & Director at Lion Nathan Pty Ltd., Senior Manager-Marketing at Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd., Senior Manager-Marketing at Nestlé Australia Ltd. and Chairman for Origin Education Foundation Pty Ltd. Mr. Cairns received a graduate degree from The University of Edinburgh.

Mr. Gordon T. Galt is Non-Executive Chairman at Lefroy Exploration Ltd., NuCoal Resources NL, Realm Resources Ltd. and US Masters Holdings Ltd., Chief Investment Officer at Taurus Funds Management Pty Ltd., a Member at Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy andAustralian Institute of Co. Directors. He is on the Board of Directors at Finders Resources Ltd., Taurus Funds Management Pty Ltd. and Taurus SM Holdings Pty Ltd. He began his career as a mining engineer during the Australian coal industry’s era of dynamic growth in the 1970’s and 80’s. He has over 40 years’ experience in technical evaluation, financial analysis, project development and operations, and corporate management and governance. He planned and started Queensland’s first longwall mine as the first Mine Manager at Central Colliery, German Creek (Queensland), was General Manager at Ulan Coal (NSW) during the expansion of its underground mining operations and later was Managing Director of Cumnock Coal. Mr. Galt then became Managing Director of Australia’s largest gold miner, Newcrest Mining Ltd during the implementation and commissioning of the Cadia and Gosowong projects, the development of the Ridgeway project and the early stages of the Telfer redevelopment. He moved out of direct operations /executive roles in 2000 when he joined at ABN AMRO as Managing Director of Energy and Chemicals for Australasia.

Gordon A. Smith is on the board of International Rescue Committee, Inc. and Co-President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co. In his past career Mr. Smith held the position of Chairman of Chase Bank USA, NA, Chief Executive Officer at Chase Card Services and President-Global Commercial Card Group at American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. He received an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Currently, J. Peter Gordon is Chairman at Impala Canada Ltd., Chairman at Norbord, Inc. and Managing Partner at Brookfield Technology Partners. He is also on the board of MAAX Bath, Inc. and St. Michael's Hospital. In the past Mr. Gordon occupied the position of Chairman at GrafTech International Ltd., Chairman for Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and Chief Operating Officer of Brookfield Business Partners LP. He received an MBA from the University of British Columbia and an undergraduate degree from Queen's University.

Currently, Christopher Riley Gordon holds the position of Chairman for Notre Dame Intermédica Participações SA and Chairman of Notre Dame Intermédica Saúde SA (a subsidiary of Notre Dame Intermédica Participações SA) and Managing Director at Bain Capital Private Equity LP. He is also Founding Director at Healthcare Private Equity Association and Managing Director at Bain Capital Partners LLC and on the board of 17 other companies. In his past career Mr. Gordon held the position of Consultant at Bain & Co., Inc. Mr. Gordon received an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.

Currently, Gordon Smith is Executive Head-Technical at Anglo American Platinum Ltd. Dr. Smith is also Member of South African National Institute of Rock Engineering. In his past career Dr. Smith was President of The Southern African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. Gordon Smith received an undergraduate degree, a graduate degree, an MBA and a doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Presently, Ellen R. Gordon is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Ms. Gordon is also on the board of National Confectioners Association of The United States, Inc. and Vice President for HDI Investment Corp.

Presently, Gordon B. Hunter is Chairman for Littelfuse, Inc. Mr. Hunter is also on the board of CTS Corp., Veeco Instruments, Inc., SMC Corp.(US) and Shure, Inc. Mr. Hunter previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Calmar Optcom, Inc., General Manager-Optical Products Group at Intel Corp. and Vice President of Intel Communications Group (a subsidiary of Intel Corp.), President of Elo TouchSystems, Inc., Vice President-Commercial Electronics at Raychem Corp. and General Manager of Optical Products Group. Gordon B. Hunter received an undergraduate degree from The University of Liverpool and an MBA from London Business School.

Gordon Allan Johnston is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Stantec, Inc. In his past career he was President of Consulting Engineers of Alberta. He received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from the University of Alberta.

Presently, Gordon Ian Dingwall holds the position of Chief Information Officer at Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

Currently, Gordon S. Gurnik holds the position of Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at Hilton Grand Vacations Co. LLC (a subsidiary of Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.). He is also on the board of American Resort Development Association and Christel House International, Inc. Mr. Gurnik previously held the position of President of RCI Europe Ltd. and President for RCI LLC. He received an undergraduate degree from Purdue University.

Randy M.
Ritter formerly worked at Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc., as Senior Vice President-Managed Services, Drone Aviation Holding Corp., as Chief Operating Officer from 2011 to 2012, Sprint Communications LLC, as Vice President-Product Marketing, One Communications Corp., as Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing, and Sprint Corp., as Vice President-Product Management.
Mr. Ritter received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Alabama.

Walter Ritter is currently working as a Trustee-Supplementary Insurance at AXA Winterthur since 2013 and as a Vice President at Arbeitgeberverband Basel since 2005.
He previously worked as an Executive Vice President-Global Human Resources at Nobel Biocare Holding AG from 2013 to 2015.
Dr. Ritter has a graduate degree from the University of Basel, an undergraduate degree from the Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich, and a graduate degree from ETH Zürich Human Resources.

Will Ritter currently works at Eavex Capital, as Research Editor from 2012.

Marc Ritter is currently the Chief Executive Officer at AEW Energie AG since 2022.
Prior to this, he worked at BKW Energie AG as the Head-End Customer Sales.

Ira Eliot Ritter was the founder of Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. founded in 2004 where he held the title of Chairman from 2004 to 2012.
Currently, he holds the position of Director at Qualigen, Inc. since 2020, Director at Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. since 2008, and Managing Partner at Stonehenge Partners LLC since 2010.
In the past, he held the position of Chairman at ONTV, Inc. from 1982 to 1985, Vice Chairman & President at Quality King Distributors, Inc. from 1992 to 2000, Chairman & President at Rockwood, Inc., Chairman at Rockwood Investments, Inc. from 1998 to 2001, and Independent Director at Unrivaled Brands, Inc. from 2020 to 2021.
He also served as a Director at Vitavis Laboratories, Inc., Martin Lawrence Galleries, Martin Lawrence Art Galleries, SCWorx Corp., and as a Commissioner at The California Prison Industry Authority.
He obtained an undergraduate degree from The California State University.

James M.
Ritter worked as an Independent Director at WidePoint Corp.
from 2011 to 2018 and also worked at Lockheed Martin Corp.
as a Chief Information Officer.

Stephan Ritter, former Chief Executive Officer-Continental Europe at Arcadis U.S., Inc., General Manager-Global Services at GE Enterprise Solutions, and Chief Innovation Officer at Arcadis NV, pursued his undergraduate degree at Universität Paderborn.

Geralyn S.
Ritter is currently the Director at Business for Social Responsibility, Inc., the Director at Sanford School of Public Policy, and the Director at Power To Decide.
Previously, she worked as the Secretary, SVP & Assistant General Counsel at Merck & Co., Inc. from 2012 to 2020.
She also served as the Senior Vice President-International Affairs at Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America.
From 2010 to 2015, she was the President of Merck Foundation.
In 2020 to 2021, she held the position of Head-External Affairs at Organon & Co. Ms. Ritter received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, her graduate degree from The Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and her doctorate from Stanford Law School.

Allen R.
Ritter worked as a Vice President-Manufacturing at Endocyte, Inc. from 2010 to 2011.
He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Notre Dame, a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and an undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College.

Mary C.
Ritter currently works at Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Inc., as Director, Robert F.
Kennedy Community Alliance, Inc., as Director, and Dr. Franklin Perkins School, as Trustee.
Ms. Ritter also formerly worked at Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc., as Vice President-Strategy & Planning, The Hanover Insurance Co., as Vice President in 2003, and FMR LLC, as Analyst in 1989.
Ms. Ritter received her undergraduate degree in 1983 from the University of Massachusetts.

Ms. Catherine M.
Ritter is EVP, Relationship Manager & Partner at South Texas Money Management Ltd.
She brings a broad range of investment and financial services experience to the firm.
Ms. Ritter is also a board member of Impact San Antonio.
Additionally, she serves on the board of Alpha Home, a non-profit organization licensed to provide substance abuse treatment for women.
Prior to joining South Texas Money Management in July 2010, Ms. Ritter spent 11 years with the Frost Financial Management Group as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager.
She specialized in managing portfolios for trust and estate clients.
In addition to this role she served as a statewide marketing and business development officer for the investment group.
Ms. Ritter started her career in investments at Frost as a research analyst covering consumer discretionary and durable goods sectors.
Prior to the investment industry, she worked in the financial services industry with a specialization in mortgage underwriting.
Ms. Ritter holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Master's of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Her professional affiliations include the San Antonio Estate Planners Council, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the Financial Planning Association.

Michael Ritter is the founder of Maple Media LLC.
He held the title of Chief Executive Officer at the company, although he is no longer active in that role.

Peggy Ritter currently works as a trustee for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Kevin J.
Ritter is a portfolio manager at Western Asset Management Co. LLC since 2006.
Prior to this, he worked as a trader at Payden & Rygel from 2004 to 2006.
He also worked as an associate and portfolio analyst at FH International Financial Services, Inc. and as an analyst at ING Barings LLC from 1998 to 2001.
Ritter received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

Stephen J.
Ritter held several senior engineering positions at various technology firms, including Intel Security Group, McAfee LLC, Persistence Software, Inc., Forcepoint LLC, and Preventsys, Inc. He also served as the CTO and Senior VP-Engineering & Research at Emotient, Inc. and as the Chief Technology Officer at Cypher Genomics, Inc. Currently, he is the Chief Technology Officer at Mitek Systems, Inc. Ritter earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego in 1992.

Klaus Ritter is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at AVI Alpenländische Veredelungs-Industrie GmbH and the Managing Director at EVG Entwicklungs U Verwertungs Gesellschaft mbH since 2012.
Previously, he served as the President & Chief Executive Officer at Stahl- und Walzwerk Marienhütte GmbH.
He also held the position of Deputy Chairman-Supervisory Board at Andritz AG from 2011 to 2016.