Director since 2024 Age: 57 Mr. Jones-Tyson is currently the Global Chief Human Resources Officer of Baird Financial Group, a privately held, employee-owned financial services company. Prior to this position, Mr. Jones-Tyson held several key positions at Baird including Chief Risk Officer from 2018 to 2021, Chief Operating Officer, Global Investment Banking from 2011 to 2018 and Director of Corporate Development from 2007 to 2011. Mr. Jones-Tyson has 35 years of financial services industry experience, including corporate and consumer credit and capital markets/ mergers & acquisitions. Since 2022, Mr. Jones-Tyson has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Investors Real Estate Trust, d/b/a, Centerspace (NYSE: CSR) where he serves as chair of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Jones-Tyson serves on the board of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County and is a prior board chair of IFF and Foundation for Homan Square. Mr. Jones-Tyson s qualifications to serve as a director of Associated and member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Benefits Committee include his background in human resources, and his 35 years of experience working for global financial services companies. Mr. Jones-Tyson brings C-suite level leadership and broad knowledge of the financial services industry. He also meets the requirements of an audit committee financial expert.