Rick L. Burdick has served as Chair of the Board, a non-officer position, since August 2022. He has been a Director since 1997, when he was elected as an independent director. Mr. Burdick was previously elected by the Board to be its Lead Director, a non-officer position, in May 2007, and its Vice Chair, a non-officer position, in October 2002. Following his elevation to the role of Chair, the roles of Vice Chair and Lead Director were eliminated. Mr. Burdick was a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Akin Gump) from 1988 until his retirement in 2019. Since 2022, Mr. Burdick has served as non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors of AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN). Mr. Burdick is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellow and has earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight through the NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight Program. In his firm management role at Akin Gump, Mr. Burdick gained extensive knowledge regarding the strategic operation of a global professional services organization that is directly applicable in the oversight of CBIZ s professional divisions. His broad transactional experience as both a director and legal representative of large public and multinational companies, and his maintenance of a complex legal practice involving regulatory and financial reporting issues, has informed CBIZ s acquisition program and the management of our highly regulated business operations.