Regional Vice President for Ross Stores, Inc. Ross Stores, Inc. ( Ross ) is the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States. Mr. Carter has held several positions during his 18-year tenure with Ross, including Critical Field Leader, under which Mr. Carter led the operational team during Ross s store openings in Chicago in 2011 and New York in 2023. Previously, from 1993 to 2007, Mr. Carter held several positions, including district manager from 2002 to 2007, at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the largest retailer in the world. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Carter served at various times as a director, audit committee chairman, secretary/treasurer and member of the personnel committee at DeSoto Economic Development Corporation. From 2015 to 2023 Mr. Carter served as a director for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas. Mr. Carter graduated from the University of Dallas with a B.A. in Political Science, has an MBA with a concentration in leadership from Walden University, and is a trained executive/leadership/life coach. Mr. Carter s extensive 30-year retail career within public companies in key operational positions, his board experience with for- and non-profit entities, and his expertise in succession planning and strategic/sustainability planning, helped him make significant contributions toward our corporate governance during his first term. In addition to this standing committee assignments, Mr. Carter provided instrumental leadership as chairperson of a special committee organized to investigate and respond to a shareholder inquiry about the design of the Company s long-term incentive program. Since 2025, Mr. Carter has presided over the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Carter is endorsed for re-election.