Ms. Carter is the Executive Chairman of FirstSun and the Bank, a position she has held since April 1, 2022. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstSun from 2005 until April 1, 2022, and she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunflower Bank from 2005 to 2018. She served as a director of Evergy, Inc. and its predecessor, Westar Energy, a publicly traded company, from 2003 to 2022, including as Chair of the Compensation and Succession Committee. She previously served as a director of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a publicly traded company, from 1996 to 2017. Ms. Carter is also a Director of Lockton Companies and serves on its Audit Committee. She also serves on the NPR Foundation Board of Trustees on the Executive Committee, and she is a Co-Chair of the NPR Collaborative Journalism Task Force. She also serves on the Rocky Mountain Public Media Board on the Executive Committee. Her qualifications to serve as a director include her substantial leadership experience as our former Chief Executive Officer, her financial expertise and her significant experience serving as a director, including with a large public company, which provides valuable experience related to corporate governance and compensation matters.