Mr. Brown is President of Bent St. Vrain & Company, LLC, a Denver-based bank consulting firm he founded in 2015. He also serves as director of FirstBank Holding Company, a $27 billion asset bank holding company based in Lakewood, CO. Prior to founding Bent St. Vrain, Mr. Brown was Managing Director at KPMG LLP s Corporate Finance subsidiary from June 2014 until his retirement in October 2015. From 2004 to 2014, Mr. Brown co-founded and served as Managing Director of St. Charles Capital, LLC in Denver, Colorado, where he was also its first President and Compliance Officer. Mr. Brown has specialized in merger transactions and financing for financial institutions, completing over 125 transactions totaling in excess of $3.5 billion over his career. His deep ties to the Rocky Mountain Region s community banking sector are reflected in his involvement in approximately half of all Colorado bank and thrift merger transactions between 1993 and 2015. Earlier roles include Managing Director of McDonald Investments, Inc. (2001-2004) and Executive Vice President of The Wallach Company (1991-2000). Mr. Brown previously served as a Director for the Company from 2005 to 2014, resigning due to changes in the terms and requirements of his employment at KPMG. He brings to the Board extensive expertise in finance, compliance, and banking, along with specialized insight into mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Brown holds a Master s in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Chicago.