Mr. Jones has been a director of Mercantile since January 2025 and a member of Mercantile Bank s Board since 2018. Mr. Jones was recently appointed a member of EMB s Board, effective December 31, 2025, in connection with Mercantile s acquisition of Eastern Michigan Financial Corporation and EMB. Mr. Jones is a seasoned executive leader who is passionate, strategic-minded, and a servant leader with nearly three decades of experience leading teams and managing diverse organizations and individuals while using an equity lens in the public and private sector. Mr. Jones is proficient in both financial and operations management and is skilled at cultivating and enriching relationships. He has a proven track record of leading, advising, communicating, and collaborating across ethnic/geographic boundaries, and he has also served as senior pastor at Brown Hutcherson Ministries (BHM) since June 2021. Mr. Jones was previously a city commissioner for Grand Rapids, from 2016 to 2022, as well as president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of West Michigan, from 2011 to 2020. Mr. Jones currently serves as VP, West Michigan Engagement for Ferris State University. Mr. Jones also brings an important skill set to our Board due to his expertise as the owner and founder of Hekima Group, a consultancy firm focused on Culture, Communications and Crisis, Strategic and Multicultural Communications, Crisis Management, Executive Coaching, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Impact, founded in 2020, all of which were key factors in our determination that he should be a member of our Board.