Brian P. Brooks has served on the Board since December 2024. Mr. Brooks is currently chairman and chief executive officer at Meridian Capital Group, one of the nation s leading commercial real estate finance, investment sales and retail leasing advisors, and has served in this role since April 2024. He also served as chairman of NewBridge Capital Advisors LLC, an originator of commercial real estate loans and other private credit products, between April 15, 2024 and July 1, 2025. From September 2023 to April 2024, and before that from February 2003 to May 2011, Mr. Brooks was a partner at the law firm O Melveny & Myers LLP. From January 2021 to September 2023, he was a partner at Valor Capital Group ( Valor ), an investment firm focused on Brazil and US-Brazil cross-border opportunities. Before his time at Valor, he served as chief executive officer of the Bitfury Group, a private company that offers hardware and software for Bitcoin mining and security, from October 2021 to December 2022, and chief executive officer of Binance US, a digital asset exchange and marketplace, from May 2021 to August 2021. Mr. Brooks served as Acting Comptroller of the Currency from April 2020 to January 2021, where he was the administrator of the federal banking system and chief officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ). From May 2020 to January 2021, Mr. Brooks also served as a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. Prior to becoming Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Mr. Brooks served as Senior Deputy Comptroller and chief operating officer. In that role, he oversaw OCC bank supervision, bank supervision policy, economics, supervisory system and analytical support, systemic risk identification support and specialty supervision, and innovation. Prior to joining the OCC, Mr. Brooks served as chief legal officer of Coinbase Global, Inc. from September 2018 to March 2020, where he headed the legal, compliance, audit, investigations, and government relations functions for the company. Mr. Brooks has served as a member of the board of directors of BitGo Holdings, Inc., a digital asset infrastructure company, since September 2025 and as a member of the board of directors of Nubank N.A. (in organization), a leading digital financial services platform, since January 2026. He also advises clients in the financial technology, banking, and digital asset industries through his advisory firm Financial Innovation Partners. Mr. Brooks holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard University in government and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.