Mr. Dean has over 30 years of experience investing across public and private markets and advising corporate clients on merger and acquisition transactions. From 1995 to 2015, Mr. Dean worked at Allen & Company LLC, a New York-based investment banking firm, where he was a Managing Director and an equity partner. At Allen & Company, Mr. Dean was the Portfolio Manager of Allen Global Partners LLC, a $1 billion investment fund that invested in equity and credit securities of companies engaged in corporate transactions. In addition, Mr. Dean served on the Executive Committee of Allen Investment Management LLC, the firm s SEC-registered investment advisor, and was actively involved in the firm s corporate advisory, principal trading, and private capital businesses. Mr. Dean began his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. as an analyst in the Media, Telecom & Technology Investment Banking Group. From 2019 to 2024, Mr. Dean served as President of Ada Sand & Gravel, Inc., a southwest Idaho-based supplier of construction aggregates. In 2024, Ada Sand & Gravel merged with Premier Aggregates Holdings, LLC, creating the leading independent supplier of construction and landscape aggregates in southwest Idaho. Mr. Dean also actively invests in private equity, real estate and venture capital through Gemstone Capital LLC. Mr. Dean serves as an Advisory Board Member of Greybull Stewardship LP, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Dean is a graduate of Duke University where he received a B.A., cum laude, in Economics and Public Policy. Our Board believes that Mr. Dean is qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive experience in corporate finance and strategy, investment analysis and capital markets.