Mr. Urban has more than 20 years experience in senior leadership positions in business and governmental roles, currently serving as Managing Director to BGR Group, a bi-partisan lobbying, strategic communications and business solutions firm, and Senior Advisor to Gothams, a firm designed to augment emergency management response capabilities, since April 2022 and January 2022, respectively, and Of Counsel at Torridon Law, a high-profile boutique law firm since June 2024. Previously, from July 2020 to January 2022, he served as Executive Vice President, North American Corporate Affairs at ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, a leading social network, and from January 2002 to July 2020, as President of the American Continental Group, a leading bi-partisan government affairs and strategic consulting firm which provided consulting services to diverse organizations including those across the financial services and technology sectors. Mr. Urban previously served as the Chief of Staff for a U.S. Senator, a lawyer in private practice and as an officer in the U.S. Army s 101st Airborne Division where he was awarded the Bronze Star. Mr. Urban is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and serves as a board member at SubCom, a communications systems company, Eos Energy Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq: EOSE), an energy storage and services company and Scientific Applications International Corporation (NASDAQ: SAIC), a technology and engineering services company. Mr. Urban also serves as a director for nonprofit organizations the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund. Mr. Urban holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a J.D. from the Beasley School of Law, Temple University, an M.P.A. from the Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate in Leading Sustainable Corporations from the Saide Business School, University of Oxford, and a Certificate in Geopolitical Analysis from Stratfor/Florida Atlantic University.