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COMPANY DIRECTORY | BOARD OF DIRECTORS


                                John J. Koraleski                                    Laree E. Perez
                                Former Chairman of the Board,                        Owner and Managing Partner
                                President and Chief Executive Officer                The Medallion Company, LLC
                                Union Pacific
                                                                                     Ms. Perez has been a Director since
                                Mr.  Koraleski  joined  the  Martin                  2004, and is an investment consultant
                                Marietta Board in 2016. Mr. Koraleski                with  DeRoy  &  Devereaux,  an
                                served from February 2015 through                    independent   investment   adviser,
                                his retirement in September 2015 as                  where  she  has  provided  client
                                executive Chairman of the Board of                   consulting  services  since  2015.  She
                                the  Union  Pacific  Corporation  (UP),              was previously Owner and Managing
           which through its subsidiaries operates North America’s premier   Partner of The Medallion Company, LLC, a consulting firm, from
           railroad franchise, covering 23 states across the western two‐  2003 to 2015.
           thirds of the United States. Prior to that, he was named President
                                                                From  1996  until  2002,  she  was  Vice  President  of  Loomis,
           and Chief Executive Officer of the UP in March 2012, elected as a
                                                                Sayles & Company, L.P. Ms. Perez was co‐founder of Medallion
           Director of the UP in July 2012 and appointed Chairman of the
           Board in 2014. Since joining the Union Pacific (Railroad) in 1972,   Investment  Company,  Inc.  and  served  as  President  and  Chief
           Mr. Koraleski held a number of executive positions in the UP and   Executive Officer from 1991 until it was acquired by Loomis Sayles
           the Railroad, including, Executive Vice President – Marketing and   in 1996.
           Sales from 1999 to 2012, Executive Vice President – Finance and   Ms. Perez was previously a Director of GenOn Energy, Inc., a large
           Information Technology, Chief Financial Officer and Controller.   power producer in the United States, where she was Chair of its
                                                                Audit Committee and a member of its Risk and Finance Oversight
           Mr. Koraleski served as the Chairman of The Bridges Investment
           Fund,  Inc.,  a  general  equity  fund  whose  primary  investment   Committee. In addition to civic and charitable organizations, Ms.
                                                                Perez recently served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Regents
           objective is to seek long‐term capital appreciation, from 2005
                                                                at  Baylor  University  and  previously  served  on  the  Board  of
           through March 2012 and is a past Chairman of the Association of
                                                                Trustees at New Mexico State University, where she was also
           American Railroads.
                                                                Chairman of the Board.
           Mr. Koraleski earned a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree
           in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska   Ms. Perez earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in
                                                                Finance and Economics.
           at Omaha.








































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