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Greg Ness is chairman, president and chief executive officer of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., and Standard Insurance Company. Beginning in July 2009, he served as president and chief executive officer, and was elected chairman of the board in December 2011. He previously served as president and chief operating officer from September 2008 until June 2009. Ness joined Standard Insurance Company in 1979 and has held a succession of positions with increasing responsibilities, including senior vice president of the Insurance Services Group, senior vice president of the Employee Benefits Division, senior vice president of Investments and president of StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, and StanCorp Investment Advisers, vice president and corporate secretary, and vice president of Retirement Plans Sales and Marketing. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington State University, has earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Portland State University and holds the Leadership Institute Fellow designation from the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association (LIMRA). Ness chairs the board of directors of the Oregon Business Council and the Armory Theater Fund. He is a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation. Ness is also trustee emeritus and past chair of the Portland Center Stage board of directors and a member of the SOLVE Founder's Circle.

Cory Harris holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa, and earned both his Master of Business Administration degree and Juris Doctorate from Drake University, where he graduated with high honors and Order of the Coif. Harris is the President of Wellmark, Inc., a mutual insurance company owned by its members and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. On July 23, 2020, the Wellmark Board named Harris as CEO-Elect, to succeed John Forsyth as Wellmark's Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 1, 2021 and appointed him an ex-officio member of the Wellmark Board of Directors. Harris also serves in executive positions for Wellmark's affiliated entities including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc., a health maintenance organization, and Chief Executive Officer of Wellmark of South Dakota, Inc., a health insurance company and third-party administrator. Wellmark and its subsidiary organizations serve more than 2 million individuals across Iowa and South Dakota. Harris joined Wellmark in 2011 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and has held a variety of roles within the organization since that time. He is responsible for driving Wellmark's enterprise-wide operations and performance in all areas of the company. He also oversees the prioritization and execution of the long-term business strategies, initiatives, and innovative efforts that support Wellmark's vision to create a sustainable health care market. Harris is committed to making health care better by leading meaningful efforts to improve the health and wellness of Wellmark's members. He is dedicated to driving team-focused, inclusive and collaborative, cross-functional excellence, while also focusing on growth, financial strength, and operating efficiencies that contribute to Wellmark's long-term success. Having spent much of his career shaping policy and improving operational efficiencies in health care, Harris brings a unique perspective to understanding the complexities and seizing opportunities within Wellmark's highly regulated environment. With an unwavering focus on the foundation of the company - doing what is in the best interest of its members - he is committed to achieving the company's long-term strategic goals. Harris is a member of the Board of Directors of The Wellmark Foundation, a private, non-profit foundation whose mission is to fund initiatives that support community-based wellness and prevention initiatives that positively impact the well-being of Iowans and South Dakotans. He also serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, an economic and community development organization led by business, civic and community leaders and industry experts.

Lisa Hague is a Chief Executive Officer at Nyhart.

Drew K. Horter is the President and Founder of Horter Investment Management, LLC. Mr. Horter has extensive industry knowledge as an Investment Advisor Representative, and has previously held FINRA Securities licenses that include the Series 6, 7, 22, 24 and 63. With over 37 years of investment management experience, Mr. Horter has experienced many economic, political and financial cycles. Horter Investment Management was founded in 1991 as a Registered Investment Advisor. Horter Investment Management currently has over 200 investment advisor representatives and relationships with more than 50 independent advisory firms, representing over 100 additional investment advisor representatives. These advisors are spread across 44 states, including Hawaii. Mr. Horter’s firm manages assets on a fee basis for its clients. Early in his career Mr. Horter recognized the need for high quality private wealth managers for his clients. Since 2007 he has focused on low risk, low volatility tactical or multi-alternative ETF's or mutual funds. These managers strive to smooth out this return strategy to attain equity like rates of return without the risk generally associated with the stock market. To complement the low risk and low volatility managers, Horter Investment Management also works with higher volatility ETF managers that present additional opportunities for clients to grow their assets if their risk profiles are much higher. With Mr. Horter’s extensive background investing in the financial markets and tactical management approach, leading media outlets consult his expertise. His insight has been featured by a number of prominent publications across the country, including The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Investment News and the Wall St. Cheat Sheet among others. Tactical Fund Advisors oversees $200M in Assets Under Management with 5 Tactical Mutual Funds. Mr. Horter is a licensed insurance professional. Insurance products are offered through Horter Financial Strategies, LLC.