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Ellen R. Alemany is chairwoman and chief executive officer of CIT Group and chairwoman and CEO of CIT Bank, N.A., the company’s bank subsidiary. She was named CEO in April 2016, became chairwoman in May 2016 and is leading CIT’s evolution as a leading national bank that empowers businesses and personal savers. Alemany formerly headed The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Americas, the management structure that oversees RBS' businesses in the Americas. She also served as chairman and CEO for RBS Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Prior to RBS, she served as CEO for Global Transaction Services at Citigroup. Alemany held a number of senior positions during her tenure at Citigroup, including executive vice president for Commercial Business and president and CEO of CitiCapital. She also held a number of executive positions in Citigroup's Global Corporate Bank, including customer group executive of North American markets, global industry head of Media and Communications, U.S. industry head of Consumer Products, and customer group executive for the Global Relationship Bank in Europe, based in London. Alemany received her MBA in finance from Fordham University. She serves on the boards of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., The Center for Discovery, Operation HOPE and the Partnership for New York City. She also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the Board of Trustees for The Conference Board.

Mark Hardwick is a Board Member at FIRST MERCHANTS CORP, Trustee at Ball State University, and Chief Executive Officer at FIRST MERCHANTS CORP and is based in Muncie, Indiana. He has worked as Controller at FIRST MERCHANTS CORP, Senior Accountant at BKD CPAs & Advisors, and Senior Accountant at Geo S Olive & Co. Mark works or has worked as MEMBER at Next Muncie. He attended Stonier School of Banking and Ball State University between 1989 and 1993.

Mr. Amerson received a B.S. degree in business finance from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Duke University. Prior to joining AgFirst in 1987, Mr. Amerson was employed by the National Bank of South Carolina. He serves on the AgFirst/FCBT Plan Sponsor Committee, AgFirst Plan Sponsor Committee, the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation Board of Directors (member of the Governance Committee) and the Farm Credit System Presidents Planning Committee (member of the Executive Council and Business Practices Committee). Mr. Amerson is a member of the AgFirst Executive Committee.

Bill Johnson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Farm Credit Mid-America, a $23-billion agricultural cooperative serving more than 100,000 farmers, agribusinesses and rural residents in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. He has more than 35 years of financial services experience within the Farm Credit System and has held leadership roles in Farm Credit entities across the country, including the Midwest, Pacific Northwest and New England. Johnson came to Farm Credit Mid-America in March 2011 from AgriBank in St. Paul, Minn., where he served as Executive Vice President-Chief Risk and Information Officer. He grew up on a small farm in Southern Indiana and worked in his family’s farm supply business. Johnson received a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Evansville, a Masters of Business Administration from Gonzaga University and is currently pursuing a Doctoral Degree at Vanderbilt University. Johnson also serves as Chair of the Farm Credit System President’s Planning Committee and is a member of the Business Practices Committee. He is a board member of Denver-based Farm Credit Council Services and Indianapolis based AgriNovus Indiana. He also serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Evansville and is active at other universities in speaking and advisory roles.

Mike Sales is a CEO, Nuveen Real Assets & Real Estate at Nuveen.

Mark Jensen is a President and Chief Executive Officer at Frontier Farm Credit and President and Chief Executive Officer at Farm Credit Services of America and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. He has worked as Senior VP/CRO at Farm Credit Services of America and Sr VP/CRO at Frontier Farm Credit. Mark studied at American Civil Liberties Union.

Mr. Ben R. Novosad is a Chief Executive Officer at Capital Farm Credit and is based in United States.