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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.

LeAnn Rummel joined Cetera Financial Institutions (formerly PrimeVest Financial Services) in 1992 and currently serves as president and CEO, where she focuses on all aspects of the business. Prior to this role, she served as national sales director, where she oversaw all sales functions, including financial institution relationship management, sales support, product management, Rep on Demand, representative recruitment, sales supervision and strategic partner relations. Additionally, she leads the firm’s Executive Committee and acts as president of Cetera’s insurance agencies.

Michael C. Bodson is President and Chief Executive Officer of DTCC. He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of DTCC’s principal operating subsidiaries, DTC, FICC and NSCC, and a member of DTCC’s board of directors. In his prior position as DTCC’s Chief Operating Officer, Michael had enterprise-wide responsibility for all Information Technology and Operations and oversaw DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC and EuroCCP. He previously served as Chairman of various DTCC subsidiaries, including Deriv/SERV and Omgeo. Michael joined DTCC in 2007 as Executive Managing Director for Business Management and Strategy. Prior to this, he held a number of senior management positions with Morgan Stanley over a 20-year period. In his last position at Morgan Stanley, Michael was Global Head of the Institutional, Retail and Asset Management Operations department. He previously served as Divisional Operations Officer for the Institutional Securities Group and Head of the Enterprise Information Group. He served as Head of Finance, Administration and Operations for Morgan Stanley Japan in Tokyo, and prior to that, he held similar responsibilities for Morgan Stanley Asia in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Bodson worked at Bear Stearns and Price Waterhouse. Michael is a CPA and graduated magna cum laude from Boston College. He currently is a member of the Board of Digital Asset Holdings, American Red Cross Metropolitan New York North Region and is a trustee of the World Economic Forum’s Financial Services Initiative.

Dr. Lance Smith brings a rare combination of business and academic experience to his role as Imagine Software's CEO, with more than 25 years of direct involvement in trading and risk management practices, mathematical modeling, and system development. Before co-founding Imagine in 1993, he began his business career in 1986 as a Salomon Brothers vice president, gaining diverse business experience in mathematical modeling, proprietary trading strategies, structured products, and risk management methodologies. Dr. Smith holds a PhD in mathematics from Duke University, was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and is a former assistant professor of mathematics at Columbia University. Dr. Smith sets Imagine's strategic direction, guides development of cutting-edge analytics, and lends his expertise to sales efforts.