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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.

Ron Clarke has been our Chief Executive Officer since August 2000 and was appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors in March 2003. From 1999 to 2000, Ron served as President and Chief Operating Officer of AHL Services, Inc., a staffing firm. From 1990 to 1998, Ron served as Chief Marketing Officer and later as a Division President with Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a computer services company. From 1987 to 1990, Ron was a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management consulting firm. Earlier in his career, Ron was a marketing manager for General Electric Company, a diversified technology, media, and financial services corporation.

As President and CEO of Ascensus, David is responsible for leading execution of the firm’s overall corporate strategy as well as overseeing all facets of its Retirement, FuturePlan, Government Savings, and Health & Benefits lines of business. He has more than 30 years of experience in the retirement, investment, and insurance industries. Prior to joining Ascensus, David was president of Great-West Investments. He earned a master’s degree in finance and international business from NYU, Stern School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree in finance from The College of William and Mary.

Mr. John Kitzie is a Chief Operating Officer at HomeServe USA and is based in United States.

O.B. is an accomplished senior level executive with monumental success in fintech, payments and banking. As CEO, Global Payment Processing for Paysafe, O.B. is responsible for building a world-class team of sales and support leaders to gain market share, deliver incremental value and exceed annual revenue objectives. Leading a wide-spread global team, O.B. is responsible for a cross-section of sales and specialized teams including integrated payments, indirect and direct sales, and product commercialization.Prior to his current role, O.B. served as CEO and President of iPayment, a firm he successfully helped de-leverage and position for subsequent sale to Paysafe in June 2018. His career of more than 30 years also includes senior level executive roles with First Data, now Fiserv, Hypercom, and Bank of America. O.B. holds an MBA from Queens University of Charlotte and a BS in Social Work from East Carolina University.

Mark Baraghimian is a Previous Chief Executive Officer for California United Bank at California United Bank and is based in Los Angeles, California.