Mark Emkes Biography and Net Worth

Mark A. Emkes serves as Independent Director of the Company. From January 2011 until his retirement in May 2013, Mr. Emkes served as Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee. Previously, Mr. Emkes was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. and Bridgestone Americas Holdings, Inc., a tire and rubber manufacturing company for more than five years prior to his retirement from that position in February 2010. He was also President of these companies from January 2009 until his retirement. Mr. Emkes serves as director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of First Horizon National Corporation, a publicly traded (NYSE) bank holding company and the parent of First Tennessee Bank National Association. Mr. Emkes is a director of CoreCivic Corporation, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, a publicly traded (NYSE) provider of corrections management and residential re-entry services and real estate solutions to federal, state and local governments, where he is also presently serving as the Non-executive Chairman of the Board and a member of the Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees. Previously, Mr. Emkes served as director and member of the Compensation and Director Affairs/Corporate Governance Committees of Clarcor, Inc., formerly a publicly traded (NYSE) manufacturer of industrial and environmental filtration products prior to its acquisition by Parker Hannifin Corporation in 2017. In nominating Mr. Emkes, the Nominating Committee considered a number of factors including, but not limited to, his background, experience and judgment as a senior state government official, as the chairman, chief executive officer and president of a major manufacturing company and as a current director of two other publicly traded companies listed on the NYSE.