Mr. Merrill joined the Company in May 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2011 and elected Chairman in November 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Merrill worked in both investment banking and online real estate marketing. While working for UBS and its predecessor firm Dillon, Read & Co. (from 1987 to 2000), Mr. Merrill ultimately served as co-head of the Global Resources Group, overseeing relationships with construction and building materials companies around the world, including advising Beazer Homes on its 1994 initial public offering and several major acquisitions. Immediately prior to joining Beazer, Mr. Merrill was with Move, Inc. where he served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy after joining the firm as its first President of Homebuilder.com.

Mr. Merrill is also involved in several housing industry organizations. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) in September 2020 and recently completed a four-year term as Chairman of Leading Builders of America, a trade organization of the country’s largest public and private homebuilders. He also serves on the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and on the board of privately held Builder Homesite Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.

We believe Mr. Merrill’s experience in and knowledge of the homebuilding sector, gained primarily through finance, capital markets and strategic development roles over more than 25 years, is particularly valuable to the Company as it seeks to achieve its financial and operational goals.

Mr. Johnson served as Global Managing Director, Finance and Internal Audit, for Accenture Corporation from 2004 to 2015. At Accenture, he was responsible for leading the global consulting company’s corporate audit organization and providing guidance and counsel in finance and strategic planning. Prior to joining Accenture, Mr. Johnson was an Executive Director of M&A and General Auditor at Delphi Automotive and was Corporate Vice President, Finance and Chief Audit Executive at Emerson Electric Corporation. Mr. Johnson began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, which is now part of PwC. Mr. Johnson currently serves on the boards of Apogee Enterprises, Haemonetics Corporation, VSE Corporation and AARP.

Mr. Johnson received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in accounting and a Master of Accountancy degree with a major in accounting from the University of South Carolina and his Master of Business Administration from Duke University.

Mr. Johnson has over 40 years of significant financial management expertise as well as experience as a finance executive for two public companies and experience in the public accounting field. We believe Mr. Johnson’s finance and accounting expertise is valuable to the Company in many respects, including with respect to assessment of our capital structure and financial strategy, as well as accounting expertise.

Mr. Orser served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company, where he oversaw five different homebuilding operations across the United States, from 2010 to 2014. In July 2014, under his leadership, Weyerhaeuser completed the successful sale of the company. Prior to that, Mr. Orser spent almost 25 years in various positions at Quadrant Homes, a leading homebuilder in the state of Washington and a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser, including serving as President from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Orser is active in a number of civic organizations, including organizations focused on advancing housing in his community.

Mr. Orser holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Washington.

Mr. Orser’s experience in the homebuilding industry provides significant operational and safety expertise to the Company. We believe his understanding of our industry, as well as his management experience gained over the course of his career, is valuable to the Company.

Ms. Provencio was named Lead Director in November 2019. Ms. Provencio is President and owner of Provencio Advisory Services Inc., a healthcare financial and operational consulting firm. Prior to forming Provencio Advisory Services in October 2003, she was the Partner-in-Charge of KPMG’s Pacific Southwest Healthcare Practice since May 2002. From 1979 to 2002, she was with Arthur Andersen, serving as that firm’s Partner-in-Charge of the Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Healthcare Practice for the Pacific Southwest.

Ms. Provencio received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Loyola Marymount University. She is a certified public accountant and also completed her service as a member of the Board of Trustees of Loyola Marymount University in May 2023.

Ms. Provencio has over 30 years’ experience in the public accounting field. We believe her in-depth understanding of accounting rules and financial reporting regulations to be valuable to the Company’s commitment and efforts to comply with regulatory requirements.

Ms. Sauvaget was appointed to the Board effective January 1, 2024. She most recently served as Executive Vice President, Sales and Chief Marketing Officer of SunPower Corporation, a leading residential solar, storage and energy services provider in North America, from December 2021 to June 2023. Before her tenure at SunPower, she served as Chief Marketing Officer of Brex Inc., a financial service and technology company that offers business credit cards and cash management accounts to technology companies, from October 2020 to November 2021, after serving in multiple advertising and marketing leadership roles at Spotify from June 2016 to September 2020 and GAP Inc. from August 2013 to May 2016. Ms. Sauvaget received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.

Ms. Sauvaget has over 20 years of extensive advertising, marketing and leadership experience that we believe will be valuable to the Company's growth and marketing initiatives.

Former Vice Chairman, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Vulcan Materials Company.

Prior to his retirement in 2015, Mr. Shepherd was Vice Chairman (from 2014 to 2015) and served as Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (from 2001 to 2014) of Vulcan Materials Company, a producer of construction aggregates. From 2016 to 2021, Mr. Shepherd served on the board of directors of GCP Applied Technologies.

Mr. Shepherd received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Mr. Shepherd has significant experience in the building materials industry, and he has over 40 years of public company experience. He served in various management roles over the course of his career, including 13 years as an executive of a large producer of construction aggregates. We believe his in-depth understanding of our industry, as well as his management and operational experience, provides value to the Company.

Ms. Steele was appointed to the Board effective January 1, 2024. Ms. Steele has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rugs USA, an e-commerce industry leader in rugs and home décor products, since December 2022. She previously served in multiple leadership positions at HD Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Home Depot and one of the largest industrial distributors in North America within the maintenance, repair and operations sectors, including as Chief Merchandising Officer and Chief Commercial Officer from November 2018 through November 2022. Prior to that, Ms. Steele served in multiple e-commerce and retail leadership roles with EBAY from August 2015 to November 2018 and The Home Depot from 2007 to 2015. Ms. Steele earned her Bachelor of Arts in French from Presbyterian College, a Master of International Management from IAE, Paris and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University.

Ms. Steele has over 15 years of leadership experience in retail and e-commerce, as well as more than a decade in the building supply industry. We believe that this combination of experience, leadership and skills will provide value to the Company.

Mr. Winkle served as the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Sunrise Senior Living, which operates senior living communities in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, including Gracewell Healthcare communities, from September 2014 to January 2021. He was chief executive officer of MedQuest, Inc., a leading operator of independent, fixed-site, outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in the United States from November 2005 to August 2013. He served as president and chief executive officer of Mariner Health Care, Inc., which operated skilled nursing facilities, assisted living and long-term acute care hospitals from January 1999 to July 2004. Mr. Winkle was the chief operating officer of Integrated Health Services, where he helped pioneer the sub-acute care sector and was responsible for all facility and ancillary service operations. He is a member of Argentum and American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) boards.

Mr. Winkle received his Bachelor of Science degree from Case Western Reserve University.

Mr. Winkle's broad management experience and his specific expertise in serving the important aging adults demographic provides value to the Company.