Leadership

Brendan J. Keating has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2016. Mr. Keating is the President of Local Asset Management, LLC, a company involved in commercial real estate and asset management. From January 2023 through May 2024, Mr. Keating served as a Managing Director of Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company. Following our decision to wind down operations at Boston Omaha Asset Management, Local Asset Management, LLC was retained in May 2024 to assist us in this wind down process. From August 2015 through March 2023, Mr. Keating served as the Manager and CEO of Logic Real Estate Companies, LLC, a company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, which provides commercial property brokerage and property management services (“Logic”). As of March 2023, Mr. Keating serves as the non-executive Chairman of Logic. Mr. Keating has also served as a Director of Old Market Capital Corporation, formerly known as Nicholas Financial, Inc., since October 2021. From 2005 to 2015, Mr. Keating was employed at The Equity Group, a company providing services to the commercial real estate market in brokerage, investment, management, development, consulting, tax appeal and facility maintenance services. Mr. Keating served as a principal of The Equity Group from 2007 to 2015. Mr. Keating has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Creighton University.

Frank H. Kenan II has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2017. Mr. Kenan is also currently the Chair of our Compensation Committee and a member of each of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since August 2014, Mr. Kenan has served as the Co-Founder and Principal of KD Capital Management, LLC, the investment manager of KD Capital, L.P., a value oriented investment partnership. From September 2011 to December 2014, Mr. Kenan served as an Investment Analyst at Boulderado Group, LLC. From January 2006 to January 2008, Mr. Kenan served as a Development Associate at Edens & Avant. From May 2005 to January 2006, Mr. Kenan served as an Analyst at Vivum Group. Mr. Kenan currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Flagler Systems, Inc. a hospitality and real estate company. Mr. Kenan also serves on the board of advisors of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Family Enterprise Center at Kenan-Flagler Business School. Mr. Kenan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Charleston and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Vishnu Srinivasan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2017. Mr. Srinivasan is also currently the Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of our Audit and Risk Committee. Mr. Srinivasan joined The Ohio State University as its Chief Investment Officer in May 2020. Previously, he was employed by Ganesh Investments, L.L.C., which is focused on public and private equity investments, as a Vice President and then a Managing Director from 2012 through May 2020. Ganesh Investments provides investment advisory services to members of the Pritzker family and their charitable foundations. From November 2009 to October 2012, Mr. Srinivasan was an Analyst at Alyeska Investment Group, a long/short hedge fund. From August 2002 until October 2009, Mr. Srinivasan was a Principal and held various other roles at Berkshire Partners, a private equity fund. Mr. Srinivasan graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics. Mr. Srinivasan also received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Jeffrey C. Royal has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2019. In September 2024, Mr. Royal was elected as Chief Executive Officer of Old Market Capital Corporation. Mr. Royal has served as a director of Old Market Capital Corporation since October 2017 and as its Chairman since January 17, 2019. Since January 2006, Mr. Royal has also been the President of Dundee Bank located in Omaha, Nebraska and also serves as the Chairman and a director of Dundee Bank’s holding company. Mr. Royal served as a Director of Bridges Investment Fund, Inc., a mutual fund which trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market, from 2018 through 2022. Mr. Royal has served on the Board of Directors of each of Eagle Bank and Tri-Valley Bank since 2009 and 2013, respectively. These banks merged in January 2021 and Mr. Royal serves as the non-executive Chairman of the combined entities, now operating as Riverstone Bank. Mr. Royal has also served as a Director of Brunswick State Bank since 2007. Mr. Royal received both his Bachelor and Master degrees in Business Administration from Creighton University.

Thomas Burt has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2024. Mr. Burt is currently a member of our Compensation Committee and our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Burt is the President and CEO of Election Systems & Software, LLC (“ES&S”), a company that manufactures and sells voting machine equipment and services. Mr. Burt joined ES&S in 2008, leading sales, customer service, operations and product departments. Before joining ES&S, Mr. Burt developed his general management and sales leadership at McMaster-Carr Supply Company and Andersen Consulting, where he served in a variety of executive management roles. More recently, Mr. Burt worked as an Associate Partner of Gallup Organization, where he was responsible for managing relationships with multiple Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Burt graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

David S. Graff has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2025. Mr. Graff is currently Chair of our Audit and Risk Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Graff is a founder and the CEO of HUDL, Inc. (“Hudl”). Hudl, which was founded 19 years ago, provides online video analysis and coaching tools software for professional, college, high school, club, and youth teams and athletes. Hudl software is used by more than 300,000 teams, serving more than 40 different sports and 180 countries, including the National Hockey League, National Football League, National Basketball Association, and English Premier League. Hudl has more than 3,500 employees in 18 countries. Mr. Graff also serves as a member of the board of directors of Nelnet, Inc., a position he has held since 2014. where he serves on both the Audit Committee and the Risk and Finance Committee. Mr. Graff is also a member of the board of directors of both Assurity, a mutual insurance company and Teammates, a non-profit organization which serves students in grades 3-12 to reach their full potential through mentoring both while in school and after graduation. Previously, Mr. Graff served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2021 through 2023 for Sportsmap Tech Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company which completed a business combination with MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc (f/k/a Infrared Cameras Holdings Inc.) in December 2023. Mr. Graff received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and computer science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and also received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.