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Scott has been a director of the company since July 2021. He practiced with KPMG as a tax CPA in the early 1980s and since 1983 has practiced as an attorney representing businesses and their respective owners. Scott is a shareholder at the law firm of Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A., which he joined in 1985. He was on the board of directors of the firm from 1988 through 2014, and was elected President over four different time frames. Over the last 30 years, Scott has structured, negotiated and closed over 200 merger and acquisition transactions of privately held companies ranging in transaction value from a few million to over a billion dollars. He has been on the board of directors of various construction companies and is a principal owner, director and officer of a safety engineering company, a small investment company and a small oil and gas company. Scott also assisted with the initial organization of the company in 2003. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Augsburg University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law. Scott also taught accounting and business law at Augsburg University. His extensive experience in finance, acquisition transactions and accounting qualifies him to serve on the board of directors.