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Michael T. Tokarz has been a member of our board of directors since April 2006. From 1985 until 2002, Mr. Tokarz served as a member of the limited liability company that serves as the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a private equity company. He served as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Walter Energy, Inc. until July 2016, and until May 2017, he served as a director of CNO Financial Group, Inc. (formerly Conseco, Inc.), an insurance provider, and as a director of Walter Investment Management Corp. From 2003 to 2020, Mr. Tokarz served as Chairman of the Board of MVC Capital, Inc., a registered investment company. Mr. Tokarz has served since 2002 as Chairman of the Board of Tokarz Group, LLC, an investment company, and since 2014 as one of the cofounders of Public Pension Capital, a private equity fund. In 2020, he assumed the role of vice chair of Shield T3, LLC, a COVID-19 testing company owned by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. In 2007, he was honored by the Outstanding Directors Exchange as an Outstanding Director of the Year. Mr. Tokarz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with high distinction and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Illinois.