Board of Directors

Don Turkleson brings significant board and C-level public company leadership experience to the Board. Mr. Turkleson previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gulf Coast Energy Resources, LLC, a privately held energy exploration and production company, from April 2012 until his retirement in April 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Turkleson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE American: LNG) (“Cheniere”) from December 1997 to March 2009 and of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE American: CQP), an indirect subsidiary of Cheniere, from November 2006 to March 2009. He was a member of the board of directors of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC from November 2006 until September 2012. Since 2017, Mr. Turkleson has served on the board of directors, the compensation committee and as chair of the audit committee of Tellurian Inc., a natural gas company. From December 2013 until February 2017, Mr. Turkleson served on the board of directors and audit committee of Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC (NYSE American: CQH). From February 2018 until May 2020, Mr. Turkleson served on the board of directors and as chairman of the finance and audit committees of ACCEL Energy Canada Limited, a privately held company constructing and operating facilities for the delivery of energy, ultra-clean fuels and specialty products. From November 2013 until July 2015, Mr. Turkleson served on the board of directors of the general partner of QEP Midstream Partners, L.P., a midstream publicly traded master limited partnership. In addition, he served on the board of directors and as the chairman of the audit committee of Miller Energy Resources, Inc., a publicly traded energy exploration, production and drilling company, from January 2011 to April 2014. Mr. Turkleson is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University. He has been a Board Governance Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”) and has achieved NACD Directorship Certification as a part of his commitment to boardroom excellence.

Nik Ajagu brings broad experience to the board in the area of advertising technology. Mr. Ajagu is a Bay Area-based investor and entrepreneur and one of Facebook’s early employees. He worked at Facebook from 2007 to 2019 where he built out the company’s direct sales operations in the United States, Canada, and Latin America as Head of Media Solutions Americas, and later served as Facebook’s Global Head of Advertising Technology Partnerships. He currently serves on the board of directors of the New School of San Francisco (since 2021), and as President of the San Francisco Council for Parent Participation Nursery Schools (since 2020). Prior to Facebook, Mr. Ajagu helped to launch Ecosystem Ventures where he worked from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Ajagu has co-founded various companies, including Code and Canvas, a San Francisco-based co-working and arts space in 2013, and Barrel and Ink, a Napa-based company focused on wine and design that launched in 2014. He also previously served on the board of Kabuni, a Vancouver-based e-commerce company from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Ajagu graduated from Princeton University in 2005 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a certificate in African American Studies.

Maryann Bruce is an accomplished independent director and former Fortune 100 Division President and CEO with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has functional expertise in strategy, sales and distribution, marketing, product development, client service, risk management, and regulatory oversight. Ms. Bruce also has extensive corporate governance experience. She has served as a member of the board of directors of Amalgamated Bank (NASDAQ: AMAL) since August 2018. She currently serves as Chair of the Bank’s Enterprise Risk Oversight Committee and member of the Executive & Corporate Social Responsibility and Audit committees. Formerly, she was an independent director of MBIA (NYSE: MBI), serving on the Audit & Compliance and Compensation & Governance Committees, an independent director and Chair of the Compensation Committee of Atlanta Life Financial Group, a private company, and a Trustee of both the Allianz Global Investors and PNC Funds. Since October 2007, Ms. Bruce has been President of Turnberry Advisory Group, a private consulting firm. From December 2008 to July 2010, she was President of Aquila Distributors, Inc., a subsidiary of Aquila Investment Management LLC, a boutique asset manager. Prior to that, from September 1999 to June 2007, she was President of Evergreen Investments Services, Inc., an investment management and diversified financial services business and subsidiary of Wachovia (now Wells Fargo and Company). Ms. Bruce is the Chair of the Board of Wrestle Like A Girl and C200, a women’s executive leadership association. She is also an advisory board member of RealBlocks, a FinTech company, and Divershefy, a global women’s leadership organization, and a founder of the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Carolinas Chapter. Ms. Bruce earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from NACD and the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, demonstrating her commitment to an advanced understanding of the role of the Board and management in cyber-risk oversight. In acknowledgment of her leadership and expertise, Ms. Bruce was honored by Directors & Boards as one of 20 accomplished female board members in Directors to Watch and by US Banker appearing on “The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking” list.

William Minner brings sector expertise, as well as corporate finance and public company corporate governance experience to our board. Mr. Minner served as a director of Franchise Group, Inc. from March 2018 to May 2021 and during such time served as chair of the audit committee. Since 1996, Mr. Minner has served as a contract Chief Financial Officer and consultant with responsibilities for finance and administration to over 25 companies. From June 1991 to December 1995, Mr. Minner served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Suburban Federal Savings Bank in Collingdale, Pennsylvania. From December 1988 to May 1991, Mr. Minner served in various positions with Atlantic Financial Savings, F.A., including Senior Vice President - Credit and First Vice President - Loan Workout. Previously, Mr. Minner served as Audit Manager and Controller for the mortgage subsidiary of Magnet Bank, FSB from July 1984 to December 1988. Mr. Minner is a Certified Public Accountant and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules. Mr. Minner received an M.B.A. and M.S. in Accounting from Marshall University.

Alicia Morga brings extensive digital marketing and e-commerce experience to the board and is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of No. 8 Media, Inc., which was established in 2016 and provides digital transformation services to consumer product goods, health, education, and financial technology companies. Ms. Morga is an adjunct professor of Digital Marketing for the University of San Francisco and also teaches online and in person digital marketing courses for enterprises. Prior to No. 8 Media, she managed the bill pay product for Digital Insight, NCR’s retail financial subsidiary, and before that was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Consorte Media, Inc., a digital marketing company which helped large advertisers reach the Hispanic market. Prior to Consorte, Ms. Morga worked in venture capital for The Carlyle Group and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners with a focus on the technology sector. Before that, she was a corporate attorney for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. She has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and one of the Most Influential Women in Technology by Fast Company. She holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Logan Powell brings strategic leadership and experience in attracting talented, creative, driven and diverse individuals to our board. Mr. Powell is the Marilyn and Charles H. Doebler IV Dean of Admission at Brown University. He is responsible for the identification, recruitment and selection of all undergraduates seeking entrance to Brown. He leads all related strategic initiatives including data analysis, communications, and process innovation. Mr. Powell is chair of the council of Ivy deans of admission and also serves on several national non-profit advisory boards. Prior to joining Brown, Mr. Powell worked as the director of admission at Princeton University. Previously, he served as senior associate dean of admission at Bowdoin College and senior admissions officer at Harvard University. He earned a Master of Business Administration from MIT, a Masters in Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College.

Dan Shribman brings experience in both public and private equity and has served as chief investment officer of B. Riley Financial and president of B. Riley Principal Investments since September 2019 and September 2018, respectively. Prior to joining B. Riley Financial, Mr. Shribman was a Portfolio Manager at Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. from 2010 to 2018, where he led investments of varying types in public and private opportunities across a wide spectrum of industries. Before Anchorage, Mr. Shribman worked at Tinicum Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and in the restructuring advisory group at Lazard. Mr. Shribman holds an AB in Economics and History from Dartmouth.

Brent Turner has over 27 years of professional experience in the tax and consumer finance industries. Mr. Turner has served as Chief Executive Officer at Liberty since 2019 and previously served as Executive Vice President, Head of Consumer Lending at MetaBank, a subsidiary of Meta Financial Group, Inc., from 2016 to 2018. In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Turner led the roll-up of several financing businesses in the tax space that were eventually sold to MetaBank in 2016. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Turner served as Vice President of Financial Services at Rent-A-Center, a furniture and electronics rent-to-own company, where he led the development of financial services centers offering consumer financial and tax preparation services, and the e-commerce channel of the company. Mr. Turner’s previous roles also include Chief Operating Officer at Financial Payments, LP, Assistant Vice President at Ace Cash Express and President at Quickcash, Inc. Mr. Turner holds a Master of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Arts from West Texas A&M University.