Board of Directors

Mr. Palomares has been a director of Regional since March 2012 and currently serves as Chair of the Board. Since 2007, Mr. Palomares has been President and Chief Executive Officer of SMC Resources, a consulting practice that advises senior executives on business and marketing strategy. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Palomares was Senior Vice President at Capital One Financial Corp., and he was Chief Operating Officer of Capital One Federal Savings Bank banking unit from 2004 to 2007. Prior to joining Capital One, Mr. Palomares held a number of senior positions with Citigroup Inc. and its affiliates, including Chief Operating Officer of Citibank Latin America Consumer Bank from 1998 to 2001, Chief Financial Officer of Citibank North America Consumer Bank from 1997 to 1998, President and CEO of Citibank FSB Florida from 1992 to 1997, and Chairman and CEO of Citibank Italia from 1990 to 1992. Mr. Palomares serves on the Boards of Directors of Pan American Life Insurance Group, Inc. and Banesco USA, a privately held financial institution. Mr. Palomares earned a B.S. degree in Quantitative Analysis from New York University.

Mr. Beck has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Regional since March 2020. From July 2019 until March 2020, Mr. Beck served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regional. Prior to joining Regional as Chief Financial Officer in July 2019, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Before that, he spent 29 years at Citibank, serving in various roles. Most recently, Mr. Beck was the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank’s US Retail Bank, after previously serving as Chief Financial Officer of Citibank’s US Consumer and Commercial Bank. Prior to that, Mr. Beck served in a number of different roles at Citibank, including head of Citigroup Corporate Finance, head of Citigroup Reengineering, and co-head of Citigroup Corporate M&A. Mr. Beck received his B.S. in Business Administration and Management from Washington University in St. Louis, and his M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Mr. Bancroft has served as a director of Regional since January 2022. He was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Chubb Limited, the largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company in the world, from 2016 to 2021. Before Chubb, he was the Chief Financial Officer of ACE Limited from 2001 to ACE’s acquisition of Chubb in 2016, at which time he became the Chief Financial Officer of Chubb. Prior to ACE, Mr. Bancroft served as Partner-in-Charge for the New York Regional Insurance Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) from 1996 to 2001, and spent nearly 20 years at PwC in various roles, including ten years as a partner. He currently serves on Saint Joseph’s University Haub School of Business/Advisory Board for Insurance Risk Management. He was certified as a public accountant and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Temple University.

Mr. Brown has served as a director of Regional since January 2018. He is a partner with Basswood Capital Management L.L.C. (“Basswood”), an alternative asset manager. Mr. Brown joined Basswood in 2009. In his current role, Mr. Brown is responsible for the research and investment analysis of companies across a broad range of sectors, with a specialized focus on financial services. Prior to Basswood, Mr. Brown worked at Sandelman Partners and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Brown graduated from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business in 2006 with a B.B.A., holding dual concentrations in Finance and Strategy & Management Consulting, as well as a minor in History.

Mr. Campos has served as a director of Regional since March 2012. Since February 2016, he has been an equity partner and, since 2021, he has served as Senior Counsel with the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Mr Campos has practiced in the areas of securities regulation, corporate governance, and securities enforcement. Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Mr. Campos was a partner with Locke Lord LLP (April 2011 to February 2016) and Cooley LLP (September 2007 to April 2011). Prior to that, he received a presidential appointment and served as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) from 2002 to 2007. Prior to serving with the SEC, Mr. Campos was a founding partner of a Houston-based radio broadcaster. Earlier in his career, he practiced corporate law and served as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Campos currently serves as an independent director for the board of KPMG US LLP. Mr. Campos also previously served from January 2013 to May 2017 on the board of directors of WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a public company that provided managed health care services, which was acquired and merged into Centene Corp., a multi-national health care enterprise.. He was also a director of a private registered broker-dealer, Liquidnet Holdings, Inc., which in 2021 was acquired and merged into the TP ICAP group, a London-based broker dealer. Mr. Campos previously served from 2016 to 2020 on the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy. Mr. Campos serves on various non-profit boards. From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Campos served on the Presidential Intelligence Advisory Board, comprised of selected private citizens who serve as outside advisers to the President on national intelligence issues. Mr. Campos earned his B.S. degree from the United States Air Force Academy, received an M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Ms. Contreras-Sweet has served as a director of Regional since January 2018. She is the Managing Partner of Rockway Equity Partners, LLC and Contreras Sweet Companies, LLC. She previously served as a member of President Obama’s cabinet as the 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from April 2014 to January 2017. She was a founder of ProAmerica Bank, where she served as Executive Chairwoman from 2006 to 2014, and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Fortius Holdings from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Contreras-Sweet served as the California Cabinet Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency from 1999 to 2003. Earlier in her career, she was a senior executive with Westinghouse Electric Company’s 7-Up/RC Bottling Company. Ms. Contreras-Sweet is a director of Sempra Energy, a publicly traded energy services company that invests in, develops, and operates energy infrastructure and provides electric and gas services. She is also a director of TriNet Group, Inc., a publicly traded professional employer organization, as well as Zions Bancorporation, N.A., a publicly traded bank. Ms. Contreras-Sweet is a Distinguished Fellow of the LARTA Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of the Bipartisan Policy Center. She has been bestowed with honorary doctorates from Tufts University, Whittier College, Mount Saint Mary’s University, California State University, Los Angeles, and La Verne University.

Mr. Dunn has served as a director of Regional since July 2014. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Regional from October 2014 through July 2016 and as Executive Chairman of the Board from August 2016 through December 2016. Prior to joining Regional, Mr. Dunn was a partner at the private equity firm of Brysam Global Partners, a specialized firm focusing on investment in international banking and consumer lending companies, from 2007 through 2013. Mr. Dunn served as a board or alternate board member for all of Brysam’s portfolio companies. Prior to that, Mr. Dunn was with Citigroup for over 30 years, where he was the Chief Financial Officer of the Global Consumer Group from 1996 through 2007, adding the title of Chief Operating Officer of the Group in 2005. He was also a member of the Citigroup Management and Operating Committees. Mr. Dunn previously served on the boards of Banamex, a wholly-owned Mexican bank subsidiary of Citigroup, and on the U.S.-based Student Loan Corporation, of which Citigroup owned a majority interest. He holds a B.S. degree from New York University and attended the University of Michigan Executive Program. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State.

Mr. Freiberg has served as a director of Regional since July 2014. He is the founder of Grand Vista Partners (a private investment office), a Senior Advisor to Towerbook Capital Partners (a private equity firm), and a Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group (a global management consulting firm). Previously, Mr. Freiberg served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Social Finance, Inc. from May 2017 until April 2018 and as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of E*TRADE Financial Corporation from April 2010 until August 2012. Prior to joining E*TRADE, Mr. Freiberg spent 30 years at Citigroup and its predecessor companies and affiliates. Among his notable roles at Citigroup, Mr. Freiberg served as Co-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup’s Global Consumer Group, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citi Cards—Citigroup’s leading global credit card business—and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup’s North American Investment Products Division. Additionally, he was a member of Citigroup’s Executive, Management, and Operating Committees, and he served on the board of directors of several of Citigroup’s affiliates, including Citibank N.A., Citicorp Credit Services Inc., Citicorp Investment Services, Citicorp Insurance Group, Citibank Trust N.A., Citibank FSB, and the Citigroup Foundation. Mr. Freiberg served on the board of directors of MasterCard Incorporated, a publicly-traded multinational financial services corporation, from 2006 to 2022. . Mr. Freiberg currently serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors of SoFi Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded personal finance company where he serves on the risk committee. Mr. Freiberg also serves on the board of directors for two publicly traded blank check companies – Compass Digital Acquisition Corp. and Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp. (where he also serves as Chairman), in addition to serving on the governing body of Purchasing Power, LLC (a private specialty e-retailer offering consumer products, vacations, and online education services through payment plans). He is also the Chair of The Rewards Network, one of the largest merchant-funded, card-linked reward networks in the United States.

Dr. Johnson has served as a director of Regional since April 2020. She is the founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technology Officer of Global Mobile Finance, Inc., a fintech startup company based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, since 2018. In addition, since 2014, she she has served as the Chief Executive Officer of SKJ Visioneering, LLC, a technology consulting company. [Dr. Johnson currently serves as a Visiting Scholar at North Carolina A&T State University, a role she has held since February 2020.] From November 2012 to February 2014, Dr. Johnson served as the Chief Technology Officer for IBM Central, East and West Africa. Prior to 2014, she spent 11 years as a Senior Technical Staff Member of the IBM Systems and Technology Group, serving in various roles, including Business Development Executive for IBM Middle East and Africa, Chief Technology Officer for IBM’s Global Small and Medium Business, and the Linux Performance Architect. Dr. Johnson has conducted extensive research and published her findings in a number of computer-related and information technology areas, she has authored and co-authored over 80 publications, and she was part of the design team that developed the prototype for the IBM Scalable Parallel Processor (SP2), the base machine for “Deep Blue,” IBM’s world-famous chess machine. Dr. Johnson was a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, a group consisting of the top 1% of IBM’s over 250,000 technical professionals. She has also received numerous technical and professional awards and is an IBM Master Inventor with over 40 patents issued and pending. Dr. Johnson earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Southern University, Stanford University, and Rice University, respectively. She is the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, with a concentration in computer engineering, in the United States. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) and the Association for Computing Machinery (“ACM”). She is also an IEEE Fellow and an ACM Distinguished Engineer.