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Mr. Arnold is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstSun and Sunflower Bank and also serves as the Chief Operating Officer of FirstSun. He was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstSun on April 1, 2022, and has held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunflower Bank and Chief Operating Officer of FirstSun since 2018. Before that, Mr. Arnold served as Executive Vice President of Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank from 1998 to 2005, and as Chief Financial Officer of Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank from 1997 to 2005. He also served as Treasurer of Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank and as Senior Vice President of Fifth Third Bank. Before joining Fifth Third, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Midwestern Community Bank from 1980 to 1989.

Robert A. Cafera, Jr, currently serves as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FirstSun and the Bank, positions he has held since 2012. Before joining FirstSun and the Bank, he served in different roles at Fifth Third Bank, including as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Commercial Bank, and before that as its Assistant Controller. Before joining Fifth Third Bank, he was a Senior Manager with Arthur Andersen & Co. for about ten years.

Jennifer L. Norris, currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of FirstSun and the Bank, positions she has held since 2020, as well as Chief Operating Officer of the Bank, since November 2024. Before that, she held various credit management and leadership roles at Wells Fargo Bank and its predecessor Wachovia Bank from 1997 to 2020. She also maintains the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Ms. Carter is the Executive Chairman of FirstSun and the Bank, a position she has held since April 1, 2022. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstSun from 2005 until April 1, 2022, and she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunflower Bank from 2005 to 2018. She served as a director of Evergy, Inc. and its predecessor, Westar Energy, a publicly traded company, from 2003 to 2022, including as Chair of the Compensation and Succession Committee. She previously served as a director of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a publicly traded company, from 1996 to 2017. Ms. Carter is also a Director of Lockton Companies and serves on its Audit Committee. She also serves on the NPR Foundation Board of Trustees on the Executive Committee, and she is a Co-Chair of the NPR Collaborative Journalism Task Force. She also serves on the Rocky Mountain Public Media Board on the Executive Committee.

Mr. Levy was the former Managing Director at Pickwick Capital Partners, a position he held from 2012 to 2025. Before that, he served as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Cowen & Company from 2009 to 2010 and served as Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Levy spent over 23 years at Citigroup Global Markets as a Managing Director and Head of the Bank and Financial Services Group, and Salomon Brothers Inc. as a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Department. He has served as a director of Old Dominion National Bank since 2013, and as a director of its holding company, ODNB Financial Corp, since 2022.

Beverly O. Elving is the former Director of Corporate Accounting, Vice President & Controller, and Sr. Vice President of Finance at Applebee's International from 1998 to 2012. She served as the Chief Financial Officer of Integrated Medical Resources from 1996 to 1998, and additionally, Ms. Elving served as Vice President Finance & Accounting for the FDIC/Resolution Trust Corporation from 1990 to 1996. Between 1981 and 1996, Ms. Elving gained senior accounting, auditor, and Certified Public Accountant experience at Jackson County, Missouri, and Arthur Andersen & Co. Ms. Elving's experience includes her service as a director of several non-profit boards including St. Luke's Health System-Bishop Spencer Place since 2019 and as board president since 2022, as well as Heart of America Shakespeare Festival as a director since 2019 and as board co-president 2021 to 2023.

Mr. Hammond is a Managing Director of JLL Partners, a position he has held since 2004, where he focuses on new private equity investments and managing the firm's portfolio of companies. He also serves on JLL Partners' management and investment committees. Before joining JLL, he worked in merger advisory and private equity at Greenhill & Co. Mr. Hammond served as a director of Pioneer Bancshares, Inc. from 2016, until it was merged with and into FirstSun in 2022. In addition, he previously served as a director of FC Holdings, Inc. and First Community Bank, N.A.

Laura J. Frazier, currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of FirstSun and the Bank, positions she has held since 2020. Ms. Frazier joined the Bank in 2013 and served as its Human Resources Director until 2016, when she then served as its Chief Human Resources Officer until assuming her current role in 2020. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Frazier served as the Deputy Director of Human Resources for the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. Her experience also includes eight years from 2002 until 2010, as the Director of Labor Relations for the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.

FirstSun also announced that Sam Edelson has joined the company as a director effective April 1, 2026, First Foundation Bank merged with and into Sunflower Bank, with Sunflower Bank continuing as the surviving bank.

FirstSun also announced that Mr. C. Allen Parker has joined the company as a director effective April 1, 2026, First Foundation Bank merged with and into Sunflower Bank, with Sunflower Bank continuing as the surviving bank.

Castle Creek selected Spencer T. Cohn to serve as its director designee on the Board, and the Board appointed Spencer T. Cohn as a Class I director effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger effective April 1, 2026.

FirstSun also announced that Ms. Henchy R. Enden has joined the company as a director effective April 1, 2026, First Foundation Bank merged with and into Sunflower Bank, with Sunflower Bank continuing as the surviving bank.

FirstSun also announced that Thomas C. Shafer, former Chief Executive Officer of First Foundation Inc., has joined the company as a director and Executive Vice Chairman effective April 1, 2026.

FirstSun also announced that Mr. Benjamin Mackovak has joined the company as a director effective April 1, 2026, First Foundation Bank merged with and into Sunflower Bank, with Sunflower Bank continuing as the surviving bank.

On January 23, 2026, the Board appointed Peter E. Murphy as a Class III director, effective immediately. Mr. Murphy was also elected to serve on the board of directors of the Bank. Mr. Murphy is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wentworth Capital Management, a private investment and venture capital firm focused on media, technology and branded consumer businesses.