Thomas F. Jasper

Thomas F. Jasper has served as a Director of the Company since 2022. Since May of 2023, Mr. Jasper has been the Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Choice Financial Holdings (“Choice”), a $5 billion asset-sized bank holding company headquartered in Fargo, ND. In this role, Mr. Jasper provides executive leadership over Choice’s commercial banking and insurance agency lines of business, as well as the strategy, finance, risk, legal and marketing functions. Mr. Jasper was previously the Managing Partner of Protagonist Path LLC, a privately-held investment and advisory firm (Protagonist). Prior to founding Protagonist, Mr. Jasper was the Vice-Chairman & COO of TCF Financial Corporation (“TCF”). Mr. Jasper served as a board member at TCF from 2012 through 2019. As COO, Mr. Jasper was responsible for Corporate Development & Strategy, as well other corporate functions including Investor Relations, Government Relations, Legal, Human Capital Management, Finance and Corporate Operations. Mr. Jasper served as Chief Financial Officer of TCF from 2006 through 2012. Mr. Jasper has extensive leadership experience in a variety of debt and equity financings in various economic environments. Mr. Jasper has significant experience in federal government & regulatory relations. Mr. Jasper began his career at KPMG LLP in their Minneapolis office’s audit practice serving clients across multiple industries for over eight years. He is a graduate of St. John’s University in Minnesota and a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking.