Shawn Taylor has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 2020. Since March 2020, Mr. Taylor has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TAS Advisory LLC, a strategic consulting firm, and served as the Chief Financial Officer of Maverick Distributing Co., a privately held beverage distribution company, until 2021. Mr. Taylor also served as a consultant at Gerson Lehrman Group, a financial and global information services consulting company, from 2020 to 2023. From 2013 to 2019, when he sold his franchise operations, Mr. Taylor was President and Operating Partner of Zaxby’s Houston, LLC, a franchisee of the Zaxby’s restaurant chain. He was also elected to the Zaxby’s advisory committee during this period. In 2011, Mr. Taylor joined a group of business leaders who formed the Houston Baseball Partners, LLC, which led to the acquisition of the Houston Astros. He sold his interest in the Astros in 2017, remaining as a special advisor to the Chairman until the end of 2021. In 1996, he founded and served as general partner, President, and CEO of Family EATS L.P., the Taco Bell franchisee in Houston, Texas. During his tenure, he was elected to the national FRANMAC board and he owned, developed, and operated 33 Taco Bell locations, which he successfully sold in 2007. He served on the Finance and Audit Committee and the Marketing Committee of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, an $8 billion healthcare system, in Houston, Texas, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Memorial Hermann Foundation and The National Association of Black MBAs. In July of 2022, he was appointed by the Governor of Indiana to Purdue University’s Board of Trustees, where he serves as the Chairman of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Compensation, Human Resources and Governance Committee. Mr. Taylor started his career as a senior staff auditor at Arthur Andersen & Co., LLP in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Taylor received his B.S. degree in accounting, with distinction, from Purdue University in 1982. Mr. Taylor brings to our board significant experience in leadership of restaurant development and operations, as well as experience with franchise systems and complex business enterprises.