11/04/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/04/2024 14:08
ITEM 5.02. | DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS |
On October 23, 2024, Roger Campos, was nominated as a member of the Company's Board of Directors with the Board approval received on October 23, 2024.
The respective biography is set forth below:
Roger Campos: Roger Campos is the Founder and Chairman/CEO of the Minority Business RoundTable (MBRT), established in 2002 as the first national organization for CEOs of the nation's Asian American, Hispanic American, African American, and Native American-owned businesses. MBRT provides a national forum for CEOs of large and small, minority, veteran, HUBZone and women-owned businesses to address public policy issues; and serves as a unique resource on business issues including federal procurement, contracting, access to capital and coaching CEO's on how to do business with large corporations, federal and state governments.
Appointed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, during his first term, Mr. Campos served in the Cabinet as Maryland's first Business Ombudsman responsible for investigating and resolving complaints, issues or problems between businesses, economic development organizations, communities, and federal, state, and local agencies; and overseeing and administering Maryland's first customer service standards. During the Governor's second term, Mr. Campos was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Project C.O.R.E (Creating Opportunities for Renewal & Enterprise) and small business development, an economic and revitalization initiative in Baltimore City to expand business and community growth, provide new green space, affordable housing, mixed- use development, encourage investment through attractive financing, generate jobs and strengthen the partnership between Baltimore and the State of Maryland.
Prior to founding MBRT, Mr. Campos was Vice President of Government Relations for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities where he served as chief executive managing Washington, D.C. operations including overseeing the nationally recognized internship program that has educated more than 12,000 interns from over 500 colleges and universities. He was also Co-Founder of U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneurship & Education, a nonprofit that provided students with leadership skills and college stipends.
He has a distinguished public service career having served four years in the White House, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget setting up Presidential Commissions, Councils and reorganizations of federal programs; Special Assistant to the Secretary of Energy; Served as Special Consultant to the Administrator, Small Business Administration where he drafted the standard operating procedures for the U.S. federal government's 8(a) minority business program; and served in the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He has also served on several Cabinet National Advisory Boards and is widely recognized as a national business leader on small business, supplier diversity, access to contracts and capital with federal, state, and local governments.
Mr. Campos holds a Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law in San Diego, CA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from the University of California at Santa Barbara.