Dave Sovereign

Mr. Sovereign has served on the Board since the Company’s inception. Mr. Sovereign is also a member of our executive committee, audit committee, risk management committee, public relations committee, and executive compensation committee. For the past five years, Mr. Sovereign has been an active partner in a family farming operation near Cresco, Iowa, and as a partner in Paris Foods, Inc., a livestock production facility. He is also a member of Sovereign Building L.C., which owns and leases four hog confinement buildings. Mr. Sovereign previously held the offices of vice chairman and vice president of the Company.

Mr. Sovereign also serves as the chairman of Paris Foods, Inc, a private company, as a director for Sovereign Trucking, Inc., a private company, as a director of Sovereign Building L.C., a private company, as a director of DRSG Partnership, a private company, as the chairman of GDB LLC, a private company, as chairman of Prairie’s Edge Renewables LLC, a private company, and as a director for Absolute Energy, LLC, a private company, representing the Company’s investment interest.