James D. Fast – Compensation Committee Chair, Executive Committee Member

Retired since August 2008, Mr. Fast is formerly the Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Director of Firstbank – West Michigan located in Ionia, Michigan. Mr. Fast has forty years of experience in commercial banking and administration.

Mr. Fast has experience with respect to mergers and acquisitions, negotiation, compliance management and human resource oversight and supervision of financial statement preparation. His extensive skill set with respect to executive management and commercial finance provides the Board with beneficial insights with respect to business and finance matters.

James Fast