Company: GDOT
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001386278-25-000020
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Company: GREEN DOT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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h served as our Vice President, Financial Reporting, from July 2013 to May 2015, and as Director, Accounting Projects, from July 2009 to June 2013. Prior to joining Green Dot, Mr. Unruh served in the audit practice at Ernst & Young LLP, an accounting firm, from 2003 to April 2009. Mr. Unruh holds B.S. degrees in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Teresa Watkins has served as our Chief Operations Officer since November 2022. Previously, she served as our Senior Vice President of Payment Processing since August 2021. From September 2016 to August 2021, she served as our Vice President, Financial Processing Operations and, from December 2013 to September 2016, she served our Lead Technical Program Manager. Prior to joining us, Ms. Watkins served in multiple roles at JPMorgan Chase & Company over a more than eight-year period, including most recently as Senior Financial Operations Manager from October 2006 to December 2013. Ms. Watkins received a Master of Accounting and a B.S. in Accounting from University of South Florida.

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### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, or CD&A, is designed to provide our stockholders with an explanation of our executive compensation philosophy and objectives, our 2024 executive compensation program and the compensation paid by the Company to the following named executive officers in 2024, referred to throughout this proxy statement as our NEOs:

| George Gresham, Former President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)1 |
| Jess Unruh, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)                           |
| Chris Ruppel, Interim President1and Chief Revenue Officer (“CRO”)     |
| Amy Pugh, General Counsel and Secretary                               |
| Teresa Watkins, Chief Operations Officer (“COO”)                      |

1 Mr. Gresham ceased serving as President and CEO and William I Jacobs was appointed as interim CEO and Mr. Ruppel as interim President, effective March 7, 2025.

### 2024 Overview and Pay for Performance Outcomes
During 2024, we balanced the impact of ongoing headwinds with operational improvements and growth in our business-to-business and embedded finance businesses, aided by new partner wins reflecting the increasing demand and growth opportunity in embedded finance and Green Dot’s unique value proposition.