Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
Chunk: 16

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 16
---
 of Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics. Mr. Mason is a certified public accountant (inactive) and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in Accounting from California State Polytechnic University.

Mr. Mason was selected to serve as a director because of his position as our CEO and his significant experience as an executive officer, director of and consultant to other banks and mortgage companies, his credit and lending experience, mergers and acquisitions experience, finance and accounting education and experience and his

<div align='center'>12</div>

relationships in the banking industry and the capital markets. He currently chairs the HomeStreet Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Scott M. Boggs, Director

Mr. Boggs joined HomeStreet Bank in 2006 as a member of its board of directors and became a director of the Company in February 2012. Mr. Boggs served as the Lead Independent Director of the Board from March 2015 through June 2018. Prior to joining HomeStreet Bank’s board of directors, Mr. Boggs was employed by Microsoft Corporation from 1993 to 2003 where he served in a variety of positions, including vice president, corporate controller from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Boggs was also an adjunct professor for the Seattle University Albers School of Business and Economics, teaching accounting and information systems from 2004 until 2009. Mr. Boggs previously served as a trustee and chair of the audit committee and budget and investments committee of the Financial Executives Research Foundation from 2002 to 2008, as director, chair of the pension committee and a member of the audit committee of the Cascade Natural Gas Corporation from 2004 to 2007, and director, vice chair of audit committee and designated financial expert of the Safeco family of mutual funds from 2002 to 2004. He is a former member of the Seattle University Internal Audit Advisory Board, the King County Strategic Technology Advisory Council, the Seattle University Accounting Advisory Board and the Financial Executives International. Mr. Boggs started his career as a certified public accountant (currently inactive) with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells from 1977 to 1985, and he received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Washington.

Mr. Boggs was selected to serve as a director because of his significant accounting and financial experience, his accounting credentials and degree and his experience as a designated financial expert on audit committees. He currently chairs the Home