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Steven A. Michaels, President and Chief Executive Officer

Steve Michaels was named Chief Executive Officer of PROG Holdings, Inc. in December 2020, and President of the Company in April 2021. Mr. Michaels, who is also a member of PROG Holdings’ Board of Directors, previously served as CEO of the Company’s Progressive Leasing segment, and as Chief Financial Officer and President of Strategic Operations, Vice President of Strategic Planning & Business Development, and Vice President of Finance at Aaron’s Inc. Mr. Michaels received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from Georgia State University.

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Curt Doman, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer

Curt Doman, co-founder of Progressive Leasing, is the Chief Innovation Officer of PROG Holdings and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Doman has previously served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer of Progressive Leasing. He also founded International Document Services, Inc. in 1993, where he held the position of President until 2015. Mr. Doman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Utah.

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Marvin Fentress, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Marvin Fentress became General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of PROG Holdings in 2020, after serving as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company’s Progressive Leasing operating segment since 2012. Prior to joining Progressive Leasing, Mr. Fentress operated a private law practice specializing in consumer finance, commercial real estate, and bankruptcy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia.

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Debra Fiori, Chief People Officer

Debra Fiori was named Chief People Officer of PROG Holdings in April 2021. Previously, she spent 13 years as the Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Parsons Corporation, where she was responsible for leadership development, succession planning, organizational design, reward systems, talent acquisition, and human resources operations. Ms. Fiori received a Master of Arts in Communication and Media Studies from West Virginia University.

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Brian Garner, Chief Financial Officer

Brian Garner has been Chief Financial Officer of PROG Holdings since December 2020. Previously, Mr. Garner served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting, Vice President of Finance and Accounting, and Controller of the Company’s Progressive Leasing segment. Prior to joining Progressive Leasing, he was employed by Ernst & Young as a member of the firm’s Assurance and Advisory practice, where he provided technical guidance and advised on SEC filings, initial public offerings, and M&A transactions for public and private corporations in Silicon Valley. Mr. Garner has a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from Brigham Young University.

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Mike Giordano, Chief Commercial Officer

Mike Giordano became Progressive Leasing’s Chief Commercial Officer in January 2021. He joined the Company from Samsung Electronics America, where he served as Vice President of U.S. Sales from 2018 until his departure and was responsible for managing the development and implementation of marketing and sales strategies for driving in-store and e-commerce home appliance sales to consumers. Mr. Giordano also held additional management roles during his time at Samsung, which began in 2007, including Regional Sales Manager, Director of Sales, and Vice President of Regional Sales. He received his Bachelors in Secondary Education from the University of Scranton, and his Masters of ED in Instructional Tech from Arizona State University.

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Ben Hawksworth, Chief Product & Technology Officer

Ben Hawksworth was named Chief Product and Technology Officer of Progressive Leasing in 2018, and is responsible for heading up the Company’s Engineering, Product, and Information Security divisions. Prior to joining Progressive Leasing, Hawksworth served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Global Business Solutions at First Data Corporation, as SVP of Information Technology and VP of Payments Platform and Software Engineering for Vantiv, and as VP of Information Technology for Fifth Third Bank. He received a Master of Business Administration from Ohio State University.

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Ryan Ray, Chief Administrative Officer

Ryan Ray is the Chief Administrative Officer of PROG Holdings and the President of the Company’s Vive Financial segment. Mr. Ray joined the Company’s Progressive Leasing segment in 2013 as Vice President of Operations and became the Chief Operations Officer in 2014. He currently oversees PROG Holdings’ Compliance, Risk Management, and Corporate Communications divisions in addition to his duties at Vive Financial. Mr. Ray received a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Utah and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Trevor Thatcher, Chief Operations Officer

Trevor Thatcher was named Progressive Leasing’s Chief Operations Officer in December 2020. He joined the Company in 2013 as Director of Operations and was named Progressive Leasing’s Vice President of Operations in 2015. Prior to Progressive Leasing, Mr. Thatcher served as Director of Operations for Morgan Stanley, Director of Business Activity Management for Citibank’s Goldfish Card Services, and Sr. Manager of Direct-to-Consumer Banking Operation at Discover Financial Services. He received a degree in finance from the University of Utah.

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