Kirk McLaughlin has served as a director for the Company since January 7, 2026, and serves on the Board's Audit & Risk Committee and Compensation Committee. Prior to the closing of the merger of Vista Bancshares, Inc. (“Vista”) with and into NBHC, Mr. McLaughlin joined Vista in 1982 and served as a director of Vista for 43 years. Mr. McLaughlin served in multiple leadership roles at Vista, including as President of Vista Bank from 1989 until his retirement on January 1, 2018; as Chief Executive Officer of Vista from 2008 to 2015; and as a Trust Officer from 1982 until January 1, 2018. During his time as President, he helped grow Vista and Vista Bank from one banking location in Ralls, Texas to 11 retail locations across the Texas South Plains region, in addition to establishing an operations/administrations center in Lubbock, Texas. Mr. McLaughlin served as the Mayor of the City of Ralls, Texas for two terms and served as a Class A Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1995 through 2000 (serving as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1996 through 2000). Mr. McLaughlin also previously served on the boards of the Texas Bankers Association and the Community Bankers Council of the Texas Bankers Association. Mr. McLaughlin was a partner in Caprock Independent Insurance Agency from 1990 until 2010 and held Texas insurance licenses for both Property & Casualty sales and Life and Health sales. Mr. McLaughlin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from Texas Tech University and completed the Texas Tech School of Banking and the American Bankers Association National Agricultural Credit School. He also completed the Southwestern School of Banking Certified Community Bank Director Program at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.