Biography

Sharon Lee Cook joined our board of directors in March 2023.  Ms. Cook is the founder and president of OLE Three Consulting, Inc., a management organization advisory firm that she founded in March 2022.  Ms. Cook served as a business consultant for the regulated trading platform FTX US Derivatives from February 2022 to June 2022 and has been a certified private arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since June 2019.  From February 2020 to January 2021, Ms. Cook served as a part-time administrative assistant at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.  During the period from September 2017 through February 2020, Ms. Cook was not employed and was dedicating her time to various personal matters.  Between 2009 and 2017, Ms. Cook was a managing director at securities firm Incapital LLC January 2017 to September 2017, a managing director at investment banking firm D.A. Davidson & Co. December 2012 to May 2016, a managing director at Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc. September 2009 to November 2012 and a senior economic and policy advisor to the deputy director of the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Thrift Supervision from May 2007 to September 2009 where she participated in the resolution of failing banks, and the development of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) and the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).  Earlier in her career, Ms. Cook spent 12 years as a managing director at investment management firm Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. and was the deputy assistant director at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for five years.  Ms. Cook is a member of the board of directors of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, where she serves on the Finance Committee, and she is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She is a graduate of The George Washington University.

With over 30 years of broad experience in fixed income capital markets and financial services regulation, we believe Ms. Cook offers the board of directors the ability to analyze and oversee risks and complex financial challenges faced by companies such ours.