The Board of Directors Nominating Committee of Grow Financial Federal Credit Union (“Grow Financial”) has nominated Rob Curls, Scott Gossen and C. Russell Riley to the Board of Directors for 2025. When there is only one nominee for each position to be filled, the bylaws specify that an election will not be conducted by ballot, and there will be no nominations from the floor. Nominations may be made by petition in accordance with the bylaws, signed by at least 500 primary members and received no later than April 12, 2025. The annual meeting will be held at 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Grow Financial Corporate Headquarters, 9927 Delaney Lake Drive, Tampa.

Rob Curls

Current Employment: Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, advising customers within the US Federal Government

Experience: Rob Curls is a Senior Technology Professional with more than 20 years of experience in leadership, emerging technologies and business development. He has a diverse background which has enabled him to work in challenging regulated industries such as Healthcare, Professional Services and Defense. Mr. Curls has consulted organizations ranging in size from small startups to large globally dispersed organizations.

Grow Financial Service: Supervisory Committee (2016–2022); Board of Directors (2022–present)

Scott Gossen

Current Employment: Assistant Vice President of Design, Construction, and Facilities, University of Tampa

Experience: Scott Gossen is a Canadian-born architect originally from Red Deer, Alberta. He began his architecture career in Edmonton with Arndt Tkalcic Architecture before relocating to Grand Cayman in 2005. There, he worked on designing projects such as resorts, office headquarters, retail spaces and high-end residential properties. In 2012, he moved to Tampa and joined R.R. Simmons Construction Corporation, where he spent 7.5 years designing and managing commercial projects, including several Grow Financial locations across Florida and South Carolina. Currently, he serves as the Assistant Vice President of Design, Construction, and Facilities at the University of Tampa.

Education: Licensed Architect; M. Arch., University of South Florida

Grow Financial Service: Supervisory Committee (2021–2024); Board of Directors (2025–present)

C. Russell Riley

Current Employment: Director of Sales for M.E. Wilson

Experience: Whittle Communications, Marketing Representative (1990–1992); Lexis-Nexis, Sales Representative (1992–1998), Florida Manager (1996–1998); Administrative Partners, Inc., Shareholder (1998–2008), sold company in 2008 to Tribridge, Inc.; DSM, VP Sales (2017–2019); Enavate, Director of Cloud Services (2019–2021); System Soft Technologies, VP of Sales (2021–2024).

Education: B.A. Erskine College, English and French

Grow Financial Service: Supervisory Committee (2002–2005), (Chairman 2004–2005); Board of Directors (2005–present), Chairman (2011–2013)

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