Don R. Daseke has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Daseke since he founded the company (formerly named Walden Smokey Point, Inc.) in November 2008. He also served as President of Daseke from November 2008 through January 2018, when that role was transitioned to CFO Scott Wheeler. Mr. Daseke has served as the President and sole director on the board of directors of The Walden Group for more than 30 years. Mr. Daseke also has served as the chairman of the board of directors of both Liquid Motors, Inc. and East Teak Fine Hardwoods, Inc. since June 2005 and March 2006, respectively. Mr. Daseke has been active in the non-profit sector throughout his career, having served in leadership roles for a number of non-profit institutions, including the WaterTower Theatre, DePauw University, the Dallas Chapter of the World Presidents Organization and the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society. Additionally, Mr. Daseke currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Cattle Barons Ball in Dallas, Texas. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Daseke was a Commissioner on the Planning and Zoning Commission for Addison, Texas, and in May 2009, he was elected to a two-year term on the Addison Town Council. Mr. Daseke served as Mayor Pro Tempore of Addison, Texas in 2010. Mr. Daseke was the Regional Winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2014. In April of 2018, he was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association for Distinguished Americans, joining names like U.S. presidents Eisenhower, Ford and Reagan. Mr. Daseke received his B.A. from DePauw University, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, and the Presidents Program in Leadership from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Daseke is a Certified Public Accountant (retired).

Mr. Bonner has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2015. Mr. Bonner served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Texas Instruments, a publicly traded company, from January 2000 to May 2014. In this role, Mr. Bonner managed the business and technology aspects of IT operations. Prior to being appointed Chief Information Officer, Mr. Bonner served Texas Instruments for over 33 years in a number of strategic leadership roles and positions in general management, mass marketing and global IT operations. Mr. Bonner has served as a member on the board of directors of Copper Mobile since June 2012 and is currently an advisory board member for Southern Methodist University’s Computer & Electrical Engineering Department. Mr. Bonner also served as an advisory board member for Gemini Israel Funds from June 2004 to May 2015. Mr. Bonner holds an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, an MSEE and BSEE from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in Physics from Kalamazoo College. He received the Minority & Women Business Development Award from Texas Instruments, the Transformational CIO Award from HMG Strategies and the Most Innovative User of Technology from Information Week Magazine.

Mr. Bonner has significant experience serving as an executive officer and in other leadership positions in a large public company setting, including 14 years as chief information officer, and he has more than three years of experience serving on the board of directors of a private technology company. He has extensive experience in management, finance, operations and marketing. We believe his background and skill set make Mr. Bonner well-suited to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Mark Sinclair was appointed to the Daseke, Inc. Board of Directors effective as of January 1, 2017. At the end of 2017, Mr. Sinclair completed a 46 year career in public accounting with over 38 years at Ernst & Young (EY) where he served as an Audit Partner, as Partner in Charge of Human Resources and Partner in Charge of the Strategic Growth Markets Practice in North Texas. After retirement from EY, Mr. Sinclair served 8 years as a Partner at Whitley Penn LLP, a Texas regional accounting firm. Mr. Sinclair primarily served and advised high growth public and venture/private equity backed companies from early stage to multi billion dollar revenue companies, often with global operations, in a wide variety of industries including technology, manufacturing, service and mining. He worked closely with management and reported to the Boards of his clients with a heavy focus on the governance aspects of internal controls and overall enterprise risk management. Mr. Sinclair is currently Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also on the Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), North Texas Chapter and has achieved the NACD Board Leadership Fellow designation. Mr. Sinclair is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Sinclair qualifies as a “financial expert” for the audit committee under SEC guidelines. Because of his strong financial and accounting background, Mr. Sinclair is well-qualified to serve on our Board.

Jonathan Shepko is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of EF Capital Management, LP, which makes direct debt and equity investments (generally between $20MM and $100MM), in both public and private companies, across the United States. He is currently a Director, and Chairman of the Compensation Committee, for Shipston Equity Holdings, which, under the Busche Performance Group umbrella, is a Tier 1 supplier of “crash critical” chassis components, largely to the automotive OEM’s. From 2015 to 2016, Mr. Shepko served as a Director, Chairman and CEO of Ameriqual Group Holdings, LLC, a global leader in shelf-stable food processing for the military, consumer and food service markets. Prior to founding EF Capital, Mr. Shepko was a Managing Director with Ares Management (~$100B AUM), where he focused on originating and structuring debt financings in the energy industry. From 2009 until 2014, Mr. Shepko co-headed, and served as Managing Director of, CLG Energy Finance (an affiliate of Beal Bank), which focused on providing senior-stretch and uni-tranche facilities to the energy and infrastructure industries. Prior to forming CLG Energy Finance, Mr. Shepko was a Vice President with EnCap Investments, LP, where his responsibilities included originating, structuring and managing private equity investments in the oil and gas sector, while also serving on the boards of several of these companies. Collectively, Mr. Shepko has underwritten and managed nearly $2 billion in direct equity and debt financings, spanning multiple industries, including investments in high-growth, as well as mature companies. Mr. Shepko graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Finance from Texas A&M University.

Ena Williams is CEO and a director of National HME, Inc., the largest direct provider of technology-enabled medical equipment solutions to the hospice industry. She previously served as senior vice president and head of international operations for 7-Eleven, Inc., where she led the growth strategy and had P&L responsibilities for more than 34,900 licensed, franchised and joint-venture stores in 16 countries, generating approximately $25 billion in system revenue. She is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and previously held a series of leadership roles at ExxonMobil Corporation.

Kim Warmbier is EVP and chief human resources officer for Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR), where she is responsible for all aspects of human resources for a nearly $4 billion technology company and its more than 10,000 employees. She previously served in similar capacities for Dean Foods, preceded by a series of executive human resources leadership positions at JCPenney and Frito-Lay/PepsiCo.