Scott Quist
Chairman, President & CEO

I believe the hour has come. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Scott Quist. I am the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Security National Financial Corporation. It is now 10:00 a.m., and I hereby call this Annual Meeting of the Stockholders to order. On behalf of my fellow directors, officers and employees, it's my pleasure to welcome you this morning.

At this time, I'd like to introduce the people, the fellow officers and directors here at the head table or tables. First, we'll start with Alexandra Mysoor. Alexandra has been a director since 2021. She is the Founder and CEO of Alix, that's A-L-I-X, which is a fintech platform providing estate planning and succession services. Alexandra is all-things tech and adds a wonderful component to our Board and a degree of energy, which is very -- anyway, it's very nice. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley in interdisciplinary field studies.

Next, we'll go to Mr. John Cook on my right. He's a Director of the company since 2013. So 13 years, co-owner and operator of Cook Brothers Painting. He attended the University of Utah. That's an important -- not the University of Utah. I'm more of a BYU fellow myself. But the -- being in the contracting trades, a lot of our work, a lot of our investments are in real estate and specifically construction lending. And John helps us keep our ear to the ground, as it were, in those areas.