Member of the Board of Directors, Piper Sandler & Co.

Brian R. Sterling served as Managing Director for Piper Sandler & Co., where he was responsible for advising banks and other financial institutions on strategic matters, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and financings. Previously, Brian was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group of Merrill Lynch and in the Corporate Finance Department of Wertheim Schroder & Co. Brian began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, an international law firm.

Mr. Sterling holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. He lives in West Orange, New Jersey with his wife, Linda. Mr. Sterling also serves on the Finance Committee of KIPP New Jersey, a charter school system based in New Jersey, on the Boards of the Clara Maass Medical Center and the Medical Center Foundation, on the Board of the Yale Law School Fund, and as President of the Board of 70 Faces Media, a not-for-profit digital media company that is the largest and most diverse Jewish media organization in North America.