Kyle Brown has served as Trinity Capital’s Chief Executive Officer since January 2024, Trinity Capital’s President and Chief Investment Officer since August 2019 and as a member of the Board since September 2019. Mr. Brown is also a member of the Investment Committee. He has served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of trustees of Eagle Point Trinity Senior Secured Lending Company since March 2025. Prior to joining Trinity Capital, Mr. Brown was a Managing Partner at Trinity Capital Investments (the predecessor to Trinity Capital), a leading provider of venture loans and equipment financing to growth stage companies, and a member of its investment committees since 2015. In such capacity, Mr. Brown was responsible for managing the investment activities in order to achieve the firm’s deployment goals and managed relationships with potential customers as well as with strategic partners, including venture capital firms and technology bank lenders. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Brown was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Brown Equity, LLC, a real estate financial investment firm, from 2006 to 2015. He also co-founded and managed Sharp Equity Homes, LLC, a full-service, web-based multiple listing service for trustee sale auctions in Arizona and California, from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Brown founded or co-founded three additional startups over the course of his career.

Steve Brown is Trinity Captital’s founder, has served as Executive Chairman of the Company since January 2024 and Chairman of the Board since August 2019. Mr. Brown previously served as Trinity Capital’s Chief Executive Officer from August 2019 to January 2024. Mr. Brown is also a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to founding Trinity Capital, Mr. Brown founded Trinity Capital Investments (the predecessor to Trinity Capital) in January 2008 and was a Managing Partner at Trinity Capital Investments, a leading provider of venture loans and equipment financing to growth stage companies.

Mr. Brown has 25 years of experience in venture equity and venture debt and working with growth stage companies. Prior to founding Trinity Capital Investments, Mr. Brown served as general partner at Point Financial Capital Partners, a venture leasing fund, from 2003 to 2008 and was the President and Chief Financial Officer of InvestLinc Financial Services, an early-stage private equity fund and consulting firm, from 1998 to 2002. He was also part of the founding group of Cornerstone Equity Partners, a private equity fund, and served as a partner from 1996 to 1998.

Ronald E. Estes has served as a member of the Board since September 2019. In 2022, Mr. Estes retired from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of LifeStream Complete Senior Living, Inc., a non-profit provider of senior living communities, having served in that role since 2016 and as the company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2013. In such capacities, Mr. Estes was responsible for all matters related to the mission, organization and financial oversight of LifeStream Complete Senior Living, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Estes served as a tax director at McGladrey LLP (now RSM US LLP), an audit, tax and consulting services firm, from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Estes also previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of The Ryerson Company, a developer and operator of senior living communities, from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Estes is a certified public accountant with 15 years of public accounting experience.

Richard P. Hamada has served as a member of the Board since December 2021. Mr. Hamada previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Avnet, a global technology distributor, from July 2011 to July 2016 and previously held several senior leadership roles at the company, including President and Chief Operating Officer. Since 2014 he has served on the board of directors of Keysight Technologies, where he is a member of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Irma Lockridge has served as a member of the Board since December 2021. Since April 2026, Ms. Lockridge has served as Chief People Officer of Laborie Medical Technologies (part of Patricia Industries), where her responsibilities include helping Laborie achieve its growth goals through people and cultural organizational strategies. Prior to her role at Laborie and Patricia Industries, from 2016 to 2026, Ms. Lockridge served as the Chief People and Systems Officer for CoorsTek, Inc., a technical ceramics manufacturer. Prior to joining CoorsTek, Ms. Lockridge served as the senior vice president of human resources of several companies, including Newell-Rubbermaid, Western Union, TeleTech Holdings, Inc., and Liberty Mutual/Colorado Casualty Insurance. Ms. Lockridge currently serves on the boards of NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. (formerly Northwest Pipe Company), where she serves on the Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees and the American Cancer Society.

Michael E. Zacharia has served as a member of the Board since December 2020. Mr. Zacharia has been an executive coach and consultant to Fortune 150 companies, privately held companies, non-profit organizations, and higher education institutions since 2008 and has served on the advisory board for the Center for Advanced Coaching since 2009. In addition, he has taught Cross-Cultural Negotiations and Dispute Resolution as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law since 2009 and was the Co-Director of the Pacis Project on Faith Based Diplomacy, a joint venture between Pepperdine University and the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy in Washington D.C., from 2008 to 2012. Previously, Mr. Zacharia served on the board of directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., a diversified media and merchandising company, during 2013 and served as the Executive Vice President for Business Development, the General Counsel and the Secretary of DFS Group Limited, a travel retail company, from 1996 to 2007. Prior to joining DFS Group Limited, Mr. Zacharia was a partner at the law firm of Wiley Rein LLP from 1989 to 1995. He also previously served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Trade Controls, and Special Counsel to the Undersecretary for International Trade in the Commerce Department. In addition, Mr. Zacharia was previously selected as a White House Fellow and served as Special Assistant in the office of the U.S. Secretary of State.