Howard B. Culang

Director at Radian

Mr. Culang served as President of Laurel Corporation, a financial services firm, from January 1996 through December 2011. Mr. Culang was a Managing Member of JH Capital Management LLC, a management company for a private equity fund, from July 1998 to December 2010, and of Cognitive Capital Management LLC, a management company for a fund of hedge funds, from April 2001 to December 2005. In the past, he has served as Vice Chairman of Residential Services Corporation of America, the holding company for Prudential Home Mortgage Company, a mortgage lending company, Lender’s Service, Inc., a mortgage services company, and Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, a real estate services company, and as a Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Prudential Home Mortgage Company, where he worked from November 1985 to December 2005. Mr. Culang also held a number of senior management positions with Citibank, N.A., including as a Senior Credit Officer. Mr. Culang currently serves as a director of Phase Change Software, LLC (formerly ioSemantics, LLC), a privately owned artificial intelligence (“AI”) software company. He has been a director of Radian since June 1999.

Mr. Culang's service as a director of Radian through various business and economic cycles gives him significant knowledge of Radian, its history and its businesses. In addition, his significant management experience in the mortgage and financial services industries gives him valuable expertise and a broad understanding of the mortgage and real estate businesses. These experiences are particularly relevant in Mr. Culang’s role as the Chair of the Credit Management Committee of our Board. His role as a director of an AI software company has given him important insights into emerging technology trends in the financial services sector, including AI and cyber security that are valuable in overseeing our technology initiatives. Age: 72. Radian Committees: Credit Management (Chair), Compensation and Human Capital Management, Governance

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