Steven D. Metzger serves as our President and leads our Corporate Development, Legal, HR and Risk Management teams. Mr. Metzger joined the Company in May 2018 and was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel in February 2019. In 2021, in addition to his roles as General Counsel and Secretary, Mr. Metzger was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to joining Carriage, Mr. Metzger served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for a publicly traded company in the restaurant industry from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Metzger spent seven years with Service Corporation International (“SCI”) where he served in various leadership roles including Managing Counsel for the Legal Department and Chief Compliance Officer for SCI’s registered investment advisor. Mr. Metzger began his career as a litigator at a Houston law firm and received both his BA in Government and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.