Board of Directors

Robert Cauley
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
Robert Cauley Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
Robert E. Cauley, CFA is one of the Company's founders and has been a director of the Company since its inception in 2003. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of Bimini Capital Management, Inc. Prior to joining the Company, he was previously Vice President, Portfolio Manager, at Federated Investment Management Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where from 1996 until September 2003 he was also a Lead Portfolio Manager, Co-Manager, or Assistant Portfolio Manager of $4.25 billion (base capital, unlevered amount) in mortgage and asset-backed securities funds. From 1994 to 1996, he was an associate at Lehman Brothers in the asset-backed structuring group. From 1992 to 1994, he was a Credit Analyst in the highly levered firms group and the aerospace group at Barclay's Bank. Mr. Cauley has invested in, researched, or structured almost every type of mortgage-backed security. Mr. Cauley, who is a CFA and a CPA, received his MBA in Finance and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and his BA in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton. Mr. Cauley served in the United States Marine Corps for four years.
Robert Dwyer
Retired - Executive Vice President-National Sales Director
Robert Dwyer Retired - Executive Vice President-National Sales Director

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Mr. Dwyer has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2007. He retired from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in 1999 as Executive Vice President-National Sales Director, having served in that role from 1990 until his retirement. Prior to that, Mr. Dwyer was Director of Taxable Fixed Income for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Bank of New York Ivy Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds.

Mr. Dwyer has numerous charitable and civic interests. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Niagara University and is on the investment committee for the Vincentian Order. He also is Chairman of the Dwyer Family Foundation, which supports a number of health and social programs. Mr. Dwyer has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of MasTec, Inc. since October of 2004.

Financial Expert
Independent Director
Chair of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Ashley Griffith
Director - Institutional Sales

Hovde Group

Ashley Griffith, 53, is currently a Director in Institutional Sales at Hovde Group, a boutique investment banking firm focused on the community and regional banking sector. He has held this position since early 2024. He has spent most of his 25+ year career in institutional sales at various investment banking firms, focused mostly on the financial sector. Prior to joining Hovde Group, he served as Managing Director – Institutional Sales of Compass Point Research and Trading (2020-2024), and at Sandler O’Neill, Evercore and Fox-Pitt, Kelton. Earlier in his career, Ashley worked in sell-side equity research focusing on the banking and media & entertainment sectors. Ashley graduated from Hobart College with a bachelor’s degree in Math.

Member of the Audit Committee
G. Hunter Haas
President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer
G. Hunter Haas President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer

G. Hunter Haas serves as President, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Bimini Capital Management, Inc. Hunter joined Bimini Capital Management, Inc. in April 2004 as Vice President and Head of Mortgage Research.

Prior to joining Bimini Capital Management, Inc., Hunter worked at National City Mortgage Company from June 2002 to April 2004, most recently as Vice President of Risk Analytics in the Servicing Asset Risk Management Department. While there, he specialized in researching the impact of mortgage prepayments on a $155 billion servicing portfolio. Hunter has presented his research at conferences to other fixed income and mortgage banking professionals. He worked at Homeside Lending Inc. from December 2001 to May 2002, where he was a member of the Capital Markets Finance Group. Prior to December 2001, Hunter attended Oklahoma State University, where he received his MS in Economics. While there he focused his graduate studies on econometrics, forecasting and statistical analysis.