LEADERSHIP

Mr. Sharps has been a director of Price Group since January 2022. He is the chair of the board, chief executive officer, and president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. He also chairs the company's Executive, Management, and Management Compensation and Development Committees. Mr. Sharps has been with Price Group since 1997, beginning as an analyst specializing in financial services stocks, including banks, asset managers, and securities brokers, in the U.S. Equity Division. He was the lead portfolio manager of the Institutional Large-Cap Growth Equity Strategy from 2001 to 2016. In 2016, Mr. Sharps stepped down from portfolio management to assume an investment leadership position as co-head of Global Equity, at which time he joined the Management Committee. He was head of Investments and group chief investment officer from 2017 to 2021. In February 2021, Mr. Sharps became president of Price Group and then chief executive officer in January 2022. Prior to Price Group, he completed an internship as an equity research analyst at Wellington Management. Mr. Sharps also was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick as a senior management consultant, where he focused on corporate transactions, before leaving to pursue his M.B.A. in 1995.

Mr. Sharps earned a B.S., summa cum laude, in accounting from Towson University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Mr. Sharps currently serves on the board of directors of the Baltimore Curriculum Project and the board of trustees for Bridges of Baltimore. He previously served on the St. Paul's School board of trustees and was chair of the investment committee from July 2015 to June 2020. He also spent six years on Towson University's College of Business and Economics alumni advisory board.

Mr. August has been a director of Price Group, a vice president, and an employee since 2021. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (OHA), an alternative investment firm specializing in performing and distressed credit investments, which was acquired by, and operates as a standalone business within, T. Rowe Price. Mr. August is a member of the Management Committee. He cofounded the predecessor investment firm to OHA in 1987 and took responsibility for the firm’s credit and distressed investment activities in 1990. Prior to founding OHA, and cofounding its predecessor investment firm in 1987, Mr. August worked at Morgan Stanley in New York and London.

Mr. August earned a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Mr. August has served on 18 corporate boards since 1987. His nonprofit activities include serving on the boards of trustees of Horace Mann School, where he cochairs the investment committee and serves on the executive committee, and The Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he serves on the finance, human capital management, and IT committees. He is also a member of the board of directors of Partnership for New York City.

Jen Dardis is the chief financial officer and treasurer of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., the treasurer of T. Rowe Price Investment Management, and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Her responsibilities include global oversight for the Controller’s Group, Global Tax, Procurement, Global Product, Corporate Strategy, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Investor Relations. 

Jen has been with T. Rowe Price since 2006, beginning in the CFO Group in a corporate strategy role, and became the head of Corporate Strategy in 2016. Most recently, she was the head of Finance. Before joining T. Rowe Price, Jen held positions at Constellation Energy in investor relations, at Energy Merchant in finance and business development, and at SG Cowen in mergers and acquisitions.

Jen earned a B.A. in economics from the College of William & Mary and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. She serves on the Gilman School's Board of Trustees and is the former chair of the Maryland Food Bank's Board of Directors.

Arif Husain is the head of Global Fixed Income and chief investment officer of the Fixed Income Division. He is chairman of the Fixed Income Steering Committee and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Arif is lead portfolio manager for the Global Government Bond High Quality Strategy. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd. 

Arif’s investment experience began in 1995, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2013 . Prior to this, Arif was employed by AllianceBernstein in the area of European fixed income and euro portfolio management. He also was a member of the global fixed income and absolute return portfolio management teams. Arif also was employed by Greenwich NatWest as an assistant director of European Derivatives Trading and by the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association. 

Arif earned a B.Sc. (honors) in banking and international finance from the City University London, Cass Business School. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. 

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Steph Jackson is the head of T. Rowe Price Investment Management. He is a member of the Management Committee and a member of the Black Leadership Council, and is the Executive Sponsor of Moonshot, a T. Rowe Price Foundation sponsored program supporting for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs of color. He  is the chair of the T. Rowe Price Investment Management (TRPIM) Investment Steering Committee, a member of the Investment Management Committee, TRPIM ESG  and Product Strategy Committees. Steph also is the president of T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.

Steph's investment experience began in 1986, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2007, beginning as a portfolio specialist, supporting several U.S. small-cap and mid-cap strategies, in the T. Rowe Price Associates U.S. Equity Division. After that, he was a director of Equity Research, leading the U.S. Associate Analyst team and the European Equity Research team in London. Most recently, Steph was the associate head of the U.S. Equity Division. Steph is a former member of the Equity Steering, International Steering, Equity Research, and Risk Management Oversight Committees. He also is the former chair of MOSAIC, a business resource group that identifies issues and opportunities relevant to talent, business practices, and culture in support of the firm's diversity and inclusion. Prior to T. Rowe Price, he was a senior portfolio manager and a managing director with Brown Capital Management, where he managed mid-cap and large-cap growth portfolios. Prior to that, he was a growth portfolio manager and director of equity research with NCM Capital Management.

Steph earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. Steph also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He is a former member of the Investment Committee of the France-Merrick Foundation, a former executive Board member of the Baltimore Community Foundation, and a former Board member of the Abell Foundation. He also was the chairman of the Investment Committee of the Gilman School and a member of the Advisory Board of Bridges.

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Kimberly Johnson is the chief operating officer (COO) of T. Rowe Price. She is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and member of the Management Committee, Corporate Strategy Committee, Ethics Committee, Management Compensation and Development Committee, Product Strategy Committee, Investment Management Steering Committee, and Enterprise Risk Management Committee, as well as chair of the Strategic Operating Committee.

Kimberly’s experience began in 1995, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2022. As COO, she leads the Chief Technology Office, the Chief Data Office, Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Services, Enterprise Risk Management, Global Client Account Services, Global Investment Operations, the Transformation Office, and the regional operating teams. Prior to this, Kimberly was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Fannie Mae. In this role, she was responsible for technology, operations, data, modeling, analytics, information security, resiliency, innovation, and corporate strategy.

Kimberly earned a B.A. in economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Princeton University. Additionally, she serves as a Board member for Eli Lilly and Board Trustee for Princeton University.

Scott Keller oversees the Americas; Asia-Pacific (APAC); and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Distribution businesses, alongside leading the Global Consultant Relations and Financial Intermediary business. He is a member of the Management and Global Distribution Executive Committees. Scott is the chief executive officer and executive director of T. Rowe Price International Ltd and the chairperson of the Boards of T. Rowe Price (Luxembourg) Management S.á.r.l. and the funds to which it acts as management company. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Scott's investment experience began in 1997, and he joined T. Rowe Price in 2014 as the head of APAC Distribution. Prior to that, he served in a variety of leadership positions at UBS in both Europe and Asia, which included head of Pan Asia, deputy head of Key Account Management EMEA, and chief financial officer EMEA at UBS Global Asset Management. While at UBS Wealth Management APAC, Scott was the head of Investment Consulting for Hong Kong and Singapore. For UBS Group in Switzerland, he also held roles in Investor Relations and Group Strategic Analysis (Mergers and Acquisitions).

Scott earned a B.S. in international area studies from Drexel University, an M.A. in German and European studies from Georgetown University, and an M.A. in political science from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Scott also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.

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Josh Nelson is the head of U.S. Equity, chair of the Equity Steering Committee, and a member of the Management Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Investment Management Steering Committee, Product Steering Committee, and Research Governance Oversight Committee. He is co-president of T. Rowe Price Equity Funds, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Exchange-Traded Funds. Josh is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company.

Josh's investment experience began in 2000, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2007, beginning in the U.S. Equity Division as an investment analyst covering business services and education. Subsequently, he became the associate portfolio manager on the Global Focused Growth Strategy in 2010. He became director of equity research for North America in 2019 and associate head of U.S. Equity in 2021. Previously, Josh worked in investment banking at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Josh earned a B.S., with honors, in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida and an M.B.A., with honors, in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.

David Oestreicher is the general counsel for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He oversees the legal, compliance, and audit functions globally. He is a member of the Board of Directors, he is the president and principal executive officer of the T. Rowe Price Registered Funds, and he acts as the primary management liaison with the independent directors of the Price Funds. He also is the executive sponsor of the firm’s Black Leadership Council, whose mission is to assist in the attraction, promotion, and retention of Black associates.

David has been with T. Rowe Price since 1997, beginning in the Legal department. Before assuming his current role, his main areas of practice were U.S. and international investment adviser regulation, global compliance, and non-U.S. fund regulation. Prior to T. Rowe Price, David was special counsel in the Division of Market Regulation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also was a judicial law clerk with the Superior Court of Connecticut. 

David earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Bucknell University and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. Currently, David is on the Board and executive committee of the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and serves as vice chair of ICI Mutual Insurance Company. He also is on the Boards of the Maryland Science Center and the Jemicy School. From 2009 to 2019, he was a member of the board of governors of the Investment Adviser Association and served a term as chair of its legal and regulatory committee. He also is a past member of FINRA’s Investment Companies Committee.

Sébastien Page is head of Global Multi-Asset and chief investment officer. He is a member of the Asset Allocation Committee, which is responsible for tactical investment decisions across asset allocation portfolios. Sébastien also is a member of the Management Committee of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Sébastien's investment experience began in 2000, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2015. Prior to this, Sébastien was employed by PIMCO as an executive vice president, where he led a team focused on research and development of multi-asset solutions. He also was a senior managing director at State Street Global Markets.

Sébastien earned a B.S. in business administration and an M.S. in finance from Sherbrooke University in Quebec, Canada. Sébastien also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Sébastien coauthored award-winning research papers for The Journal of Portfolio Management in 2003, 2010, 2011, and 2022 and the Financial Analysts Journal in 2010 and 2014. He is the author of the book “Beyond Diversification: What Every Investor Needs to Know About Asset Allocation” (McGraw Hill, 2020) and the coauthor of the book “Factor Investing and Asset Allocation” (CFA Institute Research Foundation®, 2016). Sébastien is a member of the editorial boards of The Journal of Portfolio Management and the Financial Analysts Journal, and he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (Q Group). He regularly appears in the financial media, including Bloomberg TV and CNBC, and was recently  named among the 15 Top Voices in Finance for 2022 by LinkedIn.

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Dee Sawyer is the head of Global Distribution, a role she assumed in January 2024. She is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., is a member of the firm's Management Committee, is cochair of the Investment Management Steering Committee, and serves on the Product Steering Committee. Dee also is the executive champion of MOSAIC, the firm’s business resource group focused on ethnically diverse associates.

Dee’s investment experience began in 1993, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2011, beginning as a leader on the Individual Investors (II) marketing team. After that, she assumed leadership of the II channel from 2013 until the end of 2015. After a year as head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, realigning the function's capabilities, she joined Human Resources in January 2017, overseeing Human Resources for Global Distribution and Product. Dee was promoted to head of Human Resources in February 2018 and joined the firm’s Management Committee. In May 2019, Dee returned to Global Distribution and became head of II and Retirement Plan Services (RPS), overseeing the firm’s platform businesses. From January 2022 through December 2023, Dee led two distribution channels as the head of U.S. Intermediaries and RPS. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Dee was a director of Global Wealth and Investment Management in Retirement Services at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Prior to that, she held a variety of senior leadership roles with Fidelity Investments, in several functions within the Personal and Workplace Investing unit. Dee began her financial services career at Fifth Third Bank as a fixed income portfolio manager in the Trust and Investment Services Division.

Dee earned a B.A. in economics from Denison University. She is a Series 7, 24, 53, 63, and 66 registered representative.

Michelle Swanenburg is the head of Human Resources. She is a member of the Management Committee, the Strategic Operating Committee, the Enterprise Risk Management Committee, and the Management Compensation and Development Committee. She also is cochair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee and an executive sponsor of Amplify Voices.

Prior to rejoining T. Rowe Price in 2019, Michelle spent four years as the head of Human Resources at Oaktree Capital Management. She was with T. Rowe Price from 1997 to 2015, in various human resources leadership roles, including head of Business Partners for 10 of those years.  

Michelle earned a bachelor's degree and a master’s degree in human resources development from Towson University. She currently serves on the Board of The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc. and is a member of the President’s Advisory Council at Stevenson University.

Justin Thomson is the head of International Equity. Justin is a member of the Management Committee and the chairman of the International Equity Steering Committee. He is a member of the Asset Allocation and ESG Committees. He also is the chief investment officer for International Equities. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Justin's investment experience began in 1991, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 1998. From 1998 to 2020, he was the lead portfolio manager for our International Small-Cap Strategy. In 2008, he incepted our European Small-Cap Strategy and managed that until 2016. Prior to joining the firm, he was employed by G.T. Capital/LGT/Invesco, where he was a portfolio manager.

Justin earned an M.A. in economics from Cambridge University.

Eric Veiel is head of Global Investments and chief investment officer, chair of the Investment Management Steering Committee, and member of the Management Committee, the Equity Steering Committee, the Fixed Income Steering Committee, the International Steering Committee, the Multi-Asset Steering Committee, the Product Steering Committee, and the Management Compensation and Development Committee. Eric also is a member of the Board of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds.

Eric's investment experience began in 1999, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2005, beginning in the Equity Division as an investment analyst covering life insurance companies, asset managers, money-centered banks, and investment banks. From 2010 to 2014, he was the portfolio manager of the Financial Services Equity Strategy and the financial services sector team leader. After that, he was a co-director of Equity Research for North America and co-portfolio manager of the US Equity Structured Research Strategy. He was then head of U.S. Equity and co-head of Global Equity. Most recently, Eric was head of Global Equity. Prior to T. Rowe Price, he spent six years as a sell-side equity analyst, covering health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers at Wachovia Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, and A.G. Edwards & Sons.

Eric earned a B.B.A., magna cum laude, in finance from James Madison University and an M.B.A., with concentrations in finance and accounting, from Washington University in St. Louis, John M. Olin School of Business, where he was a Charles F. Knight Scholar. Eric also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

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Mr. Sharps has been a director of Price Group since January 2022. He is the chief executive officer and president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and is the chair of the company's Executive, Management, and Management Compensation and Development Committees. Mr. Sharps has been with Price Group since 1997, beginning as an analyst specializing in financial services stocks, including banks, asset managers, and securities brokers, in the U.S. Equity Division. He was the lead portfolio manager of the Institutional Large-Cap Growth Equity Strategy from 2001 to 2016. In 2016, Mr. Sharps stepped down from portfolio management to assume an investment leadership position as co-head of Global Equity, at which time he joined the Management Committee. He was head of Investments and group chief investment officer from 2017 to 2021. In February 2021, Mr. Sharps became president of Price Group and then chief executive officer in January 2022. Prior to Price Group, he completed an internship as an equity research analyst at Wellington Management. Mr. Sharps also was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick as a senior management consultant, where he focused on corporate transactions, before leaving to pursue his M.B.A. in 1995.

Mr. Sharps earned a B.S., summa cum laude, in accounting from Towson University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Mr. Sharps currently serves on the board of directors of the Baltimore Curriculum Project. He previously served on the St. Paul's School board of trustees and was chair of the investment committee from July 2015 to June 2020. He also spent six years on Towson University's College of Business and Economics alumni advisory board.

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Mr. August has been a director of Price Group, a vice president, and an employee since 2021. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (OHA), an alternative investment firm specializing in performing and distressed credit investments, which was acquired by, and operates as a standalone business within, T. Rowe Price. Mr. August is a member of the Management Committee. He cofounded the predecessor investment firm to OHA in 1987 and took responsibility for the firm’s credit and distressed investment activities in 1990. Prior to founding OHA, and cofounding its predecessor investment firm in 1987, Mr. August worked at Morgan Stanley in New York and London.

Mr. August earned a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Mr. August has served on 18 corporate boards since 1987. His nonprofit activities include serving on the boards of trustees of Horace Mann School, where he cochairs the investment committee and serves on the executive committee, and The Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he serves on the finance, human capital management, and IT committees. He is also a member of the board of directors of Partnership for New York City.

Mr. Bartlett has been an independent director of Price Group since 2013 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee and as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. He was a partner at Ernst & Young, serving as managing partner of the firm’s Baltimore office and senior client service partner for the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Bartlett began his career at Ernst & Young in 1972, serving until 2012, and has extensive experience in financial services, as well as other industries.

Mr. Bartlett earned a B.S. in accounting from West Virginia University and attended the Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He also earned the designation of certified public accountant.

Mr. Bartlett is a member of the board of directors, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the compensation committee of WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. He is also a member of the board of directors and a member of the audit committees of FTI Consulting, Inc., and Zurn Water Solutions Corp. and also serves as Zurn Water Solutions Corp.’s lead independent directo

Mr. Donnelly has been an independent director of Price Group since 2023 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. Mr. Donnelly was the executive vice president responsible for finance, investor relations, supply chain, and information technology for Mettler-Toledo International, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of precision instruments and services for use in laboratories and manufacturing, when he retired in 2018 after more than 20 years. Previously, Mr. Donnelly served as chief financial officer of Elsag Bailey Process Automation, NV, and prior to that was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Mr. Donnelly earned a B.S. in business administration from John Carroll University.

Mr. Donnelly is the lead independent director and a member of the board of directors for Ingersoll Rand, Inc., and is also a member of the board of directors of Quanterix Corporation.

Ms. Dublon has been an independent director of Price Group since 2019 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. She was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial services company, from 1998 to 2004. Ms. Dublon previously held numerous positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its predecessor companies, including corporate treasurer, managing director of the financial institutions’ division, and head of asset liability management.

Ms. Dublon earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. 

Ms. Dublon has been a member of the board of directors of PepsiCo, Inc., since 2005, where she serves as a member of the sustainability, diversity, and public policy committee and the compensation committee. She previously served as chair of the audit committee. She also is a member of the board of directors of Motive Capital Corp II, where she serves as chair of the audit committee and as a member of the compensation and nominations and governance committees. She also has served as a member of the independent audit quality committee of Ernst & Young USA, since 2020, and is chair of the board of advisors of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She also serves on the boards of Hastings Center and Westchester Land Trust. From 2002 to 2017, Ms. Dublon served as a director of Accenture PLC; from 2013 to 2018, as a director of Deutsche Bank AG; from 2005 to 2014, as a director of Microsoft Corporation; and from 1999 to 2002, as a director of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. She previously served on the faculty of Harvard Business School and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Women’s Refugee Commission and Global Fund for Women.

Mr. MacLellan has been an independent director of Price Group since 2010 and serves as chair of the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and as a member on the Audit Committee and Executive Committee. He is the non-executive chairman of Northleaf Capital Partners, an independent global private markets fund manager and advisor. Mr. MacLellan served as chief investment officer of TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) from 2003 to 2009, where he was responsible for overseeing the management of investments for its Employee Pension Fund, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, TD Mutual Funds, and TD Capital Group. Earlier in his career, he was managing director of Lancaster Financial Holdings, a merchant banking group acquired by TDBFG in March 1995. Prior to that, Mr. MacLellan was vice president and director at McLeod Young Weir Limited (Scotia McLeod) and a member of the corporate finance department responsible for many corporate underwritings and financial advisory assignments. 

Mr. MacLellan earned a B.Com. from Carleton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also earned the designation of certified public accountant. 

Mr. MacLellan is the non-executive chair of the board of directors and a member of the technology committee of Magna International, Inc., a public company based in Aurora, Ontario. From 2012 to 2018, he was the chair of the board of Yellow Media, Inc., a public company based in Montreal.

Ms. Rominger has been an independent director of Price Group since 2021 and serves as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. She was a senior advisor to CamberView Partners, LLC, a provider of investor-led advice for management and boards of public companies on shareholder engagement and corporate governance, from 2013 to 2018. Ms. Rominger also was the director of the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2011 to 2012 and was the global chief investment officer from 2008 to 2011 and a partner from 2004 to 2011 at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She began her career in 1981 at Oppenheimer Capital, where she worked for 18 years as a securities analyst and then as an equity portfolio manager, serving as a managing director and a member of the executive committee.

Ms. Rominger earned a B.A. in English from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.

Ms. Rominger served as a member of the board of directors of Swiss Re from 2018 to 2020 and as a director for several of its subsidiaries until 2022. She previously served on the board of directors of Permal Asset Management, Inc., a private company, from 2012 to 2013.

Ms. Smith has been an independent director of Price Group since 2023 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. Ms. Smith is the senior vice president for regional business and distribution development of MetLife, Inc. (MetLife), one of the world’s leading financial services companies providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management, since 2016, and has been with MetLife since 1993. Previously, Ms. Smith served as vice president of: the customer unit (Midwest) in MetLife’s group benefits national accounts organization; the group, voluntary and worksite sales regional market (Southeast region); MetLife’s executive benefits sales organization; group insurance underwriting; strategic planning for the institutional business organization; and institutional business service, operations, and underwriting. Additionally, she held a variety of roles in MetLife’s finance organization, including chief financial officer of sales and service and institutional financial planning officer.

Ms. Smith earned a B.A. in accounting from Aurora University and an M.B.A., with a concentration in information technology, from Benedictine University. She is a certified management accountant and a graduate of the executive management program at Smith College.

Ms. Smith is a member of the boards of directors for Versant Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of MetLife, and MetLife Legal Plans, Inc., which is also owned by MetLife.

Mr. Stevens has been an independent director of Price Group since 2019 and serves as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He was the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, an American aerospace, defense, arms, security, and advanced technologies company, from 2005 to 2012 and served as executive chairman in 2013. He also served as Lockheed Martin’s chief executive officer from August 2004 through 2012. Previously, Mr. Stevens held a variety of increasingly responsible executive positions with Lockheed Martin, including president and chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and head of strategic planning.

Mr. Stevens earned a B.A. in psychology from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in industrial engineering and management from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, and an M.S. in business from Columbia University.

Mr. Stevens serves on the advisory board of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2002 to 2018, he was the lead independent director of Monsanto Corporation, where he also served as the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the audit committee. Mr. Stevens served as a director of United States Steel Corporation from 2015 to 2018, where he was on the corporate governance and public policy committee and the compensation and organization committee.

Ms. Wijnberg has been an independent director of Price Group since 2016 and serves as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She was an executive advisor to Aquiline Holdings LLC, a registered investment advisory firm, from 2015 to early 2019, where she previously served as a partner and chief administrative officer from 2007 to 2014. Previously, Ms. Wijnberg served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., and was treasurer and interim chief financial officer of YUM! Brands, Inc. Prior to that, she held financial positions with PepsiCo, Inc., and worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. In addition, from 2014 through 2015, Ms. Wijnberg was deputy head of mission for the Office of the Quartet, a development project under the auspices of the United Nations.

Ms. Wijnberg earned a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, for which she is a member of the board of leaders. 

Ms. Wijnberg is a member of the board of directors, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. She is a member of the board of directors, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the finance committee of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. She is a member of the board of directors, the lead director, the chair of the audit committee, and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of Hippo Holdings, Inc. From 2003 to 2016, Ms. Wijnberg served on the board of directors of Tyco International, PLC, and from 2007 to 2009, she served on the board of directors of TE Connectivity, Ltd. She is also a director of Seeds of Peace and is a trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Mr. Wilson has been an independent director of Price Group since 2015 and serves as a member on the Executive Committee, the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is also the lead independent director of the Board. He was executive chair of McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in flavor, seasonings, and spices, and held many executive management roles, including chairman, president, and chief executive officer from 2008 to 2016.

Mr. Wilson earned a B.S. in communications from the University of Tennessee. He attended school on an R.O.T.C. scholarship and, following college, served as a U.S. Army captain, with tours in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Mr. Wilson is the non-executive chair and a member of the board of directors of Westrock Company and is the chair of the executive committee and a member of the finance and nominating and corporate governance committees. He also chairs the board of visitors of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and currently serves on the University of Tennessee’s board of trustees and the University of Tennessee’s Business School advisory board.