Cathleen Schmidt has served as director of the Company and Eastern Bank since the merger with Cambridge Bancorp and Cambridge Trust Company in July 2024. She previously served as a director of Cambridge Bancorp and Cambridge Trust Company since 2016 until July 2024. Ms. Schmidt most recently served as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer at McLane Middleton, Professional Association, a large full-service law firm, from 2013 until her retirement in September 2021. Prior to that, she served in banking leadership roles for three decades, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizen s Bank New Hampshire/Vermont from 2006 to 2011, after previously serving in executive leadership roles with M&T Bank and Old Stone Bank. Ms. Schmidt s community leadership has included service as Chair of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, Chair of Granite United Way board of directors, Chair of the Business Committee for the Arts, a board member of Harvard Pilgrim Foundation, and the Moore Center. In addition, Ms. Schmidt has been a member of the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and completed Executive Education coursework at Harvard Business School.