Linda M. Williams has served as a director of the Company and Eastern Bank since October 2023. She most recently served as Chief Risk and Audit Officer and Senior Vice President for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ( BCBS ), with oversight of strategic enterprise risk management, internal audit, and information security, from January 2017 through January 2024. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriter for BCBS starting in 2010 after joining the company in 2008. Prior to that, she served as a Senior Consultant with Medwise Partners, a health insurance company consulting firm, and held underwriting leadership roles for Magellan Behavioral Health and Aetna, Inc. She serves as the Vice Chair of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries and the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Robert F. Kennedy Community Alliance. She holds a bachelor s degree from Johns Hopkins University.