Ms. Lawrence was the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (2016-2019) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2005-2016) of Children s Mercy Hospital, a comprehensive pediatric medical center in Kansas City, Missouri. Previously, she was the Chief Financial Officer (2005) and Senior Vice President and Treasurer (2004-2005) of Midwest Research Institute (now MRIGlobal), an independent, non-profit, contract research organization located in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to that Ms. Lawrence spent twenty-six years in professional or management positions in the architecture, real estate, financial services, packaging distribution and medical research industries. She currently serves as a trustee of the Nomura (formerly Macquarie) Trust fund complex; as a director and audit committee chair of Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: BRX), and as a director and as audit committee chair at Sera Prognostics Inc. (Nasdaq: SERA). Previously, she served on the board of directors and as audit committee chair of American Shared Hospital Services (NYSE American: AMS), a provider of radiosurgical and radiation therapy equipment based in San Francisco, California. She sits on the national board of the NACD, is past chair of the board of directors of the Heartland Chapter of the NACD, was named to the NACD Directorship 100, and as an NACD board leadership fellow, and serves on the boards of directors of various charitable, non-profit and civic organizations, including the Hall (Hallmark) Family Foundation and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Ms. Lawrence earned a B.A. in psychology from Vassar College, a M. Arch. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.