Connie K. Duckworth was a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, a multinational investment bank and financial services company, until 2000, when she retired following a 20-year career. Ms. Duckworth was named Partner in 1990, the first female sales and trading partner in Goldman Sachs history. After Goldman Sachs, Ms. Duckworth founded a social enterprise ARZU, Inc., in 2004 to empower destitute women weavers in rural Afghanistan and served pro bono as its Chairman and CEO until its merger with U.K. based Turquoise Mountain in 2019. Since 2010, Ms. Duckworth has served as a director of Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS), a manufacturer of commercial furniture and related products. Previously, she served as a trustee of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), a Maryland real estate investment trust, until June 2022, and served on the boards of directors of Northwestern Mutual, Russell Investment Group, Nuveen Investments, Smurfit Stone Container Corporation, and DNP Select Income Fund. In her philanthropic work, Ms. Duckworth was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania until the end of December 2023 and chairs the International Board of Advisors of the University of Texas at Austin. She serves on the board of Endeavor Health (formerly Northshore-Edward-Elmurst Health), in Evanston, Illinois, where she was the first and only female Chairman of the Board. The recipient of numerous awards for leadership, social impact and innovation, Ms. Duckworth holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Duckworth brings to our Board executive leadership experience in the financial services industry and as a non-profit entrepreneur. In addition, Ms. Duckworth brings to our Board insight into the Board s roles and responsibilities, particularly in the areas of environmental, social, and governance matters, gained from her extensive experience as a public company board member.