Ms. Palumbo served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Parsons Brinckerhoff Group Inc., a global consulting firm specializing in planning, design, construction, and program management services for critical infrastructure projects, from 2008 until her retirement in January 2015. Prior to that, she held the role of Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at EDO Corporation, a defense technology company, from 2002 to 2008. In 2001, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Moore Corporation. From 1997 to 2001, Ms. Palumbo was Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Rayonier Inc., and from 1987 to 1997, she served in positions of increasing responsibility, including Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, at Avnet, Inc., a global distributor of technology products. Ms. Palumbo earned both her bachelor s and juris doctorate degrees from Rutgers University. With more than 28 years of legal experience across international, public, and private companies, Ms. Palumbo brings significant expertise in law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, enterprise risk management, health and safety, and compliance. Her diverse background, combined with her prior experience as General Counsel of Rayonier Inc., uniquely positions her to provide valuable insights to our Board regarding the Company s business and to support the Board s oversight of the Company s risk management, legal, and compliance responsibilities.