Mary McLaughlin , age 62, was appointed to the Board of Directors on August 1, 2025. Previously, Ms. McLaughlin served on the Board of Directors of Windstream. There she was a member of the Audit and ESG Committees, as well as the Kinetic by Windstream Ad Hoc Committee, which provided management with guidance and oversight for the Windstream Kinetic business unit. In addition, McLaughlin is a member of the University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Board and the Board of the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she serves as Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee. Ms. McLaughlin spent nearly 20 years in executive positions at Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). Most recently she was Senior Vice President Comcast, Beltway Region, where she led a multidisciplinary team of over 5,000 employees serving more than 2.3 million residential and business services customers in the MidAtlantic. She was responsible for $4.5 billion in revenue, managing all aspects of the P&L including financial performance, operations, sales, marketing, call centers, technical/ field support, network build-out, human resources, public relations, and government affairs. Ms. McLaughlin began her career as Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General office. Ms. McLaughlin received a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Ms. McLaughlin is Director Certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors. She has attended executive programs at Harvard Business School and Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Ms. McLaughlin s qualifications for election to the Board include her operational and management expertise gained through her long tenure as an executive in the telecommunications industry. As a result of this expertise and experience, Ms. McLaughlin is uniquely qualified to assist the Board in navigating the challenges of the segment of the communications industry in which Uniti competes.