Mary Jane B. Fortin has served as one of our directors since October 2024. In November 2024, Ms. Fortin joined MassMutual, a mutual life insurance and financial services company, and has served as Chief Financial Officer since January 2025. Prior to that, Ms. Fortin served as President and Chief Commercial Officer of Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 company from May 2020 to November 2023, where she was responsible for leading the insurance and wealth management businesses, with an emphasis on transforming its go-to market strategy. Prior to joining Thrivent Financial, Ms. Fortin was President of Allstate Financial from October 2015 to April 2020, which included Allstate’s life, retirement and benefits businesses. Earlier in her career, Ms. Fortin held leadership roles at several other financial services organizations including American General, the U.S. life insurance business of AIG, and The Hartford. Ms. Fortin began her career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen. Ms. Fortin earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.