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EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT DIVERSE SEGMENTS, REPRESENTATION, AND INCLUSION, WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

Georgette “Gigi” Dixon is the executive vice president and head of External Engagement for Diverse Segments, Representation, and Inclusion. In this diversity-focused role, Gigi is responsible for stakeholder relationships, sponsorship activation, and advocacy and influencer strategies. Her team advances diversity, equity, and inclusion by leading and amplifying our efforts externally to ensure that people across our workforce, communities, and supply chain feel valued and respected and have equal access to resources, services, products, and opportunities to succeed.

Prior to her current role, Gigi was head of External Relations for Wells Fargo Government Relations and Public Policy (GRPP). Her team led national outreach and stakeholder engagement to address social and economic challenges facing our communities and the nation. She provided thought leadership, counsel, and resources by connecting and convening nongovernment institutions, think tanks, trade associations, advocacy groups, and academic institutions to promote Wells Fargo’s policy priorities.

Gigi also has served as marketing manager for Wholesale Banking, Small Business Banking, and Commercial Banking; director of Emerging (multicultural) Markets; and director of Strategic Partnerships for the Wells Fargo Foundation. She also served on the company’s Corporate Diversity Council for six years. In 2005, Gigi was recognized as one of the Most Powerful Women to Watch by American Banker magazine.

She currently serves as national board of director for NAACP and vice chair for the NAACP Foundation; vice chairman of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.; corporate advisory board member for UnidosUS; chair of the Opera Carolina board of advisors; and trustee of the Trust for the National Mall. She is a member of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition board of directors, the National Urban League corporate advisory board, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s 21st Century Council, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Gigi has a Bachelor of Science, with distinction, from Tennessee State University in speech communications and theater. She has certificates in Corporate Community Involvement and Nonprofit Leadership from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. Gigi resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her family.

Dave Dowrich SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TIAA

Dave Dowrich is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TIAA, where he has responsibility for TIAA’s financial management and planning, actuarial, tax, accounting and financial reporting functions for the organization.

Dave joined TIAA from Prudential where he held a similar role for Prudential Financial’s International Businesses, based in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to Prudential, he worked at AIG as Chief Executive Officer, International Life and Retirement, with oversight of AIG Life (UK), Laya Healthcare (Ireland) and leading the Life and Retirement division’s international strategy and growth. He previously served as CFO of AIG Japan and Asia Pacific and as CFO and Chief Financial Actuary of Institutional Markets in the USA. Prior to joining AIG, Dave held senior roles in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, as well as reinsurance and transaction structuring roles at Swiss Re and Canada Life Reinsurance. Dave began his career as a pension consulting actuary in Toronto, Ontario.

Dave earned an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics from the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Dave is on the board of Scotiabank, has served on several insurance and non-insurance operating and holding company boards, and currently serves on the boards of non-profit and academic organizations.

Frank Emory, Jr. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, NOVANT HEALTH, INC.

Frank Emory, Jr. is a seasoned business leader and corporate board member with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare, financial services, professional services, technology, government and public sectors spanning publicly traded companies, private companies and integrated healthcare systems. He is recognized as an accomplished industry veteran with in-depth expertise in business operations, corporate governance, risk management, legal and compliance, human capital, growth strategy and community engagement.

He was appointed in October 2020 to the Board of Directors of ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC), a leading global provider of technology products and solutions, where is serves as a member of the Audit, Compensation, Governance, Nominating and Risk Committees. Frank is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Novant Health, a leading healthcare provider generating $6b in annual revenue, employing 30,000 employees and serving patients in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Frank reports directly to the CEO and is a member of the Operating Committee. In his role, Frank is responsible for oversight of the Compliance, Legal, External Affairs, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Privacy, Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion functions for the entire organization. He also co-leads the merger and acquisition strategy for Novant and has been responsible for the reorganization and transformation of the business since his appointment as Chief Administrative Officer in October 2019.

Prior to joining Novant Health, Frank was a longstanding partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm, where he served as Co-Head of the Firm’s Litigation and Labor Group and Managing Partner of the Charlotte Office. He specialized in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters and ran the Litigation practice, where he was responsible for all human capital and personnel decisions with oversight of 250+ attorneys across the firm’s global footprint.

Frank was an Angier B. Duke Scholar at Duke, then and now its most prestigious academic scholarship. He was the president of the student government and studied in Oxford, England. Frank attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law on a Morehead Law Fellowship. A native of Wilson, North Carolina, Frank is married to the former Lisa Lewis and they have two sons, Frank III and Ross Alexander. They reside in Charlotte.

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