Cory Quarles

EXECUTIVE ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN, EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

Cory Quarles is the Executive Advisor (Chief of Staff) to the Chairman of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

He started his career with ExxonMobil in 1998 and in subsequent years held various technical, supervisory, and executive positions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Prior to his recent promotion, Mr. Quarles was President & CEO of SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., a wholly owned marine transportation and freight trading subsidiary of ExxonMobil.

In recent years, he also served as Executive Committee Vice Chairman for the Oil Companies Marine International Forum (OCIMF), Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Alaska, and Secretary of the Board of Directors for United Way of Anchorage.

Mr. Quarles is a native of Houston, Texas and holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University. He enjoys the outdoors and loves spending time with his wife and two sons.

Craig Richey SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, ACCENTURE PLC

Craig is a Senior Managing Director that serves as Accenture’s North America CFO & Enterprise Value Network lead. He leads the company’s efforts to drive Strategy and Consulting Services across the finance domain in all industries. Craig has oversight responsibility of over 400 highly talented people within his organization. This includes profit & loss statement management of over $2.0B in network revenue. He is part of Accenture’s North America CEO’s Executive Leadership Team. Key services areas he operates include: CEO finance agenda, platform transformation, operating model, enterprise performance management, finance operations, risk and compliance, specialty finance ESG. He was previously a partner at a big four accounting consulting company

Craig also has global responsibility for the Chief Financial Officer-oriented services across the Utilities industry and actively publishes thought leadership around the future of the finance organization including recent reports and blogs.

Craig is actively involved in coaching and mentoring professionals within and outside of Accenture. He has served as a panelist for CALIBR, a global leadership development association dedicated to accelerating senior leadership readiness for mid-to-senior level managers and executives of African descent. Craig also served as a panelist for Black Enterprise on the topic of leveraging mentorship to ascend to the C-suite and moderated an Accenture Martin Luther King Jr. event at the Apollo Theater with Tracey Travis, CFO of Este Lauder and Accenture Board Member.

Craig is very active in the community on not-for-profit boards. He is on the board of LINK Unlimited Scholars in Chicago, the nonprofit that supports high-potential, African American youth with academic and financial support, leadership development and mentorship. He is also a member of the board of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. The museum is dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement. Craig received Chicago United Business Leader of Color in 2021 and Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Black Leaders and Executives 2021.

Craig graduated from Anderson University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science where he played baseball. He received a Master of Public Administration degree with an emphasis in Public Finance from Northern Illinois University where he received the Rhoten Smith Fellowship.

John Sampson

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

John Sampson is Senior Vice President, Operations, Manufacturing & Engineering for Dow. In this role, Sampson presides over the Operations Leadership Team (OLT) and is accountable for the global Operations organization consisting of more than 22,000 employees worldwide. He is a member of Dow’s Leadership Team (LT), responsible for executing the Company’s strategy in addition to the Operations Team (OT), accountable for the Company’s productivity and performance. John is a member of the North Star Team chartered to drive Dow’s Customer Experience and Employee Experience to advance the evolution of Dow’s operating model. In addition, John serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sadara Chemical Company.

Sampson recently served as a corporate officer at Olin Corporation, with executive oversight for managing the M&E, Manufacturing Services, Safety/Health & Environmental and Technology Center of Olin’s Chemical businesses. Prior to joining Olin in 2015, Sampson had a long career with Dow, beginning in 1983 in Louisiana in Polymers Research & Development.

He moved into the Manufacturing organization in 1988 and throughout his Dow career, held a wide range of positions. He was a business manufacturing leader and led sites in the U.S. and Europe –including Dow’s Rhine Center facility in Germany and France from 20042007. He served as the global business director for Chlor-Alkali and in 2011, he was named Manufacturing vice president, Chemicals & Energy. He was later named vice president of Environment, Health & Safety Operations for Dow.

John previously served on the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, the Steering Committee and the Advisory Committee of the National Safety Council’s Campbell Institute, the Board of Directors for Ducks Unlimited and was Vice Chair of the Chlorine Institute. John currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Midland Community Center and the Michigan Baseball Operations Board. John serves as executive sponsor of Dow’s Global Labor Relations Network and serves as executive sponsor of Dow’s Disability Employee Network (DEN), designed to improve attraction, retention and advancement of employees with disabilities.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University.

John is married and has one daughter. The family enjoys traveling and spending time with friends.