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Lisa Shalett

Independent Board Director and Co-Founder, Extraordinary Women on Boards

Lisa Shalett is a former Goldman Sachs Partner who now serves as an independent board director, corporate advisor, and entrepreneur. She is the co-Founder of Extraordinary Women on Boards, an influential, peer-to-peer private membership community of over 900 women corporate directors focused on advancing board excellence and modernizing governance. Well-known as a trusted connector and sought-after thought partner, Lisa's expertise spans global risk and crisis management, capital markets, marketing/brand strategy, digital transformation, innovation, talent development, and governance. Having served on boards of

many types, Lisa brings a deep understanding of stakeholder priorities and long-term value creation. Over her 20 years at Goldman Sachs, Lisa demonstrated tremendous agility, taking on complex leadership challenges, from key revenue businesses to enterprise control functions. Leveraging her Japan background and language skills, she spent her first 11 years in the Equities Division, where she led International Equities for North America and Japanese Shares globally in Tokyo, worked closely with global institutional investors, and was invited to the Partnership. As the regulatory environment was intensifying, and control functions became growth businesses, she was tapped in 2006 to become the Chief Operating Officer of Compliance, Legal and Internal Audit, and worked with senior management to restructure the firm into a bank holding company, and drive innovation in risk management and technology. Beginning in 2010, she moved to the Executive Office and successfully led Goldman Sachs through a major reputational crisis and digital transformation as Global Head of Brand Marketing and Digital Strategy, developing the firm's first (and award-winning) corporate image advertising campaign, social media channels, thought leadership programs, and a stakeholder communications strategy which significantly improved transparency and global understanding of Goldman Sachs. Each role exemplified Lisa's passion for learning,

creativity, inclusive leadership style, and ability to create shared wins. Lisa left Goldman Sachs in 2015 to bring her considerable skills into the tech startup ecosystem and into corporate boardrooms. She currently serves on the boards of PennyMac Financial (NYSE: PFSI) as Chair of the Nominating/Governance Committee and a member of the Risk and Related Party Committees, FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: EMLDU), where she serves on the Audit committee, and is chair of the board of Japan-based VC firm MPower Partners. She is also Trustee of Lord Abbett's Alternative Funds Board, where she chairs the Nom/Gov committee and serves on the Audit committee. She is passionate about seeking and sharing wisdom, helping people navigate transitions, mentoring and being reverse mentored, and building powerful, generous communities. Lisa has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA, summa cum laude, in East Asian Studies (Japan) from Harvard University.