(Board member since March 2015) Robert has been a member of our Board since March 2015. Until his retirement in June 2013, he was one of Ernst & Young’s most senior Global Lead Partners with more than 40 years of experience, including 32 years as a partner in Ernst & Young’s accounting and auditing practices, as well as serving on Ernst & Young’s Senior Governing Board. He has extensive experience serving Fortune 500 companies, including acting as Lead Audit Partner or Senior Advisory Partner for Lockheed Martin, AES, Gannett, General Dynamics, Booz Allen Hamilton, Marriott and the US Postal Service. Since 2000, Mr. Bedingfield has been a Trustee, and at times an Executive Committee Member, and the Audit Committee Chair of the University of Maryland at College Park Board of Trustees. Mr. Bedingfield served on the National Executive Board (1995 to 2003) and National Advisory Council (since 2003) of the Boy Scouts of America. From 2013 to 2023, Mr. Bedingfield served as board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of NYSE-listed Science Applications International Corp (SAIC). Robert holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant. * Independent
