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Board of Directors’ Bios 9/20/18 Yuri Agrawal Board Member since 2015 Yuri Agrawal is from Montreal, Canada, where she grew up speaking English, French, Japanese and Hindi (mom from Japan, dad from India). She moved to the US for college and further higher education, attending Harvard University and Yale Medical School. Between college and medical school, Yuri worked for Hillary Clinton's campaign for Senate in New York State, and also interned in the political affairs office of Planned Parenthood. She has been in Baltimore for the last 10 years, where she completed ENT residency at Johns Hopkins and advanced specialty training in ear surgery also at Hopkins. She has been on faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology at Hopkins for the last 3 years. She lives with her husband Ben Zaitchik, a professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Hopkins, and their daughter Emi, who is 19 months and a bundle of blubber and bluster! Yuri is very excited about joining and serving the House of Ruth. Kappie Bogart Kappie Bogart joined Transamerica Stable Value Solutions in 2003 and has more than 19 years of experience in financial services with the emphasis on Stable Value. In her current role, she is responsible for strategic communications and relationship management across the Transamerica Stable Value Solutions block of business in addition to managing several key client accounts. Kappie has extensive experience in managing large institutional client relationships in the retirement and college savings markets, sourcing new business, contract negotiations, underwriting/pricing and product development. Prior to joining Transamerica, she spent six years with ING Institutional Markets in Denver, Colorado. Kappie holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Denver and an Executive MBA from Bellarmine University. Meryl D. Burgin Board Member since 2015 Meryl D. Burgin is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Ms. Burgin joined then-Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland in 1990 as a corporate human resources’ attorney following three years as a labor & employment associate at the law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston. From 2006 through 2010, Ms. Burgin served as sr. director and assistant general counsel. In March 2010, she was named vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant corporate secretary. Ms. Burgin was promoted to executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary effective January 2013. Ms. Burgin directs the operations of the Legal, Audit and Compliance Divisions of CareFirst, Inc., CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. and Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., and their subsidiaries. She completed Leadership, Baltimore County in 2006, Leadership Maryland in 2014 and is a prior board member of Suited To Succeed. Burgin received her Bachelor of Science degree from University of Wisconsin, Madison and graduated with honors from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Joyce Ann Burman Board Member since 2012 No Bio Page 1 of 10 Ben Burns Board Member since 2017 No Bio Pamela M. Conover Board Member since 2018 Pam Conover is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. She is a managing counsel in the Legal Department of T. Rowe Price, responsible for all litigation, employment matters, and corporate and funds administration matters. Before joining T. Rowe Price in 2005, she was a partner at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston. Prior to that, she was a law clerk for the Honorable Walter E. Black, Jr. Pam earned a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from William and Mary Law School. Pam is a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Operating Council and formerly served as the Chair of the T. Rowe Price Women’s Roundtable. Pam currently serves as a board member for House of Ruth Maryland and is a member of the Urban Teachers Baltimore Leadership Counsel. She formerly served as a board member for Caroline Center. Pamela Colbert Board Member since 2016 Pamela Colbert joined McCormick’s U.S. Industrial Business in 1993 in Hunt Valley, MD in a quality management role supporting condiments and liquid products. Over the course of 20 years, Pam has held quality assurance roles of increasing responsibility leading teams in both the industrial and consumer divisions of McCormick. Pam currently serves as Vice President North America Quality Assurance. Pam has over 25 years of food industry experience, in various food safety, regulatory and quality assurance management roles. Prior to joining McCormick, Pam worked for RJR/Nabisco as both a microbiologist and Quality Control Manager. Pam is a Maryland native and a graduate of Towson University, with a dual major in Health Science and Biology. She is an emeritus member of McCormick’s first Global Multiple Management Board. She is a member of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, representing McCormick on the SRAC (Science and Regulatory Affairs Committee) and International Food Information Council. Pam resides in Reisterstown, Maryland with her 17 year old son, Jalen. In her spare time, Pam likes to bowl and take on DIY projects. Victoria A. Deyesu Board Member since 2004 In 1979, after attending two years of college, Vicki made the decision to join the U. S. Navy in search of adventure, experience, and diversity in her life. After several months of training as a medic, Vicki worked emergency rooms, critical care units, and labor and delivery areas at various duty stations. She earned her LPN and then RN at several Naval Medical Centers and various colleges that provided educational opportunities via satellite campuses. In 1980 Vicki spent two months onboard the USS Tinder, a submarine tender stationed in Charleston, S.C. During her tenure onboard ship, she became interested in helping those individuals who were having difficulty adjusting to life aboard ship. These individuals displayed very poor coping skills, social isolation, and an inability to communicate or interact effectively. Vicki’s desire to intervene and provide appropriate support measures led her to request special orders to Fort Sam Houston, Texas where she could undergo extensive training in psychiatric nursing. From 1981 until 1989 Vicki worked inpatient units, outpatient screening and counseling units, and specialty school classifications. In 1985, as the result of a serious shortage of Social Workers, Vicki volunteered to establish a social work training program for other psychiatric medics and nurses. Working in conjunction with the Chicago Veteran’s Administration and Medical Center, this 6 month program provided practical, on-the-job field training while working directly with licensed social workers. After undergoing the training, Vicki became the social worker for a 40 bed inpatient psychiatric unit at Great Lakes Naval Medical Center, IL. This job entailed outplacement of Page 2 of 10 military personnel facing medical discharge due to psychiatric illness. These individuals required all levels of assistance while re-entering into their communities (shelter, jobs, medical care, transportation, support groups, etc.). During this time period, Vicki also obtained her B.S. in Health Care Management from Southern Illinois University by attending classes on the weekends. After ten very good years of military service, Vicki decided it was time for change. In 1989, she left the military and the healthcare environment and moved to Manhattan, NY where she took a job as an Executive Coordinator at the leading investment firm of Smith Barney, Harris and Upham. Two years later, Vicki moved to Atlanta, GA after a client approached her with a job opportunity as Human Resource Manager for the National Bank of Cooperatives. The client was opening a new branch office and requested that Vicki participate in this undertaking. One last move back to the East Coast in 1992 placed Vicki at T. Rowe Price Group, one of the top Mutual Fund Complexes in the country. She began working in the Fund Accounting Department as an Administrative Coordinator and later moved to the Investment Technology division where she became an Administrative Manager responsible for 25 employees. Vicki spent 11 years at T. Rowe Price before following her husband into retirement in 2003. The decision to retire was a difficult one for Vicki, since she loved her work as well as her associates and colleagues. However, retirement has offered the special opportunity for Vicki and her husband to work together supporting different charities. Additionally, several days a week, Vicki also works as a Group Fitness professional with the Bel Air Athletic Club. Christy M. DiPietro Board Member since 1999 A native New Englander, Christy grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, graduated from the University of Vermont in 1983, and received her M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College in 1987. After marrying a native Baltimorean and working for several years in New York City, Christy moved to Maryland in 1990 with her husband, David. Christy spent the next nine years working at T. Rowe Price Associates as a Vice President and fixed income portfolio manager. Christy left T. Rowe Price in 1999 to devote more time to family and personal interests. Their three daughters all attended Garrison Forest School, where David is Trustee and Christy is an active volunteer. They enjoy spending time in New Orleans, where their 2 older daughters now live, and are on the road most fall weekends watching their youngest play field hockey for Washington and Lee University. David is a Board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake and mentors Jerius Eason (14) who is an important part of their family as well. David is a Venture Partner at Greenspring Associates and is active in the thoroughbred horse racing industry as a breeder and owner, and shares a horse named Uncle Tito with our Board President, Jeff Musgrove! When not in Baltimore, they can usually be found spending time at their house on Deep Creek Lake enjoying all of their favorite sports.