LEE PELTON, PHD

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2021-03-16	LEE PELTON, PhD Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Audit and Risk Committee Member INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE 2006 Dr. Pelton, 70, is President of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has served since 2011. He is scheduled to retire from Emerson College and assume the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boston Foundation, a philanthropic organization with over $1 billion in assets, in June 2021. Before joining Emerson, he served as President of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon (1999 to 2011), Dean and Professor of English Literature at Dartmouth College (1991 to 1998), and Dean of Students and later Dean of Colgate University (1986 to 1991). Dr. Pelton has served on numerous educational and cultural boards and committees, including the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (past chair), the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of American Colleges & Universities, the Museum of African American History (Boston), and the Harvard University Board of Overseers. In 2020, he was recognized by the Boston Chamber of Commerce as a 2020 Distinguished Bostonian and included in the Boston Business Journal's 50 Most Powerful Leaders in Boston list. Dr. Pelton's qualifications to serve on our Board include his executive leadership at academic institutions, his civic leadership, his experience serving on boards of other companies, and the unique perspective he brings to various issues considered by the board as a result of his professional background and accomplishments. 2020 Director Compensation Table shows total compensation of $211,367.

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2021-03-16

LEE PELTON, PhD Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Audit and Risk Committee Member INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE 2006 Dr. Pelton, 70, is President of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has served since 2011. He is scheduled to retire from Emerson College and assume the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boston Foundation, a philanthropic organization with over $1 billion in assets, in June 2021. Before joining Emerson, he served as President of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon (1999 to 2011), Dean and Professor of English Literature at Dartmouth College (1991 to 1998), and Dean of Students and later Dean of Colgate University (1986 to 1991). Dr. Pelton has served on numerous educational and cultural boards and committees, including the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (past chair), the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of American Colleges & Universities, the Museum of African American History (Boston), and the Harvard University Board of Overseers. In 2020, he was recognized by the Boston Chamber of Commerce as a 2020 Distinguished Bostonian and included in the Boston Business Journal's 50 Most Powerful Leaders in Boston list. Dr. Pelton's qualifications to serve on our Board include his executive leadership at academic institutions, his civic leadership, his experience serving on boards of other companies, and the unique perspective he brings to various issues considered by the board as a result of his professional background and accomplishments. 2020 Director Compensation Table shows total compensation of $211,367.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30