Suzanne Rich Folsom is an accomplished board member and results-oriented C-Suite leader with broad global experience and a successful track record of driving transformation at public and private companies of all sizes and across diverse industries, especially during periods of heightened regulatory attention and intense public scrutiny. Ms. Folsom is known for her integrity, innovative thinking, crisis management leadership, and the critical ability to build consensus around challenging decisions. She is an internationally recognized corporate governance expert, who has created and implemented award-winning legal, regulatory, and compliance programs, which, as a result, have driven improved stability and reputations for myriad corporations. She is a unique lawyer-leader with direct P&L experience as well as operational responsibility accountability. Her expertise spans business strategy, enterprise risk management, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, executive compensation, succession planning, trade, labor, cyber security, government affairs and global public policy, as well as environmental, safety, and social responsibility issues. Additionally, her leadership experience includes CEO and board transitions, and the deft handling of shareholder activists. Ms. Folsom has been recognized by The National Law Journal, as a cyber/privacy trailblazer for her strategic leadership in the aftermath of a cyber breach and bold partnership with the U.S. government to combat the ongoing threat. Her commitment to diversity in the workplace directly translates into top performing diverse teams for which she has also been recognized. Throughout her career, she has been a change agent and catalyst for organizational growth at multiple companies and organizations. Ms. Folsom currently serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, at Philip Morris International (and a key leader of the company’s continuing proactive transformation and progress toward a better, smoke-free future), a Fortune 100 company. She was previously the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and SVP-Government Affairs, at United States Steel Corporation. While there, she played a key leadership role in reinvigorating U.S. Steel’s business growth and was responsible for legal, regulatory and compliance, the corporate secretary function, environmental affairs, labor relations, security, aircraft, trade, global public policy, and joint ventures worldwide. Simultaneously, Ms. Folsom oversaw the operational performance of the company’s real estate division and was one of the primary architects of a successful international fair trade campaign for the steel industry. Ms. Folsom, who grew up in the military, proudly served as U.S. Steel’s executive sponsor of the Veterans’ Business Resource Group, dedicated to supporting the employment of veterans. Prior to joining U.S. Steel, Ms. Folsom helped drive the turnaround at ACADEMI, a private paramilitary security firm (and successor to Blackwater), post-scandal. She served as the EVP, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, and established an effective legal, regulatory and compliance framework to help the company recover from its legacy crises. Ms. Folsom also played an instrumental role in stabilizing the American International Group (AIG), a Fortune 100 company, during the global financial crisis. She was recruited as VP, Chief Regulatory & Compliance Officer, and Deputy General Counsel, and helped establish a global governance system across AIG. Earlier, Ms. Folsom served as the Counselor to the President and Director of the Department of Institutional Integrity at the World Bank, where she was responsible for the multilateral organization’s anti-corruption program. She served under three Bank presidents during a period of unprecedented examination. Importantly, Ms. Folsom’s career includes service as: Private Secretary to H.M. Queen Noor of Jordan; First Family Liaison to the U.S. Presidential Inaugural Committee; Special Assistant to First Lady Barbara Bush; Advisor to the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. World Women’s Conference in Kenya; Chief of Staff to the Co-Chair of a national political party; and she has practiced law with three global law firms. She has worked across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North/South America, and lived around the world, enabling her to develop a global business, regulatory, and political network. A graduate of Duke University and Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude), Ms. Folsom has served on non-profit and for-profit boards. She is a former Director of the Advanced Metallurgical Group, a Dutch critical materials public company, and VELUXE, a Washington, D.C.-based E-commerce beauty and wellness start-up, which was sold in 2018. A frequent lecturer and thought leadership contributor, Ms. Folsom is currently on the Advisory Board of EqualFuture, a FinTech start-up focused on innovative retirement solutions and on the Advisory Board of ClearForce, a technology start-up focused on combating insider threats.

An accomplished leader, C-Suite executive, and corporate board member, Simone Wu has over 30 years of experience in technology, telecommunications, travel, hospitality, and franchising. She brings a pragmatic global perspective as well as a blend of business, strategic, legal, and governance skills gained from her experience with wide-ranging entities from Fortune 500 public companies to start-ups to not-for-profit associations and organizations. Ms. Wu currently serves on the board of directors of Alarm.com (Nasdaq: ALRM), a leading platform for the intelligently connected property, and is a member of the Compensation Committee. She is also senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and external affairs for Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest and most successful lodging franchisors, with 22 brands, more than 7,500 hotels, and nearly 650,000 rooms in 46 countries and territories. At Choice Hotels, Ms. Wu is an integral member of the C-Suite and currently leads the legal, corporate secretary, risk management, and government affairs functions. During her tenure with the company, she has also leveraged her broad-based background and expertise to lead procurement services, corporate communications, public and media relations, and serve as chief compliance officer. Prior to joining Choice Hotels in 2012, Ms. Wu served as executive vice president, general counsel and administration overseeing the legal, public policy, and human resources teams for XO Communications (since acquired by Verizon), a leading nationwide provider of advanced IP communications, managed network, and IT infrastructure services. Previously, Ms. Wu led the international legal team at MCI (since acquired by Verizon), negotiated technology transactions as part of the AOL Business Affairs function, and held key roles in two technology start-ups. She began her legal career practicing corporate and communications law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Ms. Wu also currently serves on the boards of directors of Reading is Fundamental (RIF), an organization committed to creating a nation of lifelong readers by inspiring the joy of reading, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the largest hotel association in the U.S. representing all segments of the industry. She previously served on the boards of the International Franchise Association (IFA); Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA); Association of Corporate Counsel – National Capital Region (ACC-NCR); and The Inkwell, a resource for new play development. Ms. Wu has frequently been recognized as a business and legal leader, including by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (In-House Diversity Leadership Award 2023); Corporate Counsel Women of Color (Diamond Award 2021); the Financial Times (The FT Global General Counsel Report 2020); WomenInc. (Top Corporate Counsel Women 2019); the Washington Business Journal (Women Who Mean Business Award 2018); and the National Law Journal (America’s 50 Outstanding General Counsel 2016). She earned her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Michigan, with high distinction and high honors, and her law degree from Columbia University where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Kim joined GoFundMe to manage the legal and compliance obligations of the world’s largest social fundraising platform and to operationalize and expand the charitable initiatives of GoFundMe.org. With almost 20 years of experience helping start-up to publicly-traded company leaders drive innovation and growth, she is a business-minded problem solver with significant experience in commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, regulatory compliance, data privacy, and charitable giving. Most recently, Kim was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of WageWorks, Inc. where she helped build and take public the venture-backed consumer directed benefits business. She has a B.A. in Political Science, with an International Relations Concentration, from U.C. Santa Barbara and a J.D. from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.