Board of Directors

Mr. Sharps has been a director of Price Group since January 2022. He is the chair of the board and chief executive officer, of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. He also chairs the company's Executive, Management, and Management Compensation and Development Committees. Mr. Sharps has been with Price Group since 1997, beginning as an analyst specializing in financial services stocks, including banks, asset managers, and securities brokers, in the U.S. Equity Division. He was the lead portfolio manager of the Institutional Large-Cap Growth Equity Strategy from 2001 to 2016. In 2016, Mr. Sharps stepped down from portfolio management to assume an investment leadership position as co-head of Global Equity, at which time he joined the Management Committee. He was head of Investments and group chief investment officer from 2017 to 2021. In February 2021, Mr. Sharps became president of Price Group and then chief executive officer in January 2022. Prior to Price Group, he completed an internship as an equity research analyst at Wellington Management. Mr. Sharps also was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick as a senior management consultant, where he focused on corporate transactions, before leaving to pursue his M.B.A. in 1995.

Mr. Sharps earned a B.S., summa cum laude, in accounting from Towson University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation.

Mr. Sharps currently serves on the board of directors of the Greater Washington Partnership, the Baltimore Curriculum Project and the board of trustees for Bridges of Baltimore. He previously served on the St. Paul's School board of trustees and was chair of the investment committee from July 2015 to June 2020. He also spent six years on Towson University's College of Business and Economics alumni advisory board.

Mr. August has been a director of Price Group, a vice president, and an employee since 2021. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (OHA), an alternative investment firm specializing in performing and distressed credit investments, which was acquired by, and operates as a standalone business within, T. Rowe Price. Mr. August is a member of the Management Committee. He cofounded the predecessor investment firm to OHA in 1987 and took responsibility for the firm’s credit and distressed investment activities in 1990. Prior to founding OHA, and cofounding its predecessor investment firm in 1987, Mr. August worked at Morgan Stanley in New York and London.

Mr. August earned a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Mr. August has served on 18 corporate boards since 1987. His nonprofit activities include serving on the boards of trustees of Horace Mann School, where he cochairs the investment committee and serves on the executive committee, and The Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he serves on the finance, human capital management, and IT committees. He is also a member of the board of directors of Partnership for New York City and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Bartlett has been an independent director of Price Group since 2013 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. He was a partner at Ernst & Young, serving as managing partner of the firm’s Baltimore office and senior client service partner for the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Bartlett began his career at Ernst & Young in 1972, serving until 2012, and has extensive experience in financial services, as well as other industries.

Mr. Bartlett earned a B.S. in accounting from West Virginia University and attended the Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He also earned the designation of certified public accountant.

Mr. Bartlett is a member of the board of directors, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the compensation committee of WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. He is also a member of the board of directors and a member of the audit committees of FTI Consulting, Inc., and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (Zurn Elkay), and also serves as Zurn Elkay’s lead independent director.

Mr. Donnelly has been an independent director of Price Group since 2023 and serves as chair of the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and as a member on the Audit Committee. Mr. Donnelly was the executive vice president responsible for finance, investor relations, supply chain and information technology for Mettler-Toledo International, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of precision instruments and services for use in laboratories and manufacturing, when he retired in 2018 after more than 20 years. From 1997 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2014, Mr. Donnelly served as Mettler-Toledo’s chief financial officer. From 2002 to 2004, he served as division head of Mettler-Toledo’s product inspection and certain lab businesses. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Donnelly served in various senior financial roles, including chief financial officer, of Elsag Bailey Process Automation, NV, and prior to that was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1983 to 1993.

Mr. Donnelly earned a B.S. in business administration from John Carroll University.

Mr. Donnelly is the chair of the board of directors of Quanterix Corporation, where he previously served as a member of the audit and compensation committees. He is the lead independent director and a member of the board of directors of Ingersoll Rand, Inc., where he also serves as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and as a member of the audit committee.

Ms. Dublon has been an independent director of Price Group since 2019 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee and as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. She was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial services company, from 1998 to 2004. Ms. Dublon previously held numerous positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its predecessor companies, including corporate treasurer, managing director of the financial institutions’ division, and head of asset liability management.

Ms. Dublon earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Ms. Dublon has been a member of the board of directors of PepsiCo, Inc., since 2005, where she serves as a member of the sustainability and public policy committee and the compensation committee. She previously served as chair of the audit committee. She also serves as a member of the independent audit quality committee of Ernst & Young USA, since 2020, and is chair of the board of advisors of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She also serves on the boards of Hastings Center and Westchester Land Trust. From 2021 to 2023, Ms. Dublon served as a director of Motive Capital Corp. II; from 2020 to 2022, as a director of Motive Capital Corp.; from 2002 to 2017, as a director of Accenture PLC; from 2013 to 2018, as a director of Deutsche Bank AG; from 2005 to 2014, as a director of Microsoft Corporation; and from 1999 to 2002, as a director of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. She previously served on the faculty of Harvard Business School and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Women’s Refugee Commission and Global Fund for Women.

Mr. Golston has been an independent director of Price Group since 2025 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. He is the president of the United States Program at the Gates Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to advancing initiatives in education, global health and community development since 2006. Prior to this role, he served as interim executive director of the Global Health Program and as chief financial and administrative officer at the Gates Foundation from 2005 to 2006 and 2000 to 2026, respectively. He also held senior finance positions at Swedish Health Services and the University of Colorado Hospital and served as an auditor with KPMG from 1989 to 1991.

Mr. Golston earned a B.S. in accounting from the University of Colorado and a M.S. in business administration from Seattle University.

Mr. Golston is a member of the board of directors of Harley-Davidson and serves as a member of the audit and finance committee and as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee. He also served on the board of directors of Stryker Corporation from 2011 to 2025.

Mr. MacLellan has been an independent director of Price Group since 2010 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee, the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee, and the Executive Committee and is also lead independent director of the Board. He is the non-executive chair of Northleaf Capital Partners, an independent global private markets fund manager and advisor, and the non-executive chair of Magna International, Inc., a global manufacturer of auto parts. Mr. MacLellan served as chief investment officer of TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) from 2003 to 2009, where he was responsible for overseeing the management of investments for its Employee Pension Fund, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, TD Mutual Funds, and TD Capital Group. Earlier in his career, he was managing director of Lancaster Financial Holdings, a merchant banking group acquired by TDBFG in March 1995. Prior to that, Mr. MacLellan was vice president and director at McLeod Young Weir Limited (Scotia McLeod) and a member of the corporate finance department responsible for many corporate underwritings and financial advisory assignments.

Mr. MacLellan earned a B.Com. from Carleton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also earned the designation of certified public accountant.

Mr. MacLellan is the non-executive chair of the board of directors and a member of the technology committee of Magna International, Inc. From 2012 to 2018, he was the chair of the board of Yellow Media, Inc., a public company based in Montreal.

Ms. Rominger has been an independent director of Price Group since 2021 and serves as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. She was a senior advisor to CamberView Partners, LLC, a provider of investor-led advice for management and boards of public companies on shareholder engagement and corporate governance, from 2013 to 2018. Ms. Rominger also was the director of the Division of Investment Management at the SEC from 2011 to 2012 and was the global chief investment officer from 2008 to 2011 and a partner from 2004 to 2011 at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She began her career in 1981 at Oppenheimer Capital, where she worked for 18 years as a securities analyst and then as an equity portfolio manager, serving as a managing director and a member of the executive committee.

Ms. Rominger earned a B.A. in English from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.

Ms. Rominger served as a member of the board of directors of Swiss Re from 2018 to 2020 and served as a director on several of its subsidiaries until 2022. She previously served on the board of directors of Permal Asset Management, Inc., a private company, from 2012 to 2013.

Ms. Smith has been an independent director of Price Group since 2023 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. Ms. Smith is the chair & chief executive officer of Chariot Reinsurance, Ltd. (Chariot Re), a Bermuda-based Class E life and annuity reinsurance company, since 2025.

Prior to her appointment as chair and chief executive officer of Chariot Re, Ms. Smith led MetLife’s group benefits regional business and served on the MetLife finance leadership team. Her other senior roles across businesses and functions during more than 30 years at MetLife include strategy, finance, sales, service, delivery, underwriting, technology, and large-scale business transformation.

Ms. Smith earned a B.A. in accounting from Aurora University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in information technology from Benedictine University. She is a certified management accountant and a graduate of the executive management program at Smith College.

Ms. Smith previously served as a member of the boards of directors for Versant Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of MetLife, and MetLife Legal Plans, Inc., which is also owned by MetLife.

Mr. Stevens has been an independent director of Price Group since 2019 and serves as a member on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He was the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, an American aerospace, defense, arms, security, and advanced technologies company, from 2005 to 2012, and served as executive chairman in 2013. He also served as Lockheed Martin’s chief executive officer from August 2004 through 2012. Previously, Mr. Stevens held a variety of executive positions with Lockheed Martin, including president and chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and head of strategic planning.

Mr. Stevens earned a B.A. in psychology from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in industrial engineering and management from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, and an M.S. in business from Columbia University.

Mr. Stevens serves on the board of directors of U.S. Steel. He also serves on the advisory board of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2002 to 2018, he was the lead independent director of Monsanto Corporation, where he also served as the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the audit committee. Mr.􀉸Stevens served as a director of United States Steel Corporation from 2015 to 2018, where he was on the corporate governance and public policy committee and the compensation and organization committee.

Mr. Verma has been an independent director of Price Group since 2025 and serves as a member of Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Verma is the chief administrative officer for Mastercard Incorporated, an American multinational financial services corporation, overseeing the company’s law, government affairs and policy, franchise, corporate security, and community and belonging functions since 2025. He is also a member of the company’s executive leadership team and management committee. Previously, he served as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources and acted as chief operating officer of the United States Department of State from 2023 to 2025, the general counsel and head of global public policy at Mastercard from 2020 to 2023, the vice chairman and a partner at The Asia Group from 2017 to 2020, and as United States Ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. Mr. Verma was assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs from 2009 to 2011 and was senior national security advisor to the U.S. Senate majority leader from 2004 to 2007. He also was a partner and senior counselor with Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a global law firm, and is a U.S. Air Force veteran, who served as judge advocate during active duty.

Mr. Verma holds a doctorate in international relations from Georgetown University; a law degree, cum laude, from American University; a masters of law with distinction in international law from Georgetown University Law Center; and a bachelor of science from Lehigh University.

Mr. Verma is a board member of the Ford Foundation and has previously served on the boards for Lehigh University and the National Endowment for Democracy. In addition, Mr. Verma served on our Board from 2018 to 2023.

Ms. Wijnberg has been an independent director of Price Group since 2016 and serves as a member on the Audit Committee and on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee. She was an executive advisor to Aquiline Holdings LLC, a registered investment advisory firm from 2015 to early 2019, where she previously served as a partner and chief administrative officer from 2007 to 2014. Previously, Ms. Wijnberg served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., and was treasurer and interim chief financial officer of YUM! Brands, Inc. Prior to that, she held financial positions with PepsiCo, Inc., and worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. In addition, from 2014 through 2015, Ms. Wijnberg was deputy head of mission for the Office of the Quartet, a development project under the auspices of the United Nations.

Ms. Wijnberg earned a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

Ms. Wijnberg is a member of the board of directors, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. She is a member of the board of directors, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the finance and strategy committee of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. She is chair of the board of directors and a member of the nominating and corporate governance and audit, risk, and compliance committees of Hippo Holdings, Inc. From 2003 to 2016, Ms. Wijnberg served on the board of directors of Tyco International, PLC, and from 2007 to 2009, she served on the board of directors of TE Connectivity, Ltd. She is a trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Mr. Wilson has been an independent director of Price Group since 2015 and serves as a member on the Executive Committee, the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He was executive chair of McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in flavor, seasonings, and spices, and held many executive management roles, including chairman, president, and chief executive officer from 2008 to 2016. 

Mr. Wilson earned a B.S. in communications from the University of Tennessee. He attended school on an R.O.T.C. scholarship and, following college, served as a U.S. Army captain, with tours in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

Mr. Wilson is a member of the board of directors of Smurfit Westrock Company and serves on the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees. He also serves as chair for the University of Tennessee’s Foundation and serves on the investment advisory council.