Ms. Gates became Chief Executive Officer of SunCoke Energy, Inc. in May 2024, after being appointed as President and a director on SunCoke s Board of Directors, in January 2023. From November 2019 until her promotion to President in January 2023, Ms. Gates served as SunCoke s Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Gates joined SunCoke in February 2013 as Senior Health, Environment and Safety Counsel, and has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility since then, including serving as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer from October 2015 to November 2019. She was promoted to Vice President in July 2014, and to Senior Vice President in October 2015. In addition, from October 2015 through June 2019, Ms. Gates was elected as a director of SunCoke Energy Partners GP LLC, the general partner of SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P., our former publicly traded master limited partnership. Prior to joining SunCoke, Ms. Gates was a Partner at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., where she served on the firm s Management Committee and co-chaired the firm s civil litigation practice group. As President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Gates has an in-depth knowledge of SunCoke s operations, commercial matters, financial position, and strategic vision. Her deep understanding of SunCoke s operations and organizational culture and values, gained through her dozen or so years with the Company, have given her the skills needed to develop and lead initiatives in the business today, as well as evaluate organic growth initiatives, potential acquisitions, and other opportunities to expand our business. She provides our Board of Directors with valuable expertise regarding operations, commercial, legal and regulatory matters, environmental, health, safety and strategic planning.