Ms. Ryan held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Hillenbrand, Inc. ( Hillenbrand ), a global industrial company providing highly-engineered processing equipment and injection molding and extrusion equipment, from December 2021 until March 9, 2026 in connection with the sale and subsequent delisting of the business, after serving as the Executive Vice President and named incoming Chief Executive Officer for a transition that began in June 2021. Prior to that role, she served as SVP, Hillenbrand, and President of Hillenbrand s Coperion business from 2015 to 2021. Ms. Ryan joined a former subsidiary of Hillenbrand in 1989 and served in multiple leadership roles of increasing responsibility during her more than 35-year career with the company. Ms. Ryan served as a director of Hillenbrand from 2021 to 2026 and was a director of Kimball International, Inc., a then-public commercial furnishings company, from 2014 to 2023. Ms. Ryan brings valuable skills to the Board through her recent leadership of a publicly traded manufacturing company, including experience with strategy, operations, logistics, and information technology.