BALTIMORE, Dec. 15, 2021
/PRNewswire/ -- T. Rowe Price
announced that the Boards of Directors of the T. Rowe Price mutual funds elected Kellye Walker as an independent director of each
fund's Board.
Walker is currently executive vice president and chief legal
officer of Eastman Chemical Company, a global specialty materials
company. In this role, she has leadership responsibility for
corporate governance; compliance and litigation management;
government and regulatory affairs; product stewardship; global
business conduct; and the company's health, safety, environment,
and security organization. Previously, Walker was chief legal
officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries and chief administrative
officer, general counsel, and secretary at American Water Works Co.
Prior to that, she served as general counsel of Diageo North
America and general counsel and secretary of BJ's Wholesale
Club.
Walker is a current member of the Board of Directors of Lincoln
Electric Company, a Nasdaq-listed global manufacturing company. She
was named to the Financial Times' 2019 "Global GC 20" list
of top 20 in-house general counsel and is the recipient of a
"Legends in Law" award from the Burton Awards Program, held in
association with the Library of Congress.
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Robert Gerrard, chair of the
Boards of the T. Rowe Price mutual
funds
"Kellye is a seasoned senior executive with over 25 years of
experience helping companies increase value through forward
thinking, strategic discipline, and a focus on continuous
improvement. Her expertise across corporate governance, compliance,
government and regulatory affairs, information technology, and
human resources will serve fund shareholders well. We are excited
to have her on board and look forward to benefiting from her
strategic insights."
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investment management organization with $1.63 trillion in assets under management as of
November 30, 2021. The organization
provides a broad array of mutual funds, subadvisory services, and
separate account management for individual and institutional
investors, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries. The
company also offers a variety of sophisticated investment planning
and guidance tools. T. Rowe Price's
disciplined, risk-aware investment approach focuses on
diversification, style consistency, and fundamental research. For
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