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September 7, 2023

Symetra

Jewell

Symetra Financial Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, designated Sally Jewell as chair of its board of directors. Jewell, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama and former CEO of REI, joined Symetra's board in March 2018. She succeeds Thomas Marra, who recently resigned after serving as chair since 2017. Jewell served as president and CEO of REI from 2005 to 2013. Prior to REI, Jewell spent 19 years in the banking industry in a variety of executive roles, preceded by her early career as an engineer in the energy sector. Jewell has served on the boards of numerous corporate, nonprofit and civic organizations. In addition to Symetra, she currently serves on the boards of Costco Wholesale, Green Diamond Resource, and The Nature Conservancy. Jewell served as the interim CEO of The Nature Conservancy from 2019-2020 and as the Edward V. Fritzky Endowed Chair in Leadership at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business for the 2021-22 academic year. In business since 1957, Symetra Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue.




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