Board of Directors

James H. Litinsky is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of MP Materials Corp. (NYSE: MP). Mr. Litinsky is also the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer of JHL Capital Group LLC, an alternative investment management firm. Prior to founding JHL in 2006, he was a member of the Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund at Fortress Investment Group LLC, a global investment management firm. Prior to Fortress, he was a director of Finance at Omnicom Group, Inc., and worked as a merchant banker at Allen & Company. Mr. Litinsky received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University, cum laude, and a J.D. and M.B.A. from the Northwestern University School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar. Mr. Litinsky currently serves on the board of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Arnold W. Donald currently serves as a director of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) since 2013 and Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE: CRM) since January 2023. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) and Carnival plc, a cruise and vacation company, from July 2013 to August 2022, and served as a director from 2001 to 2022. From November 2010 to June 2012, Mr. Donald served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Executive Leadership Council, a nonprofit organization that seeks to support, develop, and increase the number of African American corporate executives globally. In addition, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International from January 2006 to February 2008. He also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merisant from 2000 to 2003, a privately held global manufacturer of tabletop sweeteners, and remained as Chairman until 2005. In addition, Mr. Donald was a member of the board of directors of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCK) from 1999 to 2019. Further, Mr. Donald held several senior leadership positions with global responsibilities at Monsanto over a more than 20-year tenure, including President of its Agricultural Group and President of its Nutrition and Consumer Sector. Mr. Donald earned a B.A. in economics from Carleton College, a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Connie K. Duckworth was a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, a multinational investment bank and financial services company, until 2000, when she retired following a 20-year career. Ms. Duckworth was named Partner in 1990, the first female sales and trading partner in Goldman Sachs’ history. After Goldman Sachs, Ms. Duckworth founded a social enterprise ARZU, Inc., in 2004 to empower destitute women weavers in rural Afghanistan and served pro bono as its Chairman and CEO until its merger with UK based Turquoise Mountain in 2019. Since 2010, Ms. Duckworth has served as a director of Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS), a manufacturer of commercial furniture and related products. Previously, she served as a trustee of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), a Maryland real estate investment trust, until June 2022, and served on the boards of directors of Northwestern Mutual, Russell Investment Group, Nuveen Investments, Smurfit Stone Container Corporation, and DNP Select Income Fund. In her philanthropic work, Ms. Duckworth is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and chairs the International Board of Advisors of the University of Texas at Austin. She serves on the board of Northshore-Edward-Elmurst Health, in Evanston, Illinois, where she was the first and only female Chairman of the Board. She is a founding member of the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Bush Institute’s Women’s Initiative Policy Advisory Council in Dallas. The recipient of numerous awards for leadership, social impact and innovation, Ms. Duckworth holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Maryanne R. Lavan is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), a global security and aerospace company. In this role, she is responsible for the legal affairs and law department of Lockheed Martin, including serving as counsel to its senior leadership and board of directors. She joined Lockheed Martin in 1990 and previously served as Vice President of Corporate Internal Audit, providing independent assessments of governance, internal controls, and risk management. Ms. Lavan graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Science degree. She received her J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University. Ms. Lavan is a member of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association. She serves on the governing bodies for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Equal Justice Works, Council for Court Excellence, University at Albany Foundation, Collegiate Directions Inc., and The Potomac School.

Andrew A. McKnight is a Managing Partner of the Credit Funds Business of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. McKnight heads the liquid strategies and serves on the investment committee for the Credit Funds and is a member of the Management Committee of Fortress. Mr. McKnight is also the Co-CIO of the Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund, the Fortress Lending Funds and Fortress Credit Opportunities Funds. Mr. McKnight previously served on the board of directors of Mosaic Acquisition Corp. from 2017 to 2020; HRG Group, Inc. from 2016 to 2018; and Fidelity & Guaranty Life Assurance Company in 2017. Prior to joining Fortress in February 2005, Mr. McKnight worked at Fir Tree Partners where he was responsible for analyzing and trading high yield and convertible bonds, bank debt, derivatives and equities for the value-based hedge fund. Prior to Fir Tree, Mr. McKnight worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Leveraged Finance and the Distressed Bank Debt trading group. Mr. McKnight serves on the Board for the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, the Board of Advisors for SMU’s Cox School of Business Alternative Asset Management Center and the Board of Center for New American Security. In addition, Mr. McKnight is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Retired U.S. Air Force General Richard B. Myers loyally served the United States for 40 years before retiring as a four-star general. He served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 until his retirement in 2005. In this capacity, he was the highest-ranking officer in the United States military and served as the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council. From 2016 to February 2022, General Myers was the President of Kansas State University. He currently serves on the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. General Myers previously served on the board of directors of Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) from 2006 to 2015; Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) from 2006 to 2017; United Technologies Corporation from 2006 to 2017; and Aon PLC (NYSE: AON) from 2006 until 2022. He was also the Colin L. Powell Chair of National Security, Leadership, Character, and Ethics at the National Defense University and was chairman of the board of directors of the United Service Organization’s World Board of Governors. In addition, he serves on the board of trustees of non-profit organization Fisher House Foundation and served on the board of directors of MRIGlobal.

Randall J. Weisenburger was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), a global media, marketing and corporate communications holding company, from 1998 to 2014. In 2015, Mr. Weisenburger formed Mile 26 Capital. Mr. Weisenburger was a founding member of Wasserstein Perella, and, from 1993 to 1998, was President and Chief Executive Officer of the firm’s merchant banking subsidiary, Wasserstein & Co. He also held various roles within the firm’s portfolio of investment companies including Co-Chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., CEO of Wickes Manufacturing, Vice Chairman of Maybelline Inc., and Chairman of American Law Media. Before Wasserstein Perella, Mr. Weisenburger was a member of the First Boston Corporation. Mr. Weisenburger currently serves as the Presiding Director and Senior Independent Director of Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), a cruise and vacation company. He is also a director of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), an oil and gas company, and a director of Corsair Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: CRSR), a computer gaming company. Mr. Weisenburger holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named the Henry Ford Scholar, and a B.A. in Finance and Accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).