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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS / DIRECTOR NOMINEES
Mr. Koraleski joined the Martin Marietta Board in 2016. Mr. Koraleski Key attributes,
served from February 2015 through his retirement in September 2015 experience and skills:
as executive Chairman of the Board of the Union Pacific Corporation
(UP) (NYSE: UNP), which through its subsidiaries operates North • Experience with the demands
America’s premier railroad franchise, covering 23 states across the and challenges associated with
western two-thirds of the United States. Prior to that, he was named managing a large publicly-traded
President and Chief Executive Officer of the UP in March 2012, organization from his experience
elected as a Director of the UP in July 2012 and appointed Chairman as Chairman and CEO of Union
of the Board in 2014. Since joining the Union Pacific (Railroad) in Pacific
1972, Mr. Koraleski held a number of executive positions in the UP • Extensive knowledge of financial
and the Railroad, including, Executive Vice President – Marketing and system management, public
JOHN J. Sales from 1999 to 2012, Executive Vice President – Finance and company accounting, disclosure
Information Technology, Chief Financial Officer and Controller. requirements and financial
KORALESKI Mr. Koraleski served as the Chairman of The Bridges Investment Fund, markets
Inc., a general equity fund whose primary investment objective is to
Director Since: 2016 • Valuable expertise in talent
seek long-term capital appreciation, from 2005 through March 2012
Age: 70 management, compensation,
and is a past Chairman of the Association of American Railroads. governance and succession
Lead Independent Mr. Koraleski earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in business planning
Director administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. • Understanding of complex
Committees: logistic operations, safety and rail
operations
• Broad strategic analysis and
experience with acquisitions,
Chair integration, marketing and
information technologies
Mr. Nye has served as Chairman of the Board of Martin Marietta since Key attributes,
2014, as President since 2006 and as Chief Executive Officer and a
Director since 2010. Mr. Nye previously served as Chief Operating Officer experience and skills:
from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Martin Marietta in 2006, Mr. Nye • Extensive knowledge of the
spent nearly 13 years in a series of increasingly responsible positions with building materials industry
Hanson PLC, an international building materials company. Mr. Nye
received a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a Juris Doctor • Extensive leadership, business,
degree from Wake Forest University. In addition to his educational, operating, marketing, mergers
professional, executive and related roles, Mr. Nye is a past Chairman of and acquisitions, legal, customer-
the Board of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA); he relations, and safety and
presently serves as Chairman of the North Carolina Chamber and as environmental experience
Senior Vice Chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders
Association (ARTBA). Mr. Nye is also a member of the Board of Directors • Understands the competitive
C. HOWARD of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business nature of the business and has
NYE organization. Since 2018, Mr. Nye has been a member of the Board of strong management skills, broad
Directors of General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD), a global
executive experience, and
aerospace and defense company. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Nye was also
Director Since: 2010 an independent director for Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), an American corporate governance expertise
Age: 58 manufacturer and marketer of lighting-class lighting products. In 2019, • Broad strategic vision for the
Committees: Forbes magazine recognized Mr. Nye as one of America’s Most future growth of Martin Marietta
Innovative Leaders; he was previously recognized by both Aggregates
Manager and Pit & Quarry magazines, as Aggman of the Year and a Hall
of Fame inductee, respectively. Mr. Nye has also served on numerous
other state, local and/or philanthropic organizations including the boards
Chair of directors of the University of North Carolina Health System and the
Research Triangle Foundation, as well as the Board of Governors of the
Research Triangle Institute. He also served as Co-Chair of the NC FIRST
Commission (evaluating North Carolina’s current and future
transportation investment needs).
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