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EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING

An Employer of Choice Continues to Evolve

Inclusion and Engagement Efforts Dedicated to Strengthening Company Culture

First formed in 2020, the Company’s Inclusion and
Engagement Task Force set the Company on a journey
that will ensure our culture is consistently welcoming and
engaging with new and innovative thoughts, based on
feedback from its current and future employees.

Led by Chairman and CEO Ward Nye and Senior Vice
President and Chief Human Resource Officer Craig LaTorre,
the task force is comprised of 13 leaders who represent
the Company’s various divisions and corporate
While the group’s formation ran parallel to many of the
functions as well as a diversity of opinions,
experience, race, gender, sexual orientation, tenure national events that garnered media attention, the team
had actually been in the works for quite some time and
and background.
will focus on matters that go much deeper than the
“When we first met as a group, we realized quickly that headlines, task force members say.
the work of this task force will help strengthen our already
extraordinary culture,” Nye says. “We’re looking at this as “This team is discussing inclusion and engagement from a
diversity perspective, but we’re also discussing elements
a continuous improvement journey. The best elements of
Martin Marietta have always come from task forces like like trust, valuing the opinions of others, and feeling a
sense of belonging – elements that align perfectly with the
this – committees of our people. Guardian Angel is a
perfect example. Our World Class Task Force and the sentiments behind Guardian Angel and ONE,” says Aileen
Gibson, Magnesia Specialties vice president of technical
emergence of our ONE employee branding effort are
others. Just as we’ve done historically, this committee will services and a task force member, added, “By working
toward an even more inclusive culture, we’ll be better able
act deliberately to position our people and Company for
sustainable growth and long-term success.” to engage our employees, which will make Martin Marietta
more productive and more innovative.”
Referring to the effort as “a roll up (from the people) rather
than a rollout (from leadership),” Manny Sifuentes, a task Highlighting senior managements’ commitment to this
issue, a discussion of the importance of Inclusion and
force member, agrees with Nye’s assessment and says it’s
exciting to be part of this next phase in the Company’s Engagement was an important part the Company’s
biennial senior management meeting in March 2021. In
evolution.
addition to this discussion, the Task Force collected
feedback from leaders and groups across the enterprise
“The team has a unique moment to through a leader survey, focus groups, and interviews.
Through these activities, the Task Force identified new
help shape the next generation of opportunities to strengthen diversity, inclusion and
thought leadership at Martin employee engagement within our already strong, people-
focused culture.
Marietta; that’s not an opportunity
we’re taking lightly “This Based on some of the feedback received, the Company
began working with third-party advisors on a
responsibility compels us to be our communication campaign focused on inclusion and

best. Our interactions have been engagement that will be designed to increase awareness
about the importance of inclusion and engagement across
energetic and highly engaging. It’s our Company and the role every employee needs to play in
been great.” making sure Martin Marietta’s culture is consistently
welcoming to all current and future employees, as well as
– Manny Sifuentes, Inclusion and Engagement Task open to new and diverse thought.
Force member

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