Granite Elects New Board Chair, Appoints Three New Directors, and Names Larkin as CEO - Seite 2

About Louis E. Caldera

Louis Caldera will serve on the board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Risk Committee. Caldera currently leads his own consulting business and served as the Director of the White House Military Office in 2009, as the United States Secretary of the Army from 1998 to 2001, as a member of the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1997 and practiced law in California from 1987 to 1992. Caldera earned a joint juris doctor and master of business administration from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School respectively. He earned a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and served on active duty from 1978 to 1983.

About Laurie M. Mullen

Laurie Mullen will serve on the board’s Audit/Compliance Committee and the Compensation Committee. With a career spanning more than 37 years in KPMG’s audit practice, Mullen served in various leadership positions on numerous public companies in the technology and construction industry. Mullen earned a bachelor of science in business administration from California State University, Long Beach. She is a certified public accountant in California and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

About Kyle T. Larkin

On June 3, 2021, the board appointed Larkin as chief executive officer and president of the company effective immediately. Larkin joined Granite in 1996 and has served as president since September 2020. Larkin has held a variety of positions within the company, including serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer from February 2020 to September 2020, as senior vice president and manager of construction and material operations from October 2019 to February 2020 and as senior vice president and group manager from 2017 to 2019. Previous roles also included vice president and regional manager in Nevada from January 2014 to September 2017 and president of Granite’s wholly owned subsidiary, Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. from 2011 to 2014. He also served as manager of construction for the company’s Reno area office from 2008 to 2011, chief estimator from 2004 to 2008 and project manager, project engineer and estimator at Granite’s Nevada Branch between 1996 and 2003. Larkin holds a bachelor of science degree in construction management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and a master of business administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.