On December 21, 2022, Wayne H. Calabrese was appointed Chief Operating Officer of The GEO Group, Inc. effective as of December 21, 2022. Mr. Calabrese, 72, prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer served as GEO's Senior Vice President of Legal Services from September 2021 through December 20, 2022. Mr. Calabrese originally joined GEO as Vice President of Business Development in 1989 and served in a range of increasingly senior positions, retiring in December 2010 as Vice Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

Before joining GEO, Mr. Calabrese held various legal positions in Ohio for the City of Akron, Summit County, and the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, after which he was a partner in a small law firm in Akron, Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from the University of Akron and his Juris Doctor from the University of Akron Law School. Mr. Calabrese brings extensive knowledge and experience to GEO's management team.

His legal training and experience, together with his prior service in various GEO leadership positions, makes him uniquely qualified to serve as GEO's Chief Operating Officer. Also effective December 27, 2022, the Board appointed Ms. Lindsay Koren to serve as a director on the Board of GEO for a term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting, at which time her continued service on the Board will be subject to renomination and shareholder approval. The appointment of Ms. Koren was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other person.

Ms. Koren is currently the Senior Vice President, Division General Counsel for Darden Restaurants, where she leads the Ethics & Compliance program, and has been with Darden Restaurants since 2015. Ms. Koren served as a Senior Director for international compliance and an Assistant General Counsel at Walmart from January 2011 until early 2015. At Walmart, Ms. Koren advised the business on legal and compliance matters for Walmart's global business, operating in 26 countries.

Ms. Koren also previously served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice from 2004 to 2007, representing the government in appellate litigation matters, and as an attorney advisor to the Chief Immigration Judge.