CEOs Honored For Efforts To Diversify Their Companies And Increase Opportunities For Women Include: BlackRock, Dow, Inc., General Motors, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, Siemens Corporation, State Street Corporation and Walmart.

BOSTON and WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 --The Women Business Collaborative (WBC)is pleased to announce Ronald P. O'Hanley, Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation, will be awarded the 2021 Excellence in Gender and Diversity CEO Award. O'Hanley will be honored for his efforts to promote diversity at WBC's annual summit to be held virtually on Tuesday, September 21st and Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021.

WBC's 2021 Excellence in Gender and Diversity CEO Award recognizes top officials in major companies for their efforts to diversify their companies and increase opportunities for women in business roles. In addition to O'Hanley, awards will also be presented to Mary T. Barra, Chair and CEO, General Motors; David Taylor, Chairman, President and CEO, P&G; Doug McMillon, President & CEO, Walmart, Inc.; Jim Fitterling, Chairman and CEO, Dow; Laurence D. Fink, Founder, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock, Inc.;Tricia Griffith, President & CEO, Progressive Insurance;and Barbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens Corporation.

'It is an honor for our global State Street team to be recognized by WBC with this award, as inclusion and diversity are embedded in our values and culture. We know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce make us stronger, more successful, and lead to better outcomes. Ultimately, inclusion and diversity are vital to our long-term sustainability and shareholder value creation,' said O'Hanley.

All of the awardees will be honored at WBC's Virtual Annual Summit:Empowering Through Gender and Diversity on Tuesday, September 21st and Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021. Over a day and a half, WBC will highlight achievements in diversity and showcase how the movement is reaching tens of thousands of women, men and organizations across the US and the globe. WBC's Virtual Annual Summit helps celebrate achievements while acknowledging the hard work being done to reach equal position, pay and power for all businesswomen.

'What an honor it is to recognize and celebrate these CEOs driving change for gender and diversity along with these Trailblazers contributing to our nation,' says Edie Fraser, CEO of Women Business Collaborative. 'They all deserve these honors for their remarkable commitment to supporting and advancing WBCs vision of equal position, pay, and power for women in business and our commitment to DE&I.'


About State Street

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $40.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $3.6 trillion* in assets under management as of March 31, 2021, State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs approximately 39,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's website atwww.statestreet.com.

*Assets under management as of March 31, 2021 includes approximately $60 billion of assets with respect to SPDR® products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated.

About the Women Business Collaborative

Women Business Collaborative (WBC) is an alliance of 49 women's business organizations, Advisory and Leader Council Champions, companies and individuals working together to achieve equal position, pay and power for all women in business. We are a business movement consisting of millions of diverse, professional women and men, business organizations, public and private companies and the media leveraging the power of collaboration to accelerate change. The power of combining the collaborative approach with our movement is already creating momentum and accelerating the pace of change for businesswomen. We are #WBCFasterTogether.

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State Street
Ed Patterson
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404.213.3106

Women Business Collaborative
Gwen Young, COO
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857.891.4519

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