2021 SERVE 360 REPORT ESG PROGRESS AT MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL → 41 We are proud to be a part of She Has a Deal to improve gender parity in the hotel industry. We understand the challenges many women face when seeking capital and gaining access to information. We are committed to helping close the gender wealth gap in hotel ownership. – Eric Jacobs, Marriott International’s Chief Development Officer, International Growth Women’s Empowerment For over 20 years, our Women’s Leadership Development Initiative has guided our efforts to increase the presence of women at the highest levels of management and in other decision-making positions, developing a strong pipeline of women leaders. International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month On International Women’s Day (IWD) in 2021, Marriott marked the social, cultural, political, and economic achievements of women, and shined a spotlight on gender representation in leadership. Associates from across the company participated in TakeCare Community Talks, panel discussions and special events recognizing the women at Marriott who are helping to shape our future. Marriott’s newly promoted President, Stephanie Linnartz, launched a blog series that showcased six women leaders. Erika Alexander, Marriott’s Chief Global Officer, Global Operations, also hosted a conversation among women executives on resiliency and the future of travel for an audience of women in business. Additionally, our global sales organization hosted a series of virtual events for customers around the world, including interviews with Marriott associates and key customers about the International Women’s Day theme, “Choose to Challenge”. She Has a Deal In 2020, Marriott partnered with She Has a Deal, an education and investment platform for aspiring women hotel investors and developers. Marriott was a sponsor of the “She Has a Deal” hotel investment pitch competition for early-career women, in which $50,000 in deal equity was provided to the winner. Team Datcher, made up of three Cornell University Baker Program in Real Estate graduates, was awarded the deal through their pitch of an 80-room adaptive reuse project in Detroit, Michigan. Left: Women of F&B event at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Our Women’s Empowerment Objectives Increase the presence of women at the highest level of management and in other decision-making positions Develop a role for senior management to play in ensuring that women progress Strengthen the career development process Capitalize on the current women leaders to drive the success of the organization Gender Parity Goal In 2021, Marriott announced that we are further accelerating our efforts to achieve global gender parity by 2023 – two years earlier than the original target date. As of year-end 2020, approximately 44% of our executive leaders across the world were women and in the United States, 48% of our executive leaders were women.