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Scott W. Hart has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Partnership since January 2022 and as a member of our board of directors since September 2020. Mr. Hart has also served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Partnership between August 2019 and December 2021. He also is a member of the Partnership's Global Executive Committee, Private Equity Executive Committee, Venture Capital & Growth Equity Executive Committee, Private Equity Investment Committee and Private Equity Portfolio and Risk Management Committee. He has held a number of responsibilities over time, managing a number of important client relationships, serving as Head of Private Equity from 2017 to 2025, serving as Co-Head of Private Equity Co-Investments from 2013 to 2019 and helping with opening the firm's London office. Prior to joining the Partnership in 2007, Mr. Hart was an Associate at TPG Capital, LP from 2005 to 2007. While at TPG, Mr. Hart focused on evaluating, executing and monitoring investments for a private equity fund, as well as helping to develop views on investment thesis, valuation, financing and exit strategy. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Hart worked as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Consumer & Retail group, where he performed financial and strategic analysis on acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, divestitures, and debt and equity capital markets transactions. He is a member of YPO San Diego and serves on Notre Dame's Wall Street Leadership Committee. Mr. Hart received his BBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Jason P. Ment has served as the Company's President and Co-Chief Operating Officer since November 2019. Mr. Ment joined the Partnership as Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in October 2010, assumed the additional role of Co-Chief Operating Officer in July 2018 and then became StepStone's Partner, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer in May 2019. Prior to joining StepStone in October 2010, Mr. Ment was General Counsel of Citigroup Private Equity, a $10 billion equity co-investment, mezzanine, and fund of private equity funds business from 2007 to 2010. Also while at Citigroup, from 2009 to 2010, he was the General Counsel of Metalmark Capital, a middle-market private equity business, and from 2008 to 2010, he was General Counsel of Citi Sustainable Development Investments, a clean technology and renewable energy-focused venture investment business. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Ment was an Associate in O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Group from 2005 to 2007 and an Associate in McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Mergers & Acquisitions Group from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Ment received his BS from Cornell University and his JD from the New York University School of Law.

Thomas Keck has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2020. Mr. Keck co-founded the Partnership in 2007 as Partner, and as Vice Chair of the Partnership, leads the Partnership's global research activities, and the development of StepStone Private Market Intelligence. He is also involved in our responsible investment and risk management initiatives. Prior to co-founding the Partnership in 2007, from 2005 to 2006, Mr. Keck was a managing director at Pacific Corporate Group LLC, a private equity investment firm that oversaw over $15 billion of private equity commitments for institutional investors. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Keck was a principal with Blue Capital Management L.L.C., a middle market buyout firm, and from 1997 to 2000, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Keck currently serves on the board of directors of Trio Health, Inc. and on the board of trustees of Global Communities, and he formerly served on the board of directors of Porter Athletic Equipment Company. He also currently serves on the Research Advisory Council of the Institute for Private Capital, as well as the Private Equity Advisory Council of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Keck received his BA from George Washington University and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, receiving numerous decorations flying EA-6Bs off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) from 1988 to 1995.

Jose A. Fernandez has served as the Company's Co-Chief Operating Officer since November 2019. He has also served as a member of our board between September 2020 and this Annual Meeting. He co-founded the Partnership in 2007 as Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. He served as the Partnership's General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer until October 2010 when he was succeeded by Mr. Ment so that he could focus on his business role. In March 2017, he became the Partnership's Chief Operating Officer. He served in that role until sharing that role with Mr. Ment as Co-Chief Operating Officer in July 2018. He is also involved in StepStone's Environmental, Social and Governance activities, in addition to various investment activities. Prior to co-founding the Partnership in 2007, Mr. Fernandez served as Managing Director and General Counsel at Pacific Corporate Group LLC, a privately held investment advisory firm, from 2004 to 2006, where he was responsible for all legal and compliance activities, as well as research on emerging managers. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Fernandez was an Associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP. At Latham & Watkins, Mr. Fernandez was a member of the Private Equity/Investment Fund Practice Group where he organized and represented private equity, venture capital, and buy-out funds. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Fernandez was an Associate at the law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. Mr. Fernandez received his BA from the University of Michigan and his JD from Stanford Law School.

David Y. Park has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since January 2024. Previously, Mr. Park served as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer from November 2019 to December 2023 and as Chief Accounting Officer of the Partnership from July 2019 to December 2023. Prior to joining the Company in 2019, Mr. Park was with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a global alternative investment management firm, since 2012, last serving as the head of corporate accounting, policy and reporting. Prior to Oaktree, he held senior-level roles in accounting and financial reporting at Jacuzzi Group Worldwide and ViewSonic Corporation. Mr. Park began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the assurance and business advisory practice. Mr. Park received his BA in Economics from the University of California at Irvine and Master of Accounting from the University of Southern California. Mr. Park is a licensed certified public accountant in the state of California.

David F. Hoffmeister has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2020. He served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Life Technologies Corporation, a global life sciences company, from 2008 to 2014 when it was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. From 2004 to 2008, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Invitrogen Corporation, which merged with Applied Biosystems in 2008 to form Life Technologies Corporation. Prior to joining Invitrogen, Mr. Hoffmeister spent 20 years with McKinsey & Company as a senior partner serving clients in the healthcare, private equity and chemical industries on issues of strategy and organization. Before joining McKinsey & Company, he held financial positions at GTE Corp. and W.R. Grace and Co. Mr. Hoffmeister currently serves on the boards of directors of Glaukos Corporation (since 2014) and ICU Medical, Inc. (since 2018) and previously served on the board of directors of Celanese Corporation (from 2006 to April 2026). He also serves on the board of directors of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (since 2014). Mr. Hoffmeister received his BS from the University of Minnesota and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Steven R. Mitchell has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2020, and has served as a director of the Partnership since its founding in January 2007. Mr. Mitchell has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Argonaut Private Capital L.P., a private equity investment firm, since July 2016, and from November 2004 to July 2016, he was the Managing Director of Argonaut Private Equity, LLC, a private equity investment firm. Prior to joining Argonaut Private Equity, LLC, Mr. Mitchell was a principal in both Radical Incubation, a private equity investment firm, and 2929 Entertainment, LLC, a media company. Mr. Mitchell currently serves on the board of directors of Aspen Aerogels, Inc., a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and Alkami Technology, Inc., a public company listed on the Nasdaq. He also currently serves on the boards of directors of several privately owned companies. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Mitchell was a corporate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Mitchell received his BBA from Baylor University and his JD from the University of San Diego School of Law.

The Board also elected Mr. Anthony Keathley, the Company's current Managing Director of Financial Reporting and Consolidation as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer, effective January 1, 2024. Anthony Keathley, has served as the Company's Managing Director of Financial Reporting and Consolidations since January 2023. Prior to this role, Mr. Keathley served as the Company's Director of Financial Reporting and Consolidations (between January 2021 and January 2023), as the Company's Vice President of Financial Reporting and Consolidations (between January 2020 and January 2021) and as the Company's Manager of Financial Reporting and Consolidations (between April 2018 and January 2020). Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Keathley worked as a financial controller at both for-profit and nonprofit organizations from 2015 to 2018. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Keathley served in financial reporting and technical accounting roles at Bridgepoint Education (now Zovio Inc.) and CareFusion Corporation (prior to being acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company), both publicly held companies. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Keathley served in the assurance services practice of Ernst and Young LLP. Mr. Keathley received his B.S. in Finance from Oral Roberts University. He is a licensed certified public accountant in the state of California.