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Tanuja M. Dehne

Director at Granite Point Mortgage Trust

Tanuja M. Dehne is an independent member of their Board and has served as a director of the Company since its inception. Since 2019, Ms. Dehne has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. She has served as a director of Climate Real Impact Solutions II Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: CLIM.U), a climate-focused special-purpose acquisition company, since February 2021. Ms. Dehne also serves as the Co-Chair of the Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University. From May 2017 until October 2020, Ms. Dehne served as a director of Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (NYSE: ADSW), a solid waste collection company. From December 2012 until May 2017, she served as a director of Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. (NYSE: SBY), a real estate investment trust. From October 2014 through April 2016, Ms. Dehne was the Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and Chief of Staff of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), a power generation and retail electricity company. In this role, Ms. Dehne oversaw NRG’s Human Resources, Information Technology, Communications, Corporate Marketing, and Sustainability Departments, including the company’s charitable giving program, mergers and acquisition integrations, and big data analytics. Prior to these positions, she was the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of NRG since 2011, where she led NRG’s Human Resources department, which handled all human resources functions for more than 8,000 employees. From 2004 to 2011, Ms. Dehne served as the Corporate Secretary and Deputy/Assistant General Counsel of NRG, leading corporate governance and corporate transactions, including financing, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, securities and stock exchange matters, and reporting compliance. Prior to joining NRG, from 1998 to 2004, Ms. Dehne practiced corporate law as a member of the business department of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP. She received a J.D. from Syracuse University, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in political science, and a B.A. from Lafayette College.

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