On December 20, 2019, GSE Systems, Inc. announced that, on December 17, 2019, its board of directors unanimously elected Kathryn O’Connor Gardner to serve on the Board as a Class III director with a term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Ms. Gardner was also appointed to the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating & Governance Committee. Ms. Gardner is not a party to any arrangements pursuant to which she was selected as a director.