Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. announced the appointment of Diana M. Laing to the company's Board of Directors, effective October 11, 2022. Ms. Laing has also been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee, effective November 7, 2022. With the addition of Ms. Laing, the Company's Board will have nine directors, seven of whom are independent; and three women directors, which is more than 30% of the Board.

Ms. Laing is a seasoned corporate finance executive with a career focused in real estate investment and operating companies. She brings more than 35 years of experience as a chief financial officer and public company executive to the Board of Directors. She most recently served as interim chief financial officer for Alexander and Baldwin, a real estate investment trust and one of Hawaii's leading owners and operators of grocery-anchored strip retail centers.

Prior to Alexander and Baldwin, she held the role of chief financial officer for numerous real estate- focused companies including American Homes 4 Rent, Thomas Properties Group, Inc., New Pacific Realty Corporation and Arden Realty. Ms. Laing brings to the Board extensive experience in the areas of corporate strategy, risk management, public equity and corporate debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, finance and capital markets, accounting and financial reporting, investor relations, information technology and corporate governance. She also has extensive public company board experience as an independent director.