Microsoft Corp. nominated Penny Pritzker and Arne Sorenson to stand for election to the board at the company's upcoming annual stockholders meeting.

Pritzker is the founder and chairman of PSP Capital Partners LLC and its affiliate Pritzker Realty Group. She has also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from June 2013 through January 2017.

Sorenson has served as the president and CEO of Marriott International Inc. since 2012. He was elected to Marriott's board in 2011.

Microsoft's annual shareholders' meeting is scheduled for Nov. 29.