The Honorable Mary Beth Long has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2023. Ms. Long is an American foreign policy expert, entrepreneur, and former U.S. Government official. From 2007-2009, Ms. Long served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense under Secretary of Defense Robert E. Gates, where she was the first woman confirmed to a four-star military equivalent position by the U.S. Senate and oversaw all international weapons sales. This role was the culmination of 17 years of intelligence and defense related government service where she held multiple leadership roles including Chair of NATO's nuclear and missile defense High Level Group (HLG), Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense for Asia and Southeast Asia, and Deputy Secretary of Defense for Counter Narco-terrorism. Ms. Long is the Principle at MB Long and Associates, PLLC, a law firm specializing in international defense sales and compliance. She is the founder of Metis Solutions, LLC and Askari Defense & Intelligence, LLC, firms focused on national defense and international weapons sales. Ms. Long is also a Senior Advisor to AWS Global and Upsher Wealth Management, as well as on the advisory board for Liberty Defense Holdings, Ltd. and X-Bow Systems, Inc. Ms. Long was also a director for Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCAT), a drone company, from November 2022 through July 2023. Ms. Long additionally previously served as a Senior Advisor to Lockheed Martin and FLIR. She was also a consultant for Global Alliance Advisors, Inc., an international advisory firm, from 2017 to November 2021. In addition, Ms. Long is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Spy Museum and the Defense Intelligence Memorial Fund. Ms. Long is an Honors Graduate, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa from Penn State University, where she studied the Chinese language abroad in Taiwan. She currently serves on the university's Provost's Global Advisory Council. She also received her law degree, with honors, from Washington and Lee School of Law.