Senior Strategist, X (parent company: Alphabet Inc.) Mr. Karsner has extensive global executive leadership experience as well as deep expertise in technology innovation, private equity, public policy and regulation, corporate strategy and sustainability. He is currently a Senior Strategist at X (the Moonshot Factory), the innovation lab of Alphabet Inc., and Executive Chairman of Manifest Energy Inc., an energy technology development and investment firm he founded in 2009. Mr. Karsner is also Founder of Elemental, which innovates market-based solutions and technology for conservation and environment.

Key skills and qualifications Executive Leadership; Global Business: Mr. Karsner has over 30 years of experience in executive leadership positions with numerous organizations with significant global operations, including his current role at X and public company board experience at ExxonMobil. Mr. Karsner was the Founder and Managing Director of Enercorp., a company involved in international project development, management and financing of energy infrastructure. Industry and Technology; Growth and Emerging Technologies; Strategy and Innovation: Mr. Karsner currently serves as Senior Strategist at X, which has catalyzed technologies for autonomous vehicles, drone delivery and industrial robotics. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Karsner served as Managing Partner of Emerson Collective, an investment platform funding venture and private equity portfolios, as well as non-profit, philanthropic investments advancing education, immigration, health and the environment. As a private equity investor, venture partner and strategic advisor, Mr. Karsner s portfolios have included some of the most innovative startups, such as Nest (AI), Tesla (mobility), Recurrent (solar), Codexis (biotech), Boom (aerospace) and Carbon (3-D printing). Government Policy and Sustainability: Mr. Karsner has extensive experience in government policy and relations, and offers our Board valuable insight into the regulatory environment. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, responsible for multi-billion dollar federal applied science R&D programs and national labs. In this role, he helped assemble significant bipartisan coalitions to implement the Energy Policy Act and enact the Energy Independence and Security Act and the America Competes Act. Mr. Karsner was a U.S. Principal representative to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and a delegate to the bilateral U.S.-China and U.S.-India Track II dialogues on Climate Change, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. Mr. Karsner also serves on the board of Conservation International and is a member of the boards of advisors of the Energy Futures Initiative, MIT Energy Initiative, MIT Media Lab, the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago. With these experiences, Mr. Karsner brings a valuable perspective to our Board s oversight of sustainability, government relations and public policy engagement strategies.