Shelly Lombard has served as a director since February 2024. She has 35 years of experience in finance on Wall Street, analyzing and investing in public equities and bonds. She is a qualified financial expert with experience in capital allocation, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Lombard has served on the board, and as a member of the audit committee, of Craft 1861 Global Holdings, Inc. since February 2023, which was publicly traded until the company was taken private by Nano Cures Investors in August 2024. She previously served on the board of several other public companies, including: Bed Bath and Beyond, from February 2022 to September 2023, where she also was a member of the audit and nominating/governance committees; INNOVATE Corp, from May 2020 to July 2022, where she chaired the audit committee and was a member of the nominating/governance and compensation committees; Spartacus Acquisition Corp, from October 2020 to November 2021, where she chaired the audit committee; and Alaska Communications, from June 2020 to August 2021, where she served as a member of audit and compensation committees. From 2014 to 2024, Ms. Lombard was a consultant, analyzing investment opportunities for a family office. She began her career in the leveraged finance group at Citibank and in the high yield commercial paper group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. She also managed proprietary investments for ING Bank, Barclays Bank, and Chase Manhattan Bank. Ms. Lombard has a master of business administration degree in finance from Columbia University s Graduate School of Business and a bachelor of arts degree in communications and government from Simmons University. Based upon her experience, Alpha believes Ms. Lombard is qualified to serve as a director.