Mr. Giovacchini has served as a director of the Company since April 2025. Mr. Giovacchini currently serves as the Lead Independent Director of TPI Composites, Inc. ( TPI ), a global manufacturer of wind blades, having served in this role since May 2020. Mr. Giovacchini previously served as Chairman of TPI s board of directors from October 2006 to May 2020. Mr. Giovacchini is currently an independent consulting advisor to Advantage Capital Management Corporation, executing and managing private equity and debt investments, serving in this role since October 2021. He is also an independent consulting advisor to Ares Management LLC ( Ares ), liquidating private equity investments since January 2023. He previously served as an independent consulting advisor to Landmark Partners, Inc. ( Landmark ), also managing and liquidating private equity investments from April 2014 to January 2023, until Ares' acquisition of Landmark. Prior to April 2014, he served as a Principal of Landmark since 2005. Mr. Giovacchini is also a director of TS-Polder Holdings, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of consumer home goods; Medefy Health Inc., a healthcare benefits navigation, mobile platform and cost containment provider; and Exum Instruments Inc., a provider of innovative user-friendly next generation instruments for analytical chemistry. Mr. Giovacchini holds an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. The Board believes that his qualifications to serve on the Board include his years of board and executive leadership experience.