Ms. Veleka R. Peeples-Dyer has been a member of our Board since June 2023. Ms. Peeples-Dyer has served as a strategic enterprise leader with over 25 years of experience in the life sciences industry serving as in-house counsel for leading biopharmaceutical companies and outside counsel to global life sciences clients through her partnerships at prominent life sciences law firms, including as the Chair of the North American Food and Drug practice and Co-Chair of the Global Regulatory Group at Baker McKenzie, a top ten global life sciences firm. Throughout her career in the life sciences industry, including executive appointments as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, Ms. Peeples-Dyer has provided business, legal and compliance advice and counsel on a wide variety of matters, including Food and Drug Administration regulatory, global compliance, business development, clinical trials, quality, manufacturing, commercialization and other corporate matters. Ms. Peeples-Dyer is currently on the Advisory Board of Syridex Bio, a life sciences impact investment firm dedicated to the acceleration of health equity through focusing on investing in therapies for diseases that disproportionately affect underserved populations, the Board of Trustees for Hood College, the Board for Antigenix Therapeutics and the Board for the Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. Ms. Peeples-Dyer holds a B.A. in Political Science from Hampton University and a J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. We believe Ms. Peeples-Dyer is qualified to serve on our Board because of her significant experience serving as a legal and strategic advisor to biopharmaceutical and life sciences companies and her extensive knowledge of the broad regulatory and healthcare compliance issues facing such companies.