Dr. Kavita K. Patel, 51, was appointed to serve as a director of the Company in September 2020. Dr. Patel is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and a practicing primary care physician at Mary s Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Patel has also served as a Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates since 2017. From 2011 2021, she was a managing director of health care delivery and transformation at the Brookings Institution. Previously, Dr. Patel served as Director of Policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the White House from 2009 to 2010, as Deputy Staff Director on Health on the late Senator Edward Kennedy s staff from 2007 to 2009, and as a member of senior staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Dr. Patel has served as a director and member of the Compensation Committee of Arcellx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLX) since December 2021. She previously served as a director and member of the Compensation Committee of Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGTX) from April 2020 until its sale to Eli Lilly and Company in August 2023; as a director and member of the Governance and Nominating Committee of Tesaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRO) from 2016 until its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in 2019; and as a director, member of the Compensation Committee, and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Intelligent Medicine Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: IQMD) from November 2021 to April 2023. Dr. Patel received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, her Master of Public Health from the University of California at Los Angeles, and her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center. We believe Dr. Patel s extensive healthcare industry expertise qualifies her to serve on our Board.