Mr. Bielli served as President and CEO of Tejon Ranch Co. from December 2013 until his retirement on March 31, 2025. From April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, Mr. Bielli served the Company pursuant to a post-retirement consulting agreement (this agreement ended on March 31, 2026), providing strategic counsel to the Board and current Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bielli presently is the managing member of MKC Advisors, LLC, a real estate development and consulting firm (and with whom the Company has contracted in relation to the consulting agreement referenced in the previous sentence), a position he has held since July 2024. Mr. Bielli previously served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Company from September 2013 through November 2013. Mr. Bielli has in excess of 36 years of experience in real estate, land acquisition, development, and financing. Prior to Tejon Ranch, he was a regional president of Newland Communities, one of the country s largest and most successful master planned community developers. Mr. Bielli served as President of Newland s Western Region from 2006 until September 2013. Mr. Bielli earned a bachelor s degree in political science from the University of Arizona in 1983. Our Board believes that Mr. Bielli s experience in real estate operations, specifically master planned communities, and his position as the former CEO of the Company, make him well qualified to serve as a director.