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H. David Sherman

Independent Director

Mr. H. David Sherman has served as our independent director since June 2023. Mr. Sherman is a professor who has over 30 years of academic and professional experience in accounting and auditing. Mr. Sherman has been a professor at Northeastern University since 1984, specializing in, among other areas, financial and management accounting, global financial statement analysis and contemporary accounting issues. Mr. Sherman has served as Trustee and Chair of Finance Committee for American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the oldest English language acting school in the world, since January 2014, and as Board member. From 2019 to present, Mr. Sherman serves as a director and a member of Audit Committee of NUVVE Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE), previously known as Newborn Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: NBAC), a blank check company until March 2021 when it consummated its business combination. Mr. Sherman has served as a director of Lakeshore Acquisition II Corp., another special purpose acquisition company listed on Nasdaq, since March 2022. Mr. Sherman served as director and audit committee chair of Xiao-I Corp (NASDAQ: AIXI), an AI company in Beijing China since May 2023 and Linkage Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LGCB) in Tokyo Japan, a cross-border e-commerce integrated service business since June 2023. Mr. Sherman served as the Chair of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of Agfeed Corporation (OTC: FEED), a hog production business. From February 2011 to May 2016. Mr. Sherman was previously on the faculty of the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1980 to 1985 and, among other academic appointments, held an adjunct professorship at Tufts Medical School and was a visiting professor at Harvard Business School (2015). From 2004 to 2005, Professor Sherman was an Academic Fellow at the SEC in the Division of Corporate Finance’s Office of Chief Accountant. Mr. Sherman earned his Doctorate Degree in Accounting and Accountability Systems from Harvard Business School in 1981. Mr. Sherman earned his Master Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School in 1971 and his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brandeis University in 1969. He was Cum Laude with Honors in Economics. Mr. Sherman is a CPA certificate holder.