Mr. Perkowski, upon graduating from Yale and the Harvard Business School, spent almost twenty years on Wall Street rising to Head of Investment Banking at PaineWebber. Well before others recognized the significant role that China would play in the global economy, he spent three years investigating opportunities in Asia and China, leading to the founding of ASIMCO Technologies in 1994. Widely recognized as an expert on doing business in China, he authored Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business In China, published by Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, in March 2008. Mr. Perkowski is a frequent speaker and commentator on China to the broadcast media, including CNN, CNBC, Fox, BBC, NPR and CCTV, as well as a variety of audiences worldwide: universities, business schools, corporate and industry conferences, and various chapters of the Council on Foreign Relations, Asia Society, YPO and other professional organizations. Mr. Perkowski has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K

Mr. Dreska has 30+ years working in business development, sales, marketing, accounting and finance positions through a wide variety of companies from start-ups to fortune 500.  From 2015 through present, Mr. Dreska has worked as a commercial appraiser for Collateral Evaluation Services.  Mr. Dreska is the co-founder of Clay Resources, LLC and has served as the firm’s president since 2021.  Mr. Dreska graduated from The Ohio State University with degrees in Accounting and Finance.  Mr. Dreska has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K

Mr. Rodriguez is an operational executive that has been involved in both large organizations and start up enterprises. He has over 20 years of experience in the manufacturing and logistics industry ranging from housing, agriculture, commercial and automotive. Since August 2022, Mr. Rodriquez has served as the President of ekō Solutions, LLC, company focused on the up-cycling of shipping containers for industrial and consumer. From January 2021 to August 2022, Mr. Rodriguez was General Manager of Container Solutions, Inc., a metal fabrication and packaging company based in Decatur, Alabama. Prior to that, from July 2019 to January 2021, Mr. Rodriguez served as Director of Quality and Continuous Improvement and Director of Manufacturing Excellence at Proper Group International where he lead quality compliance and product development activities for injection molded components for the automotive industry. From July 2018 to July 2019, he served as Program Manager at Minth North America Inc., from January 2016 to July 2019 as Director of Quality and Continuous Improvement at Proper Group International, from March 2014 to December 2015, Mr. Rodriguez served as Continuous Improvement Manager (FES) / Operations Manager for Faurecia and from April 2012 to March 2014, as Regional Manager, Continuous Improvement and Best Business Practices where for Johnson Controls, production facilities in operations management and continuous improvement activities toward manufacturing launch and production improvement. Mr. Rodriquez is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology Management (2007) and from Troy University where he earned a Masters of Business Administration (2012).  Mr. Rodriguez has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K

Mr. Olson is a highly accomplished CPA with years of experience in public company accounting and financial reporting.  Current, Mr. Olson is the VP Corporate Controller for Impossible Foods and has been in this capacity since August 2024.  Previously, Mr Olson worked for Elanco from May 2021 to August 2024 in the rolls of US Assistant Controller and Senior Director of Finance – US Controller.  Previously Mr. Olson was the Manager of Financial Reporting for Steel Dynamics from November 2020 through April 2021.  From August 2015 through November 2020 Mr. Olson for the accounting firm EY in progressive roles culminating as an Assurance Senior Manager.  Mr. Olson has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K

Mr. Taylor, CPA, has over 18 years of financial, accounting and tax structuring experience. After working in national public accounting firms, he has been the Chief Financial Officer of American Resources Corporation (Nasdaq: AREC) since 2015, leading the public process as well as integrations of 8 different acquisitions within the infrastructure and resource space. Mr. Taylor is also a founder and President of Land Betterment Corp, a benefit corporation, focused on positive environmental and social communities facing a changing industrial landscape, since 2020.  Mr. Taylor was up until recently the President and Chief Financial Officer of Royalty Management Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: RMCO). There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Taylor and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. He has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.