Corporate Governance - Biography

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Beverly A. Huss
Director

Ms. Huss has served as a director of the Company since March 2022. She has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pagonia Medical, Inc. (“Pagonia”), a private company focused on creating a novel non-invasive device for the preservation of tissue following a heart attack, stroke, traumatic brain injury and other medical conditions since January 2021. From September 2013 until January 2021, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Qool Therapeutics, Inc. (“Qool”), formerly Thermocure, Inc., a company focused on temperature management therapies that underwent an assignment for the benefit of creditors under California law in November 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining Qool, Ms. Huss was President and Chief Executive Officer at a start-up medical device company, Vibrynt, Inc., and held multiple senior level leadership positions at Guidant Corporation, including, President, Endovascular Solutions, and Vice President, Global Marketing, Vascular Intervention, and Vice President of the Stent Business Unit. Ms. Huss currently serves on the board of directors of Pagonia, Madorra Inc., a privately-held medical device company developing solutions to improve quality of life after menopause (executive chair of the board), Accuray Incorporated, a publicly-held radiation oncology company (compensation chair), Coala-Life Group AB, a Swedish public medical device company developing heart monitors, and Ancora Heart, Inc., a privatelyheld medical device company developing heart failure treatments. Her prior public company board experience includes Artes Medical, Inc., Wright Medical Group N.V. and Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. Ms. Huss holds a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois and a M.S. in technology management from Pepperdine University.