Ed McDermott has served on our board of directors and as chair of our board since August 2023. Mr. McDermott has served as the managing partner of Spring Tide Partners LLC, a private investment firm that makes concentrated, long-term investments in public and private companies, since 2015. Prior to founding Spring Tide Partners, Mr. McDermott served as co-managing partner of SPO Partners & Co., an investment partnership that he was associated with from 1995 to 2015. Mr. McDermott holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.