Board of Directors

Paul W. Burkett has served as Chief Executive Officer of Snoaspen Insurance Group, Inc., located in Reno, Nevada, since August 1995, where he provides risk management consulting, insurance policy and program audit services, and expert witness opinions and testimony on insurance coverage, claims handling, underwriting, and insurance company matters for both plaintiff and defense counsel. Mr. Burkett also served as Principal and Chief Operating Officer of TUITIONGard®, Ltd. from 1997 to 2006, where he was responsible for underwriting and claims handling functions, and drafted the company’s insurance contract and related endorsements. He also served as President and CEO of Meadowbrook Insurance Group of Colorado from 1992 to 2006, where among other things he assisted in developing underwriting and claims handling manuals for alternative insurance programs. Earlier in his career, Mr. Burkett held various management positions in underwriting, risk management, loss control, and insurance marketing, including as Vice President and Manager of the Risk Management Services Department at Frank B. Hall & Co. in Colorado, and in several senior management roles at SAFECO Insurance Company in California and Colorado. Since 2022, Mr. Burkett has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, teaching an upper-division Life and Health Insurance course in the Business College. Mr. Burkett is a licensed risk management consultant and licensed insurance producer for property, casualty, life and health insurance in Nevada. He earned his J.D. from Concord Law School, Purdue University Global, in 2007, and holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Minnesota, and is a veteran of the United States Air Force.

Independent Director
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Alexander C. Matina has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company since September 2025. Mr. Matina is currently the Managing Member of LANECR Consulting LLC. From 2007 through 2023, Mr. Matina served in various leadership roles, including as Portfolio Manager, at MFP Investors LLC, which invested across both public and private markets. He has served on the board of directors of Trinity Place Holdings Inc., a publicly traded company, since 2013 and Range Capital Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, since 2024 and Range Capital Acquisition II, a special purpose acquisition company, since 2025, and S&W Seed Company, a publicly traded agricultural company from 2015-2025. He is also a director of SIXGEN, a privately held cyber-security company, and Standard Nuclear, a privately held nuclear fuel business. Mr. Matina previously served as a director of Crowheart Energy LLC, a private energy company, Madava Financial, a private energy-focused finance company, Papa Murphy’s, a publicly traded pizza franchise, as well as other public and private boards. Mr. Matina received a Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting from Fordham University (summa cum laude) and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Andrew L. Sole is the Co-founder and Managing Member of Esopus Creek Advisors, the General Partner to the Esopus Creek Value Series Fund LP (“Esopus”). Esopus, launched in August 2005, is based in East Hampton, N.Y. and is a concentrated long-term value investment fund focusing on investments in small and mid-capitalization public securities, both non-distressed and distressed public companies. Mr. Sole has over 30 years of investment experience, including investments in Chapter 11 corporate reorganizations. Mr. Sole has served as a fiduciary on both official creditor and official equity holder committees in numerous bankruptcy cases over the last 18 years. Prior to Esopus, Mr. Sole was a managing partner of Esopus Creek Partners and Esopus Creek Capital, the predecessor firms to Esopus, from January 2002 until August 2005. Both firms focused on long-term investments in public securities. Mr. Sole holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Union College and a J.D (cum laude and a Member of the Order of the Coif) from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University, and is a licensed attorney in New York.

Independent Director
Chairman of the Board
Member of the Compensation Committee

Neil Weiner currently manages a private family partnership, Foxhill Family Partnership, LP, which was established in 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Weiner founded Foxhill Capital Partners, LLC in 2006 as the investment manager of the Foxhill Opportunity Fund, L.P., a private fund focused on distressed and special situation investments where he served as the Chief Investment Officer. He previously was a partner at the distressed firm Triage Capital Management. Additionally, he served on the board of directors of Cambium Learning Group, a private education technology company, from 2010 to 2013 and was chairman of the audit committee. Mr. Weiner holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Independent Director
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Mr. Zyngier has served as the Managing Director and Founder of Batuta Capital Advisors LLC, a private investment and advisory firm, since 2013. He also serves on the board of directors of Beyond Meat, a leading plant-based meat company since October 2025, Urgently Inc., a software enabled roadside assistance company since January 2025, Unifin Financiera SAB de CV, a Mexican finance company since August 2024, Slam Corp, a public special purpose acquisition company, since February 2023, COFINA Puerto Rico, the taxing authority of Puerto Rico, since February 2019, Atari SA, a public video game company, since August 2014 and certain other private entities. Mr. Zyngier previously served on the board of directors of Appvion Holding Corp, a private paper and packaging company, from February 2019 to December 2021, GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a private advanced materials company, from March 2016 to November 2021, Torchlight Energy Resources Inc., a public exploration and production company, from June 2016 to June 2021, Eileen Fisher Inc., a private retail company, from November 2020 to May 2021, AudioEye, Inc, a public software company, from September 2015 to July 2020 and certain other public and private companies. Mr. Zyngier earned his MBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chicago.

Independent Director
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

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