Mr. Musket has been a member of the Capricor, Inc. Board since 2012 and a member of the Company s Board since November 2013. He currently services as the Chairman of the Company s Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Musket has vast experience in strategic finance and has been following developments in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries for over 30 years. Mr. Musket began his investment career as an equities research analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. following the pharmaceutical industry. From 1991 through 2016 he served as President of Musket Research Associates, a registered broker/dealer focused exclusively on venture banking transactions for emerging healthcare companies. From 1996 to 2022 he was a General Partner of ProMed Management, a healthcare-focused investment management company. He has served on the boards of several private and public companies throughout his career. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Musket served on the board of directors of publicly-traded Conor MedSystems, Inc. a medical device company sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2007 for $1.4 billion. Mr. Musket holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Psychology from Boston College. Mr. Musket was selected to serve as a member of the Board in part due to his venture capital and investment banking backgrounds and expertise in financing and growing early-stage biopharmaceutical companies. Additionally, Mr. Musket has significant experience with early stage private and public companies and brings a depth of knowledge in building stockholder value, growing a company from inception and navigating significant corporate transactions and the public company process.