Jim Shelton has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2020. Mr. Shelton has served as Chief Executive Officer of Blue Meridian Partners since March 2025. Prior to that, he served as Chief Investment and Impact Officer at Blue Meridian Partners, a nonprofit funding collaborative, beginning in January 2020, and as a Partner at Amandla Enterprises, an impact investment and advisory firm, beginning in July 2018. From July 2016 to July 2018, Mr. Shelton served as President of Education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. From June 2015 to July 2016, he served as President and Chief Impact Officer of 2U, Inc., an educational technology company. From 2009 to 2015, Mr. Shelton held various roles at the U.S. Department of Education, most recently as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Shelton holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Morehouse College and an M.S. in Education and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe Mr. Shelton is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors due to his considerable corporate governance, legal, regulatory, public policy, and strategic planning experience, together with his senior leadership roles at public companies and in the government, as well as his depth of experience in the education sector and his financial literacy and experience with financial and investment matters.