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Dr. Mark Zediker

CEO, Co-Founder and Director

Dr. Mark Zediker is NUBURU, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors. Dr. Zediker co-founded Legacy NUBURU and has served as its Chief Executive Officer or Chairman since its incorporation in 2015. Prior to that he co-founded two other laser companies, Nuvonyx Inc. and Foro Energy Inc. Dr. Zediker holds a BS in Engineering Physics, an MS in Nuclear and Plasma Engineering and a PhD in Nuclear and Plasma Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

John R. Bolton

Director

John R. Bolton served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from April 8, 2018 until his resignation on September 10, 2019. From January 2007 until April 2018, he served as a Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

John R. Bolton was appointed as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations on August 1, 2005 and served until his resignation in December 2006. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Bolton served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security from May 2001 to May 2005.

Throughout his distinguished career, Ambassador Bolton has been a staunch defender of American interests. While Under Secretary of State, he repeatedly advocated tough measures against the nuclear weapons programs of both Iran and North Korea, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide. He led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush Administration could proceed with a national missile-defense program.

Ambassador Bolton has spent many years of his career in public service. Previous positions he has held include assistant secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State, 1989-1993; assistant attorney general, Department of Justice, 1985-1989; assistant administrator for Program and Policy Coordination, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1982-1983 and general counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1981-1982.

Ambassador Bolton is the author of The Room Where it Happened, published by Simon & Schuster (June 2020), Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the U.N. and Abroad, published by Simon and Shuster (November 2007) and How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, published by Encounter Books (April 2010).

Ambassador Bolton was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale College in 1970, and received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1974. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife, Gretchen. They have one daughter, Jennifer Sarah, who also graduated from Yale College, and received her MBA and SM degrees from MIT in 2014 and is currently a senior manager at Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Nashville.

Daniel Hirsch

Director

Daniel Hirsch is a member of NUBURU, Inc.’s board of directors. Mr. Hirsch has been a consultant to and Executive in Residence with Anzu Partners since August 2022. Mr. Hirsch has also been the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary and a member of the board of directors of Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I (NASDAQ: ANZU) since October 2022. Mr. Hirsch was a principal of Cascade Acquisition Holdings, LLC, the sponsor of a special purpose acquisition company, Cascade Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CAS), formed in November 2020, and served as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer through May 2022. Mr. Hirsch served as a consultant to Trinity Real Estate Investments, LLC from January 2019 through November 2019 in connection with Trinity’s sponsorship of a special purpose acquisition company, Trinity Merger Corp, which completed its initial business combination in November 2019 with Broadmark Realty Capital (NYSE: BRMK) (“Broadmark”). Since November 2019, Mr. Hirsch has served on the board of Broadmark and is currently the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Hirsch has served on the board of The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC), a real estate investment trust, since 2018 and is currently a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, Mr. Hirsch served as a consultant to Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Farallon”), an investment firm that manages capital on behalf of institutions and individuals, for which he has served as a board designee with respect to Farallon’s investment in Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (NASDAQ: PLYA), from January 2017 to March 31, 2020. During his tenure as a director at Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V., Mr. Hirsch served as the chair of the Compensation Committee, and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Capital Allocation Committee. Previously, from November 2003 to December 2016, Mr. Hirsch held several senior positions at Farallon, including Managing Member of the Real Estate Group from 2009 to December 2016, Managing Director from 2007 to 2008 and Legal Counsel from 2003 to 2006. Prior to joining Farallon, Mr. Hirsch worked as an associate in the San Francisco office of the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Hirsch graduated from Yale Law School with a JD and earned a BA, summa cum laude, in Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought from Amherst College.

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Dr. Mark Zediker

CEO, Co-Founder and Director

Brian Faircloth

COO

Brian Knaley

CFO

Matthew Philpott

CMSO

Teresa Betancourt

CHRO

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Dr. Mark Zediker

CEO, Co-Founder and Director

Ron Nicol

Chairman of the Board of Directors

John R. Bolton

Director

Daniel Hirsch

Director

Lily Yan Hughes

Director

Kristi Hummel

Director

Elizabeth Mora

Director

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	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Dr. Mark Zediker
Ron Nicol		
Daniel Hirsch
Lily Yan Hughes			
Kristi Hummel		
Elizabeth Mora	
John R. Bolton			

 Chairman

 Committee Chair

 Committee Member

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Jean-Michel Pelaprat

NUBURU Co-Founder

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Admiral Buss

OpenDrives

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Dr. Galen Chen

Foxconn

Former Foxconn CTO & CIO

Dr. Bob Galyen

CATL

Rt. CTO CATL

Takashi Mitachi

Co-Chair, Japan office (ret.)

BCG Senior Advisor

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Brian Faircloth

Brian Knaley

Matthew Philpott

Teresa Betancourt

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Dr. Mark Zediker

Ron Nicol

John R. Bolton

Daniel Hirsch

Lily Yan Hughes

Kristi Hummel

Elizabeth Mora

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Admiral Buss

Dr. Galen Chen

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Takashi Mitachi

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Dr. Mark Zediker

Brian Faircloth

Brian Knaley

Matthew Philpott

Teresa Betancourt

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Mark Zediker

Ron Nicol

John R. Bolton

Daniel Hirsch

Lily Yan Hughes

Kristi Hummel

Elizabeth Mora

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Admiral Buss

Dr. Galen Chen

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Takashi Mitachi

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