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Kristi Hummel is a member of NUBURU, Inc.’s board of directors. Ms. Hummel has served as the Chief Talent Officer of United Health Group (NYSE: UNH) since November 2022. Prior to that, she was the senior vice president of human resources for Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, from September 2021 until October 2022, and the senior vice president of human resources at Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL), from September 2016 until September 2021. Ms. Hummel holds both a BS in Business Administration and Management and an MBA from Babson College.