Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020032
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Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 to serve on the Board.

Class III Directors Continuing in Office Until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

#### Dail St. Claire
, 64, has served as a director since February 2023. Ms. St. Claire currently serves as the chief executive officer and chief energy strategist of St. Claire Consultants, LLC, an advisory and management consulting firm she founded in 2013 (“

#### St. Clair Consultants
”), and as the chief strategist of ESG Investments and Sustainable Cash Management of Amalgamated Bank, where she has served since May 2022. Prior to founding St. Claire Consultants, Ms. St. Claire co-founded Williams Capital (formerly known as Williams Capital Group, L.P./Williams

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Capital Management, LLC), a registered investment advisor and mutual fund trust company, where she served as president and treasurer. Prior to founding Williams Capital, Ms. St. Claire served as the vice president of Amalgamated Bank (NASDAQ: AMAL), where she directed proxy and shareholder engagement, and as senior investment officer of the Office of the New York City Comptroller. Ms. St. Claire is an independent director of the board of directors of CRS Temporary Housing, where she has served since 2022. Since 2021, Ms. St. Claire has served as an appointed member of the board of directors of the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s Investment Advisory Committee. Since March 2021, she has also served as a special advisor to Reverence Capital Partners, L.P., a private investment firm focused on private equity and structured credit. Ms. St. Claire earned a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, Harris School, and a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, San Diego, Revelle College. We believe Ms. St. Claire’s extensive experience in business qualifies her to serve on the Board.

#### Martijn Dekker
, 54, has served as a director since February 2023. Mr. Dekker currently serves as the managing partner of Aurivos, an America-focused energy company he co-founded in 2021. Mr. Dekker is a strategic business executive with expertise in the energy industry and in leadership positions covering all aspects of upstream oil and gas and developing clean energy strategies, and he has a strong track record of collaboration, innovation and delivering value for all stakeholders. Prior to founding Aurivos, Mr. Dekker held various roles during his eleven-year