Company: BOF
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-023449
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Company: BranchOut Food Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 to serve as one of our directors.

Deven Jain. Deven Jain was appointed to our Board of Directors on July 24, 2024 upon the closing of the investment by Kaufman Kapital, LLC in our securities, although there is no agreement or arrangement between the Company and Kaufman pursuant to which Kaufman has the right to appoint or nominate a director. Mr. Jain has been a portfolio manager at Z1 Labs since September 2025. Previously, Mr. Jain served as an analyst at Kaufman Kapital from June 2024 until January 2025, and was also an intern at CarMax and Dominion Energy. Mr. Jain earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a Finance concentration from The McIntire School of Commerce.

Mr. Jain’s business and financial experience and expertise qualify him to serve as one of our directors.

Byron Riché Jones.Byron Riché Jones was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 10, 2024. Mr. Jones is a distinguished executive with over 15 years in Project Management and Business Solutions experience, and has served as a director of several publicly traded and privately held companies, specifically in the Commercial Real Estate, Consumer Goods, Hospitality, Technology, and Sustainability sectors. Since 2023, Mr. Jones has been a Global Director at Cushman & Wakefield, one of the largest global real estate companies in the world. Prior to that, from 2020 to 2023, Mr. Jones served as a Senior Director at Jones Lang LaSalle. Mr. Jones is also the principal of ELEVEN03 Hospitality LLC, a growth portfolio company with holdings in notable Bay Area nightlife venues, including “NOVA nightclub’ and “Wild Rose Eatery and Lounge”. Mr. Jones earned an Honors BS degree in Business Management from the WP Carey School of Business with an emphasis in Small Business Entrepreneurship from Arizona State University in 2005.

Mr. Jones’s business and financial experience and expertise qualify him to serve as one of our directors.

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Lindsey L. Schwartz.Lindsey L. Schwartz was appointed to our Board of Directors on February 13, 2025. Since September of 2020, Mr. Schwartz has been the Executive Chairman of Schwartz Brothers Restaurants, and previously served as its Chief Executive Officer. Schwartz Brothers Restaurants owns and operates a number of full-service restaurants and food service companies, located primarily in the greater Seattle, Washington area, and Schwartz Brothers Bakery, which sells products in the U.S. and