Company: BOF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-004712
Chunk: 149

Company: BranchOut Food Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
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 Engineering from Northwestern University and his Master of Business Administration
from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

David
Israel—Independent Director. David Israel was appointed to our board of directors, audit committee, compensation committee,
and nominating and corporate government committee on June 21, 2023. Mr. Israel, one of our
co-founders boasts a successful history of food entrepreneurship. As the Chief Executive Officer of Good Planet Foods since February
of 2018, David brings extensive experience in natural food product development and management. Additionally, as the Chief Executive
Officer of BFY Food Group since February of 2017, David brings an immediate network of distributors
and buyers that will continue to scale BranchOut as growth accelerates. David developed and created Pop Gourmet as its founder in 2011,
until September of 2018.

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Greg
Somerville—Independent Director. Greg Somerville was appointed to our board of directors, audit committee, compensation
committee, and nominating and corporate government committee on June 21, 2023. Mr. Somerville
is an accomplished 30-year Sales and Marketing veteran of the U.S. Food Industry. Greg is currently North America Controller & Chief
Executive Officer at Savencia Fromage and Dairy, which is the world’s leading specialty cheese company and has held the position
since August of 2021. In North America, Savencia has top share positions in cream cheese, domestically-produced and imported specialty
cheeses, hummus, and plant-based dips and snacks. Prior to joining Savencia, Mr. Somerville spent 20 years at Land O’Lakes, Inc.,
starting in July of 2001 and leaving in July of 2021, where he held a variety of leadership positions in sales, customer marketing, category
& consumer insights and sustainability. Mr. Somerville is a trusted industry expert as he previously held board positions at the
National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association and the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association. Mr. Somerville’s proven
track record managing branded food products across the retail, food service and B2B ingredients segments will be invaluable toward supporting
BranchOut’s future growth. Greg has a BS in Business from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Quinlan School of Business.

Byron
Riché Jones—Independent Director. Byron Riché Jones was appointed to our board of directors and the chairman
of the Company’s audit committee on January 10, 2024. Mr. Jones is