Company: BTBDW
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001477932-25-002248
Chunk: 483

Company: BT Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 5
Chunk 483
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 of Arts degree in accounting from Southwest State University and was formerly licensed as a certified public accountant, which is now inactive. We believe Mr Anderson is qualified to serve on our board of directors and as the chair of our audit committee because of his education, experience in accounting and audit work, and experience working at several companies as the chief financial officer.

Terri Tochihara-Dirks joined our board of directors as an independent director, serves as the chair of our compensation committee, and is a member of the audit committee, commencing on the date our common stock and warrants were listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Since 2008, Ms. Tochihara-Dirks has been the co-owner, with her husband, of The Oberon Assisted Living, a privately held healthcare community in Arvada, Colorado. Her responsibilities include operations and infection prevention. From 1986 to 2006, she held various positions with AT&T retiring in 2006 as the Mountain States Region Vice President of Sales. Ms. Tochihara-Dirks has served on several not-for-profit Boards of Directors, including the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Denver Junior Achievement. Ms. Tochihara-Dirks is qualified to serve on our board, as the chair of the compensation committee, and as a member of our audit committee because of her broad business experience both operating her own business and as an executive of a multi-national corporation.

Fred Croci has been a director and member of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee since October 25, 2024. He has worked in the real estate industry for more than 50 years and has owned and operated seven restaurants. Mr. Croci holds or has held real estate licenses in Iowa, Illinois, Colorado and Wyoming and has owned and managed commercial real estate brokerage firms in all of these states. While owning and operating commercial real estate brokerage firms, he has also been involved in project development, construction, management, property rehabilitations and commercial remodels, single-family and multifamily housing projects, self-storage and commercial new construction, property management and maintenance, fee-based client consulting and investment counseling. Over the last twelve years, Mr. Croci has owned and managed Wheeler Commercial Property Services, LLC, a real estate brokerage firm located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Since 2017 Mr. Croci has been the principal of Commercial Broker’s Alliance, LLC, a development consulting firm, and he is also managing broker of Commercial Broker’s Alliance NOCO, LLC, a commercial brokerage firm