Company: SACH
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-042273
Chunk: 9

Company: Sachem Capital Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. It is intended that votes pursuant to the enclosed Proxy will be cast for the election of the five (5) director nominees named below. If any such nominee should become unable or unwilling to serve as a director, the Proxyholder will vote for the election of an alternate candidate, if any, as shall be designated by the Board. The Board has no reason to believe that any of these nominees will be unable to serve if elected. Each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected. All five (5) nominees are currently members of the Board. There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers or directors of the Company. Our director nominees and their respective ages as of the Record Date are as follows:

| Name                     | ​ | ​ | Age | ​ | ​ | Position                                                     | ​ |
| John L. Villano          | ​ | ​ |  64 | ​ | ​ | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | ​ |
| Leslie Bernhard(1)(4)    | ​ | ​ |  81 | ​ | ​ | Director                                                     | ​ |
| Arthur L. Goldberg(2)(4) | ​ | ​ |  86 | ​ | ​ | Director                                                     | ​ |
| Brian A. Prinz(3)(4)     | ​ | ​ |  72 | ​ | ​ | Director                                                     | ​ |
| Jeffery C. Walraven      | ​ | ​ |  56 | ​ | ​ | Director and Interim Chief Financial Officer                 | ​ |

(1) Chair of the Compensation Committee (“ Compensation Committee ”). (2) Chair of the Audit Committee (“ Audit Committee ”). (3) Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (“ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ”). (4) Member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Set forth below is a brief description of the background and business experience of our director nominees: John L. Villano , one of our founders, is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Villano is one of our founders. Mr. Villano was appointed as a director and Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary in February 2017, immediately prior to our initial public offering. In November 2019, upon the resignation of his brother, Jeffrey C