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Darryle Burnham is the Chief Financial Officer of Newsmax Inc. and of Newsmax Media. Mr. Burnham has been with Newsmax Media since 2008. Prior to joining Newsmax Media, Mr. Burnham was Director of Finance and Operations at CopperCom Inc., Corporate Treasurer for Sleepmaster LLC (dba Serta Mattress) and Finance Manager of Procurement for Scientific Atlanta, Inc. (acquired by Cisco Systems in 2005). Mr. Burnham holds a bachelor of science degree from Florida Atlantic University and studied computer information systems at Lynn University.

Christopher Ruddy is our Chief Executive Officer and is the Chairman of the board of directors of Newsmax Inc. and Newsmax Media. Mr. Ruddy founded Newsmax Media in 1998. Prior to founding Newsmax, Mr. Ruddy worked as a journalist at the New York Post and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Mr. Ruddy was recognized in Multichannel News' News Titans: Top 10 People to Know in TV News in 2017, and by Newsweek as one of America's top 20 most influential news media personalities. Mr. Ruddy served as a member of the Knight Foundation's Commission on Trust, Media and American Democracy and previously as a member of Dr. Henry Kissinger's Counsel for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Ruddy holds a bachelor of arts summa cum laude from St. John's University and a master's degree in public policy from the London School of Economics. Mr. Ruddy has also been a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Nancy Goodman Brinker has served as a director of the Company since April 2024. Ms. Brinker is the founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. In 2018, Ms. Brinker co-founded the Promise Fund of Florida which is a non-profit organization to address disparities in breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment. In 2016, Ms. Brinker was appointed to serve as Global Advisor to Hologic, Inc., a medical technology company. Alongside these current roles, Ms. Brinker has also continued her involvement in philanthropic endeavors, speaking engagements, and is a regular contributor for Fox News. In 2016, Ms. Brinker received the Order of Lincoln Award - Illinois' highest honor for professional achievement and public service. In 2015, Ms. Brinker was inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame. In 2011, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control by the World Health Organization. Ms. Brinker was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2009. For her work on breast cancer research, Time magazine named Ms. Brinker to its 2008 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Ms. Brinker was Chief of Protocol of the United States from 2007 to the end of the George W. Bush administration in 2009. Ms. Brinker was also United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003. Ms. Brinker is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has received numerous accolades for her global work, including the prestigious Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service, the Champions of Excellence Award presented by the Centers for Disease Control, the Porter Prize presented by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, the Forbes Trailblazer Award, Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century, and the Anti-Defamation League Americanism Award.

Andrew Brown is the Chief Operating Officer of Newsmax Media. Mr. Brown joined Newsmax Media in 2012 as director of operations for Humanix Publishing. In October 2014, Mr. Brown was promoted to Chief Operations Officer at Newsmax Media. Mr. Brown is responsible for the day-to-day operations and oversees the operational infrastructure, IT and facilities. Prior to Newsmax, Mr. Brown was the production director at Scribe Inc., overseeing all aspects of workflow and technology. He also served as a software product manager at Managing Editor Inc., responsible for newspaper and magazine software, and was an editor at The Commercial Dispatch. Mr. Brown earned a bachelor of science degree from Mississippi State University.

Rene Alexander Acosta has served as a director of the Company since March 2025. Mr. Acosta served as the 27th Secretary of the Department of Labor from April 2017 to July 2019 following his appointment by President Trump. Since 2019, Mr. Acosta has also served as a strategic consultant and the sole member of Acosta Group, LLC and sits on the board of the private non-profit corporations Job Creators Network, Salient Publications, Inc. and State Leadership Foundation. Previously, Mr. Acosta was the Chairman of the Board of U.S. Century Bank from 2014 to 2017, the Dean of the Florida International University School of Law from 2009 to 2017, and a United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Acosta graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Christopher Nixon Cox has served as a director of the Company since April 2024. Mr. Cox is an American lawyer based in New York. He is the only child of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward F. Cox, and grandson of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Mr. Cox has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Lightswitch Capital, a private equity fund investing in biotech companies, since 2022. He has also been a Partner with InVivium Capital, since 2026. He has been involved in private equity transactions for over two decades. Mr. Cox also serves as the chairman of the board of directors for High-Trend International Group (NASDAQ: HTCO) and as lead independent board member of Alto Neuroscience (NYSE: ANRO). Mr. Cox is also a board member of the Richard Nixon Foundation, the American University of Afghanistan, the Command and General Staff College Foundation and the Sunswyck Foundation. Previously, Mr. Cox was a corporate associate at the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he worked in the Private Equity Group, and Mr. Cox was Vice Chairman of BrightSphere Investment Group. Mr. Cox graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Politics and received his J.D. from NYU School of Law.

Paula J. Dobriansky has served as a director of the Company since June 2025. Ms. Dobriansky is a foreign policy expert and diplomat specializing in national security affairs, is Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She brings over 30 years of government and international experience across senior levels of diplomacy, business and defense. From 2020 to 2024, Ms. Dobriansky served on the board of directors for Rubicon, LLC. From 2010 to 2012, she was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Thomson Reuters, responsible for designing and implementing a corporate approach for engagement in Washington and other key capitals around the globe. During this time, she was also appointed the Distinguished National Security Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy.?Ms. Dobriansky served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs from 2001 to 2009. In February 2007, as the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland, she received the Secretary of State's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, for her contribution to the historic devolution of power in Belfast. During President Donald J. Trump's Administration, Ms. Dobriansky served on the Defense Policy Board, the Secretary of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board and as Chair of the U.S. Export-Import Bank's Council on China Competition. Ms. Dobriansky received a BSFS?summa cum laude?in international politics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, as well as an MA and PhD in Soviet political and military affairs from Harvard University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy, and she has received high-level international recognition from the governments of Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Colombia and is the recipient of five honorary degrees.

David Gandler has served as a director of the Company since August 2025. Mr. Gandler is Co-Founder and CEO of Fubo, since December 2014, whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app. Fubo listed on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2020, just five years after its founding. Fubo has ranked among The Americas' Fastest-Growing Companies by the Financial Times (2025) and Forbes' Next Billion Dollar Startups (2019). Prior to founding Fubo in 2015, David had a prolific advertising career with more than 15 years of video sales in local broadcast and cable TV within both the general and Hispanic market, including at Scripps Networks Interactive, Time Warner Cable Media Sales and NBCUniversal's Telemundo Media. Beyond Fubo, David is a prominent figure in global sports and media. Through Gandler Sports Group, David is the majority owner and board member of soccer team Leyton Orient F.C. (EFL League One) and is a former co-owner of Paris FC. He also serves on the board of directors of Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship and is a member of the esteemed Paley Media Council. David has been named among Sports Business Journal's Power Players: Sports Streaming (2025), Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2019) and Variety's Dealmakers (2020, 2019).

On March 19, 2026, the Board of Directors of Newsmax Inc. appointed David Evans as a member of the Board to fill an existing vacancy, effective immediately. David Evans is a board-ready executive and audit committee financial expert with 25 years of progressive leadership at a publicly listed multi-media company, including roles as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Division President of New Media and Publishing. He combines deep expertise in financial oversight, SEC reporting and corporate governance with hands-on experience scaling digital media businesses across streaming, OTT TV, podcasting, e-commerce, digital advertising and social media. Most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer of Salem Media Group from 2022 to 2025, Evans directed all operations with specific oversight of the digital media, e-commerce and finance functions. He previously served as Division President of New Media & Publishing from 2007 to 2021. As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2006, he instituted the company's SOX compliance framework, helped triple the company's stock price, executed a $93 million equity offering at a then record EBITDA multiple for the radio broadcast industry and secured more than $500 million in debt capital at industry-leading terms while guiding the company's strategic pivot to digital media. Earlier, Evans held senior leadership positions at Warner Bros. Consumer Products, including Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Evans is a Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, where he achieved 5th place national ranking. He earned a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Managerial and Administrative Studies with a specialization in Finance, Accounting and Strategic Planning from the University of Aston in Birmingham, England.