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Mariam Sorond has served as a director and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2023. Prior to her appointment as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Sorond served as Chief Technology Officer of the Service Provider and Edge Business Unit at VMware since March 28, 2022 where she helped to define technical strategy internally and externally as well as lead engagements with service provider partners to influence and promote vision, product and solution alignment and adoption towards the digital transformation. From September 2019 to December 2021, Ms. Sorond served as Chief Research and Development Officer at CableLabs, where she focused on technical thought leadership, vision and strategy for the future of converged connectivity of broadband cable and mobile networks within the cable industry. Prior to CableLabs, from April 2012 to September 2019, Ms. Sorond served as Chief Wireless Architect of DISH and as the wireless expert for the company's entry into the wireless market. Earlier in her career, Ms. Sorond worked for vendors such as Lucent Technologies (now Nokia), and several operators including ICO Global Communications, Nextel, and PrimeCo, where she began as a radio frequency engineer. Ms. Sorond has served as a member of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee since 2014 and joined as a member of the Federal Communications Commission's Technical Advisory Committee in 2022. Ms. Sorond has been awarded several patents, with others pending and is an author and frequent speaker and panelist at industry forums.

On September 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of NextNav Inc. appointed Timothy A. Gray as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of September 22, 2025. Prior to his appointment as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Mr. Gray, age 55, served as Chief Financial Officer at Anterix Inc., a telecommunications company (NASDAQ: ATEX) from June 2014 to September 2025. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Gray held multiple senior finance leader positions at MedImmune, Inc., a subsidiary of AstraZeneca, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gray also served in various other finance roles at MedImmune starting in 2008. Prior to joining MedImmune, Mr. Gray served in finance positions at AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Nextel and started his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health. Mr. Gray received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and is a certified public accountant.

James Black has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2025. Mr. Black previously served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of NYSE-listed satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital Corporation from August 2022 until its acquisition by Lockheed Martin Corporation in October 2024. He previously served as US Head of Legal for Arqit Inc., a quantum encryption technology company, in 2022 and Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, North America for UK defense company Ultra Electronics from 2020 to 2022. During 2019, he was the Chief Legal Officer of Nasdaq-listed biotech company Osiris Therapeutics Inc., prior to its acquisition by Smith & Nephew. From 2010 to 2018 he held various roles with aerospace and defense company Orbital ATK, Inc. and its predecessor Orbital Sciences Corporation, including Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, before serving as Director and Corporate Counsel at Northrop Grumman, a multinational aerospace and defense company, following its acquisition of Orbital in 2018. Mr. Black began his legal career with the international law firm Hogan & Hartson LLP, now Hogan Lovells US LLP, where he was an associate from 2004 to 2009, following a clerkship at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Black holds a B.S. degree from James Madison University, M.A. degree from The George Washington University and a J.D. degree from William and Mary Law School.

Alan B. Howe has served as a director since October 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Howe served as a director of Spartacus Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: TMTS), an entity party to the Business Combination (as defined below), from October 2020 until the closing of the Business Combination in October 2021. He has served as co-founder and Managing Partner of Broadband Initiatives, LLC, a telecommunications consulting firm, since 2001. Mr. Howe also served as Vice President of Strategic and Wireless Business Development for Covad Communications, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: COVD), a national broadband telecommunications company, from May 2005 to October 2008, and as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development for Teletrac, Inc., a mobile data and location solutions provider, from April 1995 to April 2011. Previously, Mr. Howe held various executive management positions for Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. Mr. Howe has over 30 years of extensive hands-on operational expertise combined with corporate finance, business development and corporate governance experience. Mr. Howe has a broad business background and has been exposed to a wide variety of complex business situations within large corporations, financial institutions, start-ups, small-caps and turnarounds. Mr. Howe is currently a member of the board of directors and serves on the audit committees of Babcock and Wilcox (NYSE: BW) and as a member of the board of directors of the San Diego Rescue Mission. Previously, Mr. Howe served on the boards of over twenty public companies, including Sonim Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: SONM), Resonant, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: RESN), Data I/O Corporation (Nasdaq: DAIO), Determine, Inc. (OTCMKTS: DTRM), Urban Communications, Inc. (formerly TSX-V: UBN), MagicJack, Vocaltec Communications Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: Call), WidePoint Corporation (NYSE American: WYY), CafePress Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: PRSS), and Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OESX). Mr. Howe holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Illinois, School of Commerce and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Indiana University, Kelley Graduate School of Business.

Nicola Palmer has served as a director since June 2024. Ms. Palmer served as Chief Technology Ambassador of Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VZ), a global provider of technology, communications, information and entertainment products and services, having served in that role from March 2022 until her retirement in July 2023. Previously she served as Chief Product Development Officer from January 2019 to March 2022, as Chief Network Engineering Officer and Head of Wireless Networks from December 2017 to December 2018 and as Chief Technology Officer for Verizon Wireless from June 2013 to December 2017, after having served in technology roles of increasing responsibility for Verizon since October 2000. Ms. Palmer currently serves on the board of directors of Nvent Electric PLC (NYSE: NVT) and Sercomm Corporation (TPE: 5388).

Jonathan A. Marcus has served as a director since May 2024. Mr. Marcus serves as the Chairman of Alimco Financial Corp., a position he has held since May 2023. Prior thereto, Mr. Marcus was the Chief Executive Officer of Alimco Financial Corp. since March 2019. Prior to March 2019, Mr. Marcus was a managing member and co-founder of Broadbill Partners, L.P., a fund focused on special situations and distressed securities. Prior to Broadbill's inception in 2011, Mr. Marcus was the Chief Investment Officer of Cypress Management, L.P., the predecessor fund to Broadbill, which he founded in 1995 to specialize in investing in distressed securities. Mr. Marcus's career also includes extensive investment banking and financial advisory work at Prudential-Bache Securities and Credit Suisse First Boston, with a substantial focus advising financially troubled companies or their creditors. Since January 2018, Mr. Marcus has served as Special Advisor to Milfam LLC. Mr. Marcus currently serves on the boards of directors of Alimco Financial Corp and Anacomp, Inc. and previously served on the board of director of Kaspien Holdings Inc.

Bandel L. Carano has served as a director since October 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Carano served as a director of former NextNav from September 2014 to October 2021. Mr. Carano joined Oak Investment Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm, in 1985 and has been a General Partner of Oak Investment Partners since 1987. Mr. Carano has been a Managing Partner of Oak Investments Partners since 2010. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Carano was a member of Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group, where he was responsible for advising Morgan Stanley on high-tech new business development and sponsoring venture investments. As a venture capitalist, Mr. Carano has been involved with numerous technology companies in the telecommunications, wireless, rich media and semiconductor industries including 2Wire, Inc., Avici Systems, Qtera Corporation, Sentient Networks, Inc. and Wellfleet Communications, among others. Mr. Carano currently serves on the boards of directors of company nLight, Inc. (Nasdaq: LASR), a public company and Centric Software, a private company. Mr. Carano has previously served on the board of several public companies, including Airspan Networks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MIMO), NeoPhotonics Corp. (Nasdaq: NPTN), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), Tele Atlas BV (acquired by TomTom (OTCMKTS: TMOAY) in 2007), Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), FiberTower Corporation (acquired by AT&T (NYSE: T) in 2018), Virata, Inc. (acquired by Globespan Inc. in 2001) and Polycom, Inc. (acquired by Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) in 2018). Mr. Carano serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund. Mr. Carano holds both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

H. Wyman Howard III has been appointed by the Board to serve as a director, effective on May 1, 2025. Admiral Howard retired from the U.S. Navy in September 2022 as Rear Admiral (Upper Half) after over 32 years of service for the SEAL Teams and Joint Special Operations. He has had multiple tours in command of Special Operations Joint Task Forces and was among the first to deploy into Afghanistan following the attacks on September 11, 2001. The combat contributions of the teams Admiral Howard commanded, and with whom he served, were recognized with five Presidential Unit Citations, a Navy Unit Commendation medal, and four Joint Meritorious Unit Awards. Admiral Howard's joint, interagency, and intelligence experience include service as the second Director of Operations for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2016 and as the Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command from 2020 to 2022, which are equivalent leadership roles of a Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer, respectively. Admiral Howard is acknowledged for his leadership in designing new irregular deterrence capabilities and options that increase the leverage of the United States to deter the nation's adversaries. Admiral Howard also serves on the board of Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAER), an aerial firefighting and aerospace services company, and Invitation Homes Inc. (NYSE: INVH), a single-family home leasing and management company. Admiral Howard was recommended to our Board by John Muleta, a NextNav director. Admiral Howard graduated from the United States Naval Academy and holds a Master of Business Administration from the TRIUM consortium of the London School of Economics, HEC Paris School of Management, and New York University's Stern School of Business. Admiral Howard holds a Master of Science in National Security and Resource Strategy with a focus on commercial, civil, and military space sectors from the Eisenhower School and a Professional Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Susan Insley has served as our Chief Operating Officer since March 2025. Ms. Insley is a results-driven leader with a proven track record of driving business growth by aligning people strategies with corporate objectives and implementing innovative practices to develop talent and inspire teams. With career-spanning leadership roles in Human Resources and Finance, Ms. Insley has contributed to the success of industry leaders such as Intel, Verisign, and VMware. As Senior Vice President of Human Resources at VMware from February 2016 to January 2024, she spearheaded transformative talent strategies and guided executive leadership through critical organizational transitions. Beyond her professional achievements, Ms. Insley is deeply committed to making a difference. She serves on the board of Team Telomere, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals affected by Telomere Biology Disorders and advancing research toward a cure. Ms. Insley received her bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Georgia and earned professional certifications in Internal Audit and Risk Management Assurance.

Mr. Sammaad R. Shams, Chief Accounting Officer.

The company appointed Ms. Lisa A. Hook as a director effective February 24, 2026. Ms. Hook was appointed to serve as the Board's Lead Independent Director. Ms. Hook is Managing Partner of Two Island Partners LLC, a private equity and consulting firm. She previously served as President and CEO of Neustar, Inc., a publicly traded global information services company focused on cloud-based analytics for risk and security, from 2010 to 2018 and has also held executive positions at America Online and Time Warner. Earlier in her career, she served as a legal advisor at the Federal Communications Commission and General Counsel of the Cable Group at Viacom International. Since 2012, she has also served on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Ms. Hook brings more than 30 years of public company board experience and currently serves on the boards of Nokia Corporation and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and as Lead Independent Director of Philip Morris International.