Executive Officers

Eli Baker, 46
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Baker is a Partner in Eagle Equity Partners (and its related companies). Most recently, Mr. Baker has served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Soaring Eagle through the business combination with of Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) Prior to Soaring Eagle, Mr. Baker served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Flying Eagle through the business combination with Skillz, Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ) Mr. Baker also served as president, chief financial officer and secretary of Diamond Eagle from March 2019 until the consummation of its business combination with DraftKings, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG), in April 2020. Mr. Baker served as the president, chief financial officer and secretary of Platinum Eagle from July 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Target Hospitality (Nasdaq:TH) in March 2019, and has served as a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors since March 2019. Mr. Baker served as Double Eagle’s vice president, general counsel and secretary from June 2015 through its business combination in November 2017. Mr. Baker was also a director of Silver Eagle from July 2014 through Silver’ Eagle’s business combination in March 2015. Mr. Baker is a co-founder and partner of Manifest Investment Partners, LLC, a growth equity/venture fund that focuses in early stage technology-enabled business where he has served since June 2016. Mr. Baker continues to be co-managing director and a partner in Hemisphere Capital Management LLC, a private finance company that specializes in special opportunity equity and credit investments in the media and entertainment industry. Mr. Baker is a former lawyer and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Hastings Law School.

Ryan O’Connor, 25
Vice President of Finance

Prior to joining Eagle Equity Partners, Mr. O’Connor worked as an associate in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs from July 2018 to December 2020. Mr. O’Connor graduated with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2018.

Board of Directors

Harry E. Sloan, 71
Chairman

Most recently, Mr. Sloan has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Soaring Eagle”), which in September 2021 completed its initial business combination with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) Mr. Sloan remains a director of Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. Prior to Soaring Eagle, Mr. Sloan was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp., (“Flying Eagle”), which raised $690,000,000 in its initial public offering in March 2020 and in December 2020 completed its initial business combination with Skillz Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ), a technology company that enables game developers to monetize their content through fun and fair multi-player competition. Mr. Sloan remains a director of Skillz Inc. Prior to Flying Eagle, Mr. Sloan was a founding investor of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., which raised $400 million in its initial public offering in May 2019 and in April 2020 completed its initial business combination with DraftKings, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG), a digital sports entertainment and gaming company known for its industry-leading daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting platforms, and SBTech (Global) Limited, an international turnkey provider of cutting-edge sports betting and gaming technologies. Mr. Sloan now serves as the Vice Chairman of DraftKings, Inc. Prior to Diamond Eagle, Mr. Sloan was a founding investor of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Platinum Eagle”), which raised $325,000,000 in its initial public offering in January 2018, completed its initial business combination in March 2019 with Target Logistics Management, LLC and RL Signor Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Target Hospitality Corp. Target Hospitality Corp. (Nasdaq: TH) is a vertically integrated specialty rental and hospitality services company. Prior to Platinum Eagle, Mr. Sloan was a founding investor of Double Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Double Eagle”), which raised $500,000,000 in its initial public offering in September 2015. Double Eagle completed its business combination in November 2017, in which its wholly-owned subsidiary acquired 90% of the shares of Williams Scotsman. In the transaction, Double Eagle changed its name to WillScot Corporation (“WSC”). WSC is a specialty rental services market leader providing modular space and portable storage solutions to diverse end markets across North America. Mr. Sloan previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. from April 2013 until the consummation of its initial business combination in March 2015 with Videocon d2h Limited (“Videocon”). From May 2016 to April 2018 Mr. Sloan served on the board of directors of Videocon, where he was a member of its Nomination, Remuneration and Compensation Committee. Mr. Sloan also served as chairman and chief executive officer of Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. from February 2011 until the consummation of its business combination in January 2013, and he remains a director of the combined company, Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. From October 2005 to August 2009, Mr. Sloan served as chairman and chief executive officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (“MGM”), a motion picture, television, home entertainment, and theatrical production and distribution company, and thereafter continued as non-executive chairman until December 2010. MGM filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Sloan was chairman and chief executive officer of SBS Broadcasting, S.A. (“SBS”), a European broadcasting group, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses in Western and Central and Eastern Europe, which he founded in 1990 and continued as executive chairman until 2005. In 1999, SBS became the largest shareholder of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LFG.A), or Lions Gate, an independent motion picture and television production company. Mr. Sloan served as chairman of the board of Lions Gate from April 2004 to March 2005. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Sloan was co-chairman of New World Entertainment Ltd., an independent motion picture and television production company. In January 2011, Mr. Sloan joined the board of Promotora de Informaciones, S.A. (OTCMKTS: PRISY), Spain’s largest media conglomerate which owns El Pais, the leading newspaper in the Spanish-speaking world, as well as pay television, radio and digital properties. He previously served on the board of ZeniMax Media Inc., an independent producer of interactive gaming and web content. He currently serves on the UCLA Anderson School of Management Board of Visitors and the Executive Board of UCLA Theatre, Film and Television. Mr. Sloan received his B.A. degree from UCLA and J.D. Degree from Loyola Law School.

Jeff Sagansky, 69
Director

Mr. Sagansky served as the Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Eagle from January 2018 until the consummation of its business combination with Target Hospitality (Nasdaq:TH). In March 2019, and continues to serve as a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. Mr. Sagansky has been a director of WillScot Corporation since Double Eagle was formed in June 26, 2015 and served as Double Eagle’s President and Chief Executive Officer from August 6, 2015 until the consummation of its business combination in November 2017. He also co-founded, together with Mr. Sloan, Silver Eagle, which invested approximately $273.3 million in Videocon d2h in exchange for equity shares of Videocon d2h represented by ADSs in March 2015. In March 2018, Videocon d2h merged with and into Dish TV India Limited (NSE: DISHTV). Mr. Sagansky served as Silver Eagle’s president from April 2013 through March 2015. Mr. Sagansky also co-founded with Mr Sloan and Eli Baker Soaring Eagle which completed a merger with Gingko Bioworks in September of 2021, Diamond Eagle which merged with Draft Kings in April of 2020, and Flying Eagle which merged with Skillz in December of 2020. Mr. Sagansky was formerly chief executive officer and then vice chairman of Paxson Communications Corporation (“PAX”) from 1998 to 2003, where he launched the PAX TV program network in 1998. In addition, Mr. Sagansky drove substantial improvement in the network’s financial performance. Prior to joining Pax, Mr. Sagansky was co-president of Sony Pictures Entertainment (“SPE”), from 1996 to 1998 where he was responsible for SPE’s strategic planning and worldwide television operations. While at SPE, he spearheaded SPE’s acquisition, in partnership with Liberty Media Corporation and other investors, of Telemundo Network Group, LLC, (“Telemundo”). Previously, as executive vice president of Sony Corporation of America (“SCA”), Mr. Sagansky oversaw the 1997 merger of SCA’s Loews Theaters unit with the Cineplex Odeon Corporation to create one of the world’s largest movie theater companies, and the highly successful U.S. launch of the Sony Playstation video game console. Prior to joining SCA, Mr. Sagansky was president of CBS Entertainment (“CBS”) from 1990 to 1994, where he engineered CBS’s ratings rise from third to first place in eighteen months. Mr. Sagansky previously served as president of production and then president of TriStar Pictures, where he developed and oversaw production of a wide variety of successful films. Mr. Sagansky graduated with a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also serves on the boards of Omio, the leading European travel ticketing company, Sharecare, the Nasdaq listed health and wellness company and the National Parks Conservancy Association.

Amy Gershkoff Bolles, 41
Director Nominee

Dr. Bolles currently serves as Chief Operating Officer at Tradesy, Inc., an ecommerce company. Prior to joining Tradesy, Inc. in May 2021, she served as Chief Data Officer at Bitly, Inc., an enterprise SaaS company, from September 2018 until April 2021. Prior to Bitly, Inc., she worked as an independent consultant from October 2017 until September 2018. Previously, she served as Chief Data Officer at Ancestry.com LLC, a genealogy and consumer genomics company, from November 2016 until September 2017. From March 2015 until November 2016, Dr. Bolles served as Chief Data Officer for Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a social online and mobile gaming company, as well as General Manager of Advertising. From July 2013 until March 2015, Dr. Bolles served as Head of Customer Analytics & Insights and Head of Global Data Science for eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), a multinational ecommerce corporation. She received her B.A. from Cornell University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Paul Buccieri, 55
Director Nominee

Since July 2018, Mr. Buccieri has served as President and Chairman of the A+E Networks Group (“A+E Networks”), a joint venture with Hearst Communications, Inc. and Disney-ABC Television Group, a unit of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS). In his current role, he leads the global entertainment businesses encompassing A&E, Lifetime, The HISTORY Channel, LMN, FYI, VICE TV as well as A+E Networks’ award-winning, global scripted and unscripted studio divisions (A+E Studios, Six West Media, Category 6 Media and A&E IndieFilms). He joined A+E Networks in January 2015 as President of A&E and The HISTORY Channel, overseeing all content creation, programming, brand development, advertising sales and marketing. Before A+E Networks, Mr. Buccieri was at ITV plc (LON: ITV) (“ITV”) from December 2007 to December 2014 in several leadership roles; including Managing Director ITV Studios International, President and CEO of ITV Studios America from February 2011 to May 2014, Chairman ITV Studios Global Entertainment & ITV Studios U.S. Group from May 2014 to December 2014, overseeing all global commercial and creative divisions (excluding the United Kingdom) and was on the ITV Studios board during the same period. Prior to his ITV roles, Mr. Buccieri was President of Programming, Production and Development at 20th Television, Inc. (formerly 20th Century Fox Television) from January 2004 to December 2007. Over the course of his more than twenty-five year career in media and entertainment, Mr. Buccieri has served on fiduciary and advisory boards, including the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (“NCTA”) since November 2018, The Paley Center Media Council since July 2019, the Lincoln Center Media and Entertainment Council since March 2019, Lincoln Center Leadership Committee since March 2019, Propagate Content since January 2015, Hollywood Radio & Television Society since January 2012 and the NAACP Entertainment Industry Board of Advisors since August 2017.

Joshua Kazam, 44
Director Nominee

Previously, Mr. Kazam served on the board of Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp from March 2021 until its business combination with Gingko Bioworks (NYSE:DNA), TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp.’s board of directors from November 2020 until June 2021 when it completed its business combination with Latch, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTCH) and served on Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp.’s board of directors from March 2020 until it completed its business combination with Skillz, Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ) in December 2020. Mr. Kazam also served on Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.’s board of directors from May 2019 until the consummation of its business combination with DraftKings, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG), in April 2020. Mr. Kazam served as a director of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. from its initial public offering through the completion of its initial business combination in March 2019. Mr. Kazam is a co-founder and has been a Partner of Two River, LLC (“Two River”) a biotechnology company builder since fall of 2004. Mr. Kazam is a co-founder, officer and director of Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALLO), of Kronos Bio Inc. (Nasdaq: KRON), and serves as a board member of TS Innovation Acquisitions II (TSIB) and a co-founder and Member of Vida Ventures. Mr. Kazam co-founded and served on the board of directors of Kite Pharma, Inc. from its inception in 2009 until it was acquired by Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) in October 2017. Mr. Kazam also serves as a co-founder and director of several privately held companies, including Iconovir Bio, Hubble Contacts, Byheart, Inc. and Breakthrough Properties, LLC. Mr. Kazam is a Member of the Wharton School’s Undergraduate Executive Board and serves on the Board of Directors of the Desert Flower Foundation. Mr. Kazam received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Isaac Lee, 50
Director Nominee

Mr. Lee is a journalist, entrepreneur, and a film and television producer. He is the founder of EXILE, a media company acquiring and developing premium original content for audiences across the U.S. and Latin America. Previously, Mr. Lee served as the Chief Content Officer for Univision and Televisa (a leading media company in Spanish in the world). For almost 8 years, Mr. Lee ran the news department at Univision. Before Univision Mr. Lee founded AnimalPolitico, a leading political and investigative news site in Mexico. He also founded and led PageOne Media, publisher of PODER magazine in the US, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela which was sold in 2006. When Mr. Lee was 25 he was appointed editor in chief of Cromos, the oldest magazine in Latin America and at 26 he was editor in chief of Semana, a Colombian magazine. In scripted content, Mr. Lee produced the feature film Para?so Travel, three seasons of El Chapo for Netflix as well as the mini-series for TVE Operación Jaque, which was nominated for an international Emmy. He had worked with Amazon in Mexico and developed five series for Netflix. In non-scripted, Mr. Lee has produced several documentaries, including the award-winning documentary Science Fair (NatGeo), Outpost (HBO), Residente (Netflix) and Jaque (NatGeo). Mr. Lee is a Board Member of the Associated Press, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Columbia Journalism Review. He also is on the board of the institute of politics of the University of Chicago, trustee of the Hirshhorn Museum and an active member of the Council On Foreign Relations.