On February 14, 2023, the board of directors of Northern Star Investment Corp. II appointed Brett Cyrgalis as a Class A director of the Company and Howard Yeaton as a Class B director of the Company. Each of Messrs.

Cyrgalis and Yeaton will serve on the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee of the Company. Brett Cyrgalis has extensive experience in editorial and business operations and specializes in media, public relations and marketing. Mr. Cyrgalis spent 15 years at the New York Post, first on the editorial desk from 2006 until 2012, then as a beat writer and columnist from 2012 until 2020.

During his time at the New York Post, he covered everything from the NHL Stanley Cup final to U.S. Opens in golf and tennis. In May 2020, Simon & Schuster published Mr. Cyrgalis' best-selling book, Golf's Holy War: The Battle for the Soul of a Game in an Age of Science. Mr. Cyrgalis' work has been featured in the New York Times, Golf Digest, and The Golfer's Journal, among other publications, and he currently contributes a column and features for The Met Golfer, the official magazine of the Metropolitan Golf Association.

Since leaving the New York Post, Mr. Cyrgalis has been providing consulting services to a variety of businesses and entrepreneurs. Mr. Cyrgalis helped launch a golf-course publication when he was 16 years old and has been a long-time member of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association. Howard Yeaton has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Bark Inc. since November 2021.

Mr. Yeaton has served as the managing principal of Financial Consulting Strategies, LLC, a financial consulting firm, since 2003. From October 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Yeaton served as Chief Executive Officer of Akers Biosciences Inc., a biotechnology company, now merged with MyMD Pharmaceuticals Inc. from October 2018 to August 2020, he also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Akers Biosciences Inc. From October 2014 to November 2019, Mr. Yeaton served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Propel Media Inc.