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Billy Cyr has been a member of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer since September 2016. Before assuming his role at Freshpet, Mr. Cyr, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (“SDBC”) from August 2004 to February 2016. Prior to joining SDBC, Mr. Cyr spent 19 years at Procter & Gamble, where he ultimately served as the Vice President and General Manager of the North American Juice Business and Global Nutritional Beverages. Mr. Cyr serves as a Board and Executive Committee Member of the Consumer Brands Association (and its predecessors), a position he has held since 2002. Additionally, during his time as President and Chief Executive Officer of SDBC he was a member of the Board of Directors of American Beverage Association from 2007 until 2016 and on the Executive Committee from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Cyr holds an A.B. from Princeton University. Mr. Cyr provides the Board of Directors with knowledge of the daily affairs of the Company, expertise in the consumer products industry and extensive experience in corporate leadership.

Todd Cunfer joined Freshpet in December of 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cunfer has over 25 years’ experience in consumer packaged goods. Prior to joining Freshpet Mr. Cunfer served as Chief Financial Officer with the Simply Good Foods Company from August 2017 to November 2022. Prior to that Mr. Cunfer worked for The Hershey Company for 20 years, including Vice President Finance positions for North America, Global Supply Chain and International.

Scott Morris is a co-founder of Freshpet and has served as our President since March 2016. Mr. Morris previously served as Chief Operating Officer from July 2015 to September 2024. Mr. Morris also served as our Chief Marketing Officer from January 2014 to July 2015 and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 2010 to 2013. Mr. Morris is involved in all aspects of Company development and day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Freshpet, Mr. Morris was Vice President of Marketing at The Meow Mix Company from 2002 to 2006. Previously, Mr. Morris worked at Ralston Purina from 1990 to 2002, holding various leadership positions in Sales and Marketing, most recently Pet Food Group Director. Mr. Morris also works as an advisor and investor in several small startup consumer packaged goods companies with strong social missions and a focus to improve food and the world.

Nicki Baty joined Freshpet as Chief Operating Officer in September 2024. She brings extensive operational and leadership experience managing brands across the UK, Europe and the U.S. Over her nearly 20-year tenure at Colgate-Palmolive, Ms. Baty held a variety of roles. She most recently served as President & General Manager of Hill’s Pet Nutrition U.S. from 2020 to 2024, where she executed a strategic plan to drive growth and scale a multi-billion-dollar business. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales & General Manager of Latin America and Asia for Hill’s Pet Nutrition, General Manager of the Nordic Region, General Manager of the Netherlands, and European Customer Development Director. From 2000 to 2005, she held various roles at Unilever in the UK. Ms. Baty holds a degree in Law and Business from the University of Warwick.

Thembi Machaba has served as Chief Human Resources Officer since March 2024. Ms. Machaba joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Human Resources in August 2020. Before joining Freshpet, Ms. Machaba was Vice President Global Human Resources & Organization Effectiveness at Molson Coors Beverage Company, a position she held for three years as part of a 16 year career of progressive roles at the company and its predecessors. Combined, she has an impressive track record of more than 20 years of hands-on experience in organizational design and development, strategy, performance management, human capital planning and talent management.

Nishu Patel has served as Chief Accounting Officer since April 2024. Previously, Ms. Patel served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, from June 2023 to March 2024. In this role, Ms. Patel is responsible for being a strategic leader, resolving complex matters, managing regulatory risks, and overseeing the Company’s SEC filings, ensuring that financial statements and disclosures are in accordance with US GAAP and in compliance with SEC rules and regulations. Prior to joining Freshpet, Ms. Patel accumulated fifteen years of experience in public and private company financial statement audits from her tenure at Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Patel is a CPA, holds an MBA in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of NJ.

Lisa Alexander joined Freshpet in December of 2023 as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Alexander has over 25 years of broad-based legal experience in complex areas such as governance, strategic transactions and M&A, intellectual property, litigation, regulatory and commercial matters. Prior to joining Freshpet, she held General Counsel roles in both a founder-led start-up, Perfect Day, and a multinational, Firmenich, where she was responsible for the North and Latin American region. She began her career as a securities lawyer in major New York and Philadelphia law firms before moving in-house.

Jay Dahlgren joined Freshpet in January 2023 as the EVP of Manufacturing, Technology, and Supply Chain. Mr. Dahlgren brings over 30 years of product supply leadership experience, with extensive knowledge in operations management including manufacturing, distribution, production planning, procurement, and logistics. Previously, he was Vice President of Operations at the J.M. Smucker Company and has had a long track record of operations success with Nestle Purina, Del Monte Foods, Big Heart and Meow Mix before his time at J.M. Smucker. Prior to joining Freshpet in this permanent position as the leader of Freshpet’s entire manufacturing and supply chain organization, he served the Company as a consultant in 2022.

Cathal Walsh is a co-founder of Freshpet and has served as Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Europe, previously titled Senior Vice President of Cooler Operations, since January 2011 and previously served as our Chief Operating Officer from October 2006 to January 2011. Prior to joining Freshpet, Mr. Walsh was Zone Marketing Manager at Nestlé Worldwide from 2000 to 2005 and was Marketing Manager at Nestlé Pet Care from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Walsh has over 20 years’ experience in packaged goods marketing, sales and management, including in international food markets.

Mr. Christopher Taranto has served as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain since March 2024. Previously, Mr. Taranto served as Vice President of Procurement and Planning since July 2015. Mr. Taranto originally joined Freshpet in September 2014 as the Director of Supply Chain Management where he successfully established functional and sustainable business processes and instituted complex organizational changes. Prior to Freshpet, he served as Director of Supplier Management, Global Operations, at Pfizer, Inc. Mr. Taranto has over 27 years of experience in procurement, planning, and supply chain management.

Nandini Natrajan joined Freshpet in January of 2024 as Senior Vice President, Food Safety and Quality Assurance. Dr. Natrajan has over 25 years of experience in food safety and quality assurance working for major food manufacturers in the meat, poultry, and seafood industry, and is a classically trained food microbiologist responsible for leading and transforming Freshpet’s FSQA space. Prior to joining Freshpet, Dr. Natrajan served as Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance at Trident Seafoods from 2022 to 2023. From 2020 to 2022, Dr. Natrajan was Senior Vice President for Quality at Food Safety Net Services. Dr. Natrajan began her career at Keystone Foods in 1996, where she held various roles and earned promotions within the global FSQA division over her 22-year tenure. Following Tyson Foods' acquisition of Keystone in 2018, Dr. Natrajan continued to oversee the APAC Keystone FSQA operations. Dr. Natrajan holds a Ph.D. in Food Science from North Carolina State University.

Ricardo Moreno has served as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Engineering since September of 2022. Mr. Moreno joined Freshpet in December of 2020 as Vice President of Manufacturing and has over 15 years of hands-on experience in progressive roles surrounding manufacturing operations within the fresh and perishable product space. Prior to joining Freshpet, he was Regional Director of Operations at Bonduelle Fresh Americas, home of the Ready Pac Foods brand. Mr. Moreno oversaw a multi-site network of facilities in the New Jersey region and was responsible for a full suite of operational departments with demonstrated improvements through efficiency enhancement. Prior to this position, Mr. Moreno served a variety of different roles at Bonduelle, including Plant Director and Senior Operations Manager. Prior to joining Bonduelle in 2015, Mr. Moreno was Plant Superintendent at TIC Gums, Inc. where he led the Manufacturing and Maintenance Departments of the global leader in food texturizer and stabilizer solutions. He also led a successful brownfield project for TIC Gums, Inc. to open up operations in Guangzhou, China. Earlier in his career, Mr. Moreno also held an operations development role at Stanley Black & Decker. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes in Merida, Venezuela and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.