On December 8, 2022, the board of directors of Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II appointed Trier Bryant to the Board. Ms. Bryant was appointed to serve as a Class I director with a term expiring at the Company's first annual meeting of stockholders.

Ms. Bryant, 38, is currently the President of 82VS, Alloy Therapeutics' affiliated venture studio that builds and invests in next-generation biotech companies. Ms. Bryant is currently also Co-Founder and CEO of Just Work LLC. From March 2020 to January 2021, Ms. Bryant was the first Chief People Officer (CPO) at Astra, an aerospace company building low orbital rockets.

From April 2019 to March 2020, she was also the VP of People and Workplace Experience at SigFig, a global FinTech company. From February 2016 to May 2018, Ms. Bryant was the Global Head of Revenue, G&A (Corporate Functions), University, and Diversity Recruiting at Twitter. Before Twitter, Ms. Bryant spent three years (2013-2016) as the VP of Global Diversity Talent Acquisition at Goldman Sachs.

Additionally, from 2013 to 2014, Ms. Bryant served as the Chief of Staff to the Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Bryant built her professional foundation as an officer in the United States Air Force across seven years of active duty service (2006-2013). Prior to leaving the military, Ms. Bryant was by-name-requested by the Pentagon to return to the Air Force Academy to spearhead DEI and talent development initiatives for the Air Force Academy, Air Force, and the Department of Defense (DoD).

Ms. Bryant earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering with a minor in Spanish and Leadership from the United States Air Force Academy.