Humacyte, Inc. announced the appointments of two distinguished healthcare professionals to the Company's Board of Directors and leadership team. Lt. General Bruce Green, M.D., USAF-ret., former Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force, joins as a member of the Board of Directors.

In addition, pharma industry veteran Yang (Cindy) Cao, Ph.D. joins as the Company's Chief Regulatory Officer. Current Chief Regulatory Officer, Bill Tente, will remain with Humacyte as an Executive Advisor, partnering on key regulatory initiatives for the organization with Dr. Cao and team. Lt.

General Green was commissioned through the Health Professions Scholarship Program and entered active duty in 1978 after earning his Doctorate of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He completed residency training in family practice at Eglin Regional Hospital, Eglin AFB, Fla., in 1981, and in aerospace medicine at Brooks AFB, Texas, in 1989. He is board certified in aerospace medicine.

An expert in disaster relief operations, General Green planned and led humanitarian relief efforts in the Philippines after the Baguio earthquake in 1990 and in support of Operation Fiery Vigil following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. General Green has served as commander of three hospitals and the Wilford Hall Medical Center. As command surgeon for three major commands, he planned joint medical response for operations Desert Thunder and Desert Fox, and oversaw aeromedical evacuation for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

General Green served as Assistant Surgeon General for Health Care Operations and Deputy Surgeon General, and was appointed Air Force Surgeon General in 2009. General Green earned a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and an M.D. at the Medical College of Wisconsin. General Green is also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College, and earned a master's degree in public health from Harvard University.

Dr. Cao brings over twenty years of drug discovery and development experience in pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including Bristol-Myer Squibb, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. Prior to joining Humacyte, Dr. Cao served as Senior Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Ascentage Pharma. Dr. Cao has also served in global and US executive leadership roles in Regulatory Affairs at pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and has functioned as an Executive Leadership Team member in multiple previous positions.

Dr. Cao has extensive expertise in global and US regulatory strategy and policy on biologics, small molecules, and devices, and has provided guidance to development teams in various therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology, metabolic disorders, hematology and cardiovascular diseases. Before her industry roles, Dr. Cao was an Assistant Professor at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, conducting basic research in oncology and inflammation. Dr. Cao holds a B.S. in genetics from Fudan University in Shanghai China, a Ph.

D. in biomedical sciences from University of New Mexico, and completed an NIH-sponsored post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Utah.