On February 14, 2023, the board of directors of Northern Star Investment Corp. IV (the “ Company”) appointed Howard Yeaton as a Class B director of the Company. Mr. Yeaton will serve on the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

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.