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Strawberry Inc.

Board/Management Information Apr 17, 2024

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Information about the Directors and Executive Officers of Strawberry Fields REIT, INC. (the "Company")

The table below sets forth the names and ages of the directors and executive officers of the Company as of April 17, 2024, as well as the position(s) and office(s) held by those individuals. A summary of the background and experience of those individuals is set forth after the table.

Name Age Position
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Moishe Gubin 47 Officer
Essel Bailey 79 Director
Michael Blisko 48 Director
Jack Levine 73 Director
Reid Shapiro 53 Director
Jeffrey Bajtner 39 Chief Investment Officer
Greg Flamion 47 Chief Financial Officer

Moishe Gubin has served as the Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company since its organization. He has served as the Company's Chairman of the Board since June 2021. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Predecessor Company since 2014 and as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the BVI Company since 2015. From 2004 to 2014, Mr. Gubin was the Chief Financial Officer and a manager of Infinity Healthcare Management, LLC, a company engaged in managing skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare facilities. Mr. Gubin graduated from Touro Liberal Arts and Science College, in New York, New York, with a B.S. in Accounting and Information Systems and a Minor in Jewish Studies. Mr. Gubin is the founder of the Midwest Torah Center Inc., a non-profit spiritual outreach center (www.midwesttorah.org). He also attended Yeshiva Bais Israel where he received a B.A. in Talmudic Law. Mr. Gubin is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of New York. He also serves as a director of OptimumBank Holdings, Inc., a bank holding company based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Gubin was named as a director based on his substantial experience in acquiring, owning and operating skilled nursing facility industries and similar healthcare facilities.

Essel Bailey has served as a director of the Company since June 2021. Mr. Bailey spent the last 50 years engaged in the public and private capital markets, first as a lawyer specializing in corporate and real estate finance and then as a senior officer or director of several healthcare companies. During the last 15 years, he has been a private investor in healthcare services and finance. From January 1992 to July 2000, he served as the chief executive officer of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a Nasdaq listed REIT engaged in the ownership and leasing of healthcare properties, and from 1996 also at Omega Worldwide, Inc., a Nasdaq company engaged in ownership and leasing of healthcare properties in the United Kingdom and in Australia. He has previously served on the boards of Vitalink Pharmacy, Inc. (Nasdaq), Evergreen Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq) and NAREIT, the national trade association of real estate investment trusts. As a private investor, Mr. Bailey has served as an officer, director and stockholder of several private healthcare operating and finance companies, and has served on the boards of charitable organizations related to education and the environment. Mr. Bailey received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his J.D. from University of Michigan

Law School and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Michigan Bar Association. Mr. Bailey was named as a director based on his substantial experience in acquiring, owning and operating skilled nursing facilities and similar healthcare facilities.

Michael Blisko has served as a director of the Company since June 2021. Mr. Blisko is the Chief Executive Officer for Infinity Healthcare Management. Mr. Blisko is a veteran of leading healthcare consultancy portfolios, as well as the architect in creating cutting edge leadership teams. Mr. Blisko has served as a board member of Strawberry Fields REIT, LLC, the Predecessor Company. Mr. Blisko is a principal for a myriad of ancillary companies including United Rx, a long-term pharmacy and Bella Monte Recovery, a behavioral health addiction center. Currently, Mr. Blisko is on the national executive committee for Post-Acute Care for the American Healthcare Association (AHCA) in Washington D.C. Mr. Blisko founded and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Ambassador Group which represents regional Post-Acute Operators serving over one hundred thousand residents throughout the country. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Optimum Bank (OPHC), a publicly traded bank based in Florida. Mr. Blisko is on the Deans Advisory Board for Hofstra University Graduate School for Health and Applied Sciences. Mr. Blisko is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with a Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration from Hofstra University and a BA in Talmudic Law from Bais Yisroel, Jerusalem. Mr. Blisko was named as a director based on his substantial experience in acquiring, owning and operating skilled nursing facilities and similar healthcare facilities.

Jack Levine is qualified as an SEC financial expert who has served as a director of the Company since June 2021. Mr. Levine is a certified public accountant who has provided financial and consulting services to private and public companies for over 35 years. Since 2019, he has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Lead Director for Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK), a leading owner, operator, and supplier of proprietary electric vehicle ("EV") charging equipment and networked EV charging services. Since 2010, he has served as a board member and chairman of the audit committee of SignPath Pharma, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. SignPath was a public reporting company prior to 2017. Mr. Levine also served as a chairman of the audit committee for Provista Diagnostics, Inc., a cancer detection and diagnostics company from 2011 to 2018.

Mr. Levine has been a licensed CPA in Florida since 1983 and in New York since 2009. He received an M.A from New York University and B.A from Hunter College of City University of New York. Mr. Levine was named as a director based on his substantial experience on boards of public entities.

Reid Shapiro has served as a director of the Company since June 2021. Mr. Shapiro has been the owner of Shappy LLC, a company engaged in business consulting since 2014. From 1998 to 2014, he was a partner and co-founder of Elephant Group, Inc., a company engaged in the retail sale of electronic products which grew to approximately 120 locations. Mr. Shapiro was responsible for site selection for new stores, lease negotiations, build-out and retail management. Following the sale of this business to AT&T, Elephant Group transitioned to become DISH Network's largest reseller of satellite television systems. It further diversified into the cable, telephone and home security businesses. As part of his duties at Elephant Group, Mr. Shapiro also served as

the Chief Development Officer of Saveology.com, Inc., which operated a daily deal business on the internet. Mr. Shapiro has also served on the Florida Panthers NHL Advisory Board. Mr. Shapiro graduated from Yeshiva University in New York. Mr. Shapiro was named as a director based on his substantial experience in creating value for investors and entrepreneurial experience.

The following sets forth certain information about our Executive Officers:

Moishe Gubin serves as the Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company.

Jeffrey Bajtner (39) has served as our Chief Investment Officer since March 2022. Jeffrey joined the Company in June 2021 to oversee all acquisition and disposition activity for our portfolio. Mr. Bajtner is also our Director of Investor Relations working with shareholders and prospective investors. From 2015 until joining the Company, Mr. Bajtner oversaw acquisitions and asset management at BlitzLake Partners a Chicago based real estate developer of mixed-use properties. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Bajtner worked with the asset management and capital market teams at NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. focusing on healthcare, multifamily and retail investments. Mr. Bajtner received a B.S. in Accounting & Finance from Yeshiva University in 2007. Lastly, Mr. Bajtner is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.

Greg Flamion (47) has served as our Chief Financial Officer since joining the Company in January 2024. Previously, Mr. Flamion was a CFO of Zimmerman Advertising, an agency under Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) from 2014-2023. Mr. Flamion also held a number of diverse accounting and finance positions at a variety of publicly traded companies, including Diageo (NYSE: DEO) and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY). Mr. Flamion holds a degree in Economics from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Florida. Lastly, Mr. Flamion is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Indiana.

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