Thomas Lynch has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 2023. Mr. Lynch is the Senior Managing Director and Founder of Mill Road Capital Management LLC (“Mill Road Capital”), a private investment firm focused on investing in, and partnering with, small publicly traded companies in the U.S. and Canada. Mill Road Capital’s affiliated entities, collectively, are currently the largest stockholder in Noodles & Company. Mr. Lynch began his investing career at Blackstone and has since founded and organized two investment funds. He founded Mill Road Capital in 2004, which recommended him as a director candidate for Noodles & Company in 2017 in light of Mill Road Capital’s designation of rights described under “Transactions with Related Persons”. Mr. Lynch previously served on the Noodles & Company Board of Directors from March of 2017 to July of 2019 and re-joined the Board in 2024. He has served on the board of more than 15 public, private, and not-for-profit organizations, including the Panera Bread Company. Mr. Lynch also serves as the Chairman of Mother’s Market and Kitchen, a regional supermarket chain, and Skullcandy Inc. (NYSE: SKUL), a lifestyle audio brand, and has served on not-for-profit boards in education and the performing arts. Mr. Lynch earned a B.A. in Political Economy & Philosophy from Williams College, a Master of Philosophy from Oxford University, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. Mr. Lynch brings to our Board significant experience in restaurant operations and finance, as well as significant experience in public company operations