WILLIAM WEXLER - Corporate Board Profile

Eterna Therapeutics Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2022-08-12	William Wexler has served on our Board of Directors since June 2022. Prior to joining our Board of Directors, Mr. Wexler worked on over 150 individual projects, serving in various capacities including as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and other designated roles of senior responsibility. Mr. Wexler has served as the Managing Member of WEXLER Consulting LLC, a management consulting firm, since 2012. From 2012 to 2019, he served in various roles, including as Chairman of the Board, interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and sole director and stockholder representative of Upstate New York Power Products, Inc., a holding company that owned and operated power plants throughout upstate New York. From 2012 to 2013, Mr. Wexler served as Chief Restructuring Officer of VMR Electronics, LLC, a manufacturer of cable assembly products for the electronics interconnect industry. Prior to that, he served as a Managing Director and national finance practice lead at BBK, Ltd., a turn-around advisory firm, from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Wexler served as group Managing Director of corporate restructuring at Huron Consulting Group, LLC from 2002 to 2005. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Berenson Minella & Co., a boutique investment-banking firm, from 2000 to 2002. Between 1986 and 2000 he served as a Senior Director at BNP Paribas, where he established and led Paribas Properties, Inc., a real estate investment arm of the bank, and also where he was a lead officer of the then newly created U.S. asset workout group. Mr. Wexler started his professional career in 1981 in commercial lease brokerage, asset management and investment sales at Jones Lang Wootton (now Jones Lang LaSalle) where he worked until 1986. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. Our Audit Committee consists of Charles Cherington, Nicholas J. Singer and William Wexler, with Mr. Wexler serving as the chair. Our Audit Committee meets the requirements for independence of Audit Committee members under applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules, including Rule 10A-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. All of the members of our Audit Committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. In addition, Mr. Singer qualifies as our “Audit Committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 407 of Regulation S-K. Our Compensation Committee consists of Charles Cherington, Nicholas J. Singer and William Wexler, with Mr. Singer serving as the chair. Each member of our Compensation Committee is independent, as defined under the Nasdaq listing rules, which also satisfies Nasdaq’s additional independence standards for Compensation Committee members. Each member of our Compensation Committee is a non-employee director (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act). Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Charles Cherington, Nicholas J. Singer and William Wexler, with Mr. Cherington serving as the chair. Each member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent as defined under the Nasdaq listing rules.
2023-05-05	William Wexler has served on our Board of Directors since June 2022. ...Our Audit Committee consists of William Wexler (Chair), Charles Cherington and Nicholas J. Singer. ...Our Compensation Committee consists of Nicholas J. Singer, Charles Cherington and William Wexler. ...Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Charles Cherington, Nicholas J. Singer and William Wexler. ...2022 Director Compensation ...William Wexler Option awards ($): 112,288 Total ($): 112,288
2024-10-07	During 2023, we did not compensate any of our directors, in either cash or equity, for their service in such capacity. As of December 31, 2023, none of our directors held any outstanding equity awards other than William Wexler, who held a stock option to purchase 15,895 shares of our common stock.