Dalrada Financial Corporation announced that On September 6, 2023, Heather McMahon was nominated as a member of the Company?s Board of Directors with the Board approval on September 18, 2023. Heather McMahon biography is set forth below: Heather McMahon is currently the president and CEO of Artemist Advisory Group since 2021, where she consults on security risks to business and market development for operational security technology companies, as well as serving as the Deputy Executive Director at the University of Maryland?s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS). At ARLIS, she leads research that integrates social and behavioral sciences, computing, and artificial intelligence to advance applied research and development of capabilities in areas of critical need for the Department of Defense and the intelligence community (IC).

In 2023 she was recognized with the Presidential Rank Order Award. Also in 2022-23, Ms. McMahon became an advisor to Dalrada Energy Services, a company committed to solving the climate and energy crisis through emerging green technology applications. From 2108 ?

2021, Ms. McMahon served in the White House as Senior Director to the President?s Intelligence Advisory Board where she advised the Executive Office of the President and National Security Council on national security, counterintelligence, risk management, industrial security, and insider threat matters. Prior to that, Ms. McMahon served as a senior defense intelligence executive for the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and the Department of the Army?s Intelligence Staff where she devised, implemented and led programs to protect DOD technology, information and critical infrastructure from internal and external threats. In addition, since 2021, Ms. McMahon has also served as a senior advisor to Privoro LLC, a company producing a hardware root of trust for commercial mobile phones which allows people to defend themselves from cyber-attacks against smartphones.

Ms. McMahon is a seasoned U.S. Army combat veteran and highly skilled human intelligence and counterintelligence officer with nearly three decades of global operational experience. This includes extensive tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Europe, and Asia, serving the Army at every echelon between platoon and corps as well as in the IC?s strategic enterprise. For her exemplary service, she received the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3), DoD Counterintelligence Award for Best Counterintelligence Operations Team (2006; Iraq), and Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service (2021), among other awards.

Ms. McMahon is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point along with numerous advanced Intelligence Community and military schools including the Army?s Jumpmaster School and Airborne School.