Joanna Coles is a businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies and presently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of NSIC II-A Merger LLC, Chief Executive Officer for NSIC II-B Merger LLC and Senior Advisor at Cornell Capital LLC (Private Equity). Ms. Coles is also Managing Member at Northern Star Sponsor LLC and on the board of 9 other companies.

In her past career Ms. Coles was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Northern Star Investment Corp. II, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Northern Star Investment Corp. IV, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Northern Star Investment Corp. III, Editor-In-Chief at Cosmopolitan, Inc., Chief-New York Bureau at The Guardian, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Northern Star Acquisition Corp., Vice Chairman-Merchant Banking Division at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines, Inc.

She received an undergraduate degree from the University of East Anglia.