Published on May 28, 2021
Exhibit 99.2
SCHEDULE I
    Consent to be Named as a Director
    In connection with the filing by PROOF Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”) of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 of the Securities Act, to being named in the Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto as a member
      of the board of directors of the Company. I also consent to the filing of this consent as an exhibit to such Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.
    | Dated: | April 11, 2021 | |||
| By: | /s/ | John C. Backus, Jr. | ||
| John C. Backus, Jr. |