Board of Directors

Ms. Nuñez has served as a Director of the Company since February 2021 upon the consummation of the RTO. Ms. Nuñez is a Partner with True Beauty Ventures, which she co-founded in April 2020. True Beauty Ventures is an emerging growth venture capital fund focused on identifying, partnering with, and scaling beauty, wellness and personal care companies. Prior to launching True Beauty Ventures in 2020, Ms. Nuñez spent half of her career as an operator in beauty and wellness. From May 2017 through April 2019, she was the General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Clark’s Botanicals, a clean, botanical skincare brand with international ecommerce and prestige wholesale distribution. From October 2014 to May 2017, Ms. Nuñez held various executive leadership and operating roles at Laura Geller Beauty, a global, prestige makeup brand. Ms. Nuñez spent seven years with various prominent private equity firms and investment banks, including Tengram Capital Partners, L Catterton and UBS. Ms. Nuñez graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in May 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Arts with Highest Distinction in Public Policy Studies and Political Science. Ms. Nuñez’s work experience in private equity and investment banking brings financial analysis and capital markets expertise to the Board, while her experiences with emerging growth companies in scaling their operations adds substantial value in assessing and implementing the Company’s strategic plan as it scales its operations in the emerging cannabis markets.

Mr. Hirsh brings significant experience in M&A execution and operational improvement implementation across a myriad of private and public businesses. Mr. Hirsh spent 18 years as a Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), a leading global interim management and operational improvement implementation firm of over 5,000 professionals, where he co-founded the Atlanta office, and served as co-business unit leader for A&M’s Southeastern U.S. Corporate Restructuring Practice and on the Executive Committee of A&M’s North American Corporate Restructuring Practice. Prior to A&M, Mr. Hirsh was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP, where his responsibilities included Southeast Leader for the U.S. Corporate Restructuring Practice and Southeast Leader for the Business Valuation Practice. Mr. Hirsh is also a long-tenured corporate board member, having held more than a dozen director positions over his nearly 40 years of professional experience.

Since 2021, Mr. Mueller has provided independent corporate tax consulting services to Tropicana Products, Inc. and Cresa Partners Boston, Inc. From 1985 to 2021, Mr. Mueller served in increasingly senior tax roles in his 36 years at PepsiCo, Inc., including as Vice President, State and Local Tax of the PepsiCo Corporate Division from April 2012 to May 2021. In these roles, Mr. Mueller was responsible for all tax planning, accounting, compliance, audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance and controversy management arising at the state and local level. Prior to his service with PepsiCo, Inc. Mr. Mueller served as a tax professional at a number of institutions, including Avon Products, Inc., SCM Corporation and Intercontinental Hotels Corporation. Mr. Mueller holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Providence College and has a PTIN and ERO license from the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Mueller’s extensive experience in tax matters, accounting, compliance and audit will enhance the Audit Committee functions and provide valuable expertise to the Company.

Mr. Tipton served as President of the Company from February 2021 until June 2023, when he was named President of the Southern Region. Beginning in 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Plants of Ruskin, LLC, which became a subsidiary of the Company upon its acquisition in February 2021 and the Company’s sizable entrance into the attractive Florida market. Mr. Tipton’s acumen in accounting, finance, agriculture and ‎construction developed through his experience as founder and Chief Executive Officer ‎of Plants of Ruskin, LLC, have been directly applied in his officer positions with the Company.