Mr. Sicignano, was appointed as the Company’s President on April 1, 2021. Mr. Sicignano brings more than 20 years experience as a senior executive of various consumer products companies. He served as Chief Executive Officer of 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE American: XXII), a plant-based biotechnology company that is focused on tobacco harm reduction, very low nicotine content tobacco, and hemp/cannabis research, from March 3, 2015 through July 26, 2019; as President from January 25, 2011 through July 26, 2019; and as a Director from January 25, 2011 through July 26, 2019. Mr. Sicignano served on the Board of Directors of Anandia Laboratories, Inc., a cannabis-focused science company, from December 2014 through August 2018 when the company was sold to Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB). From August 2005 to April 2009, Mr. Sicignano served as a General Manager and as the Director of Corporate Marketing for NOCO Energy Corp., a petroleum products company; and from March 2003 to July 2005, as Vice President of Kittinger Furniture Company, a fine furniture manufacturer. From February 1997 through July 2002, he served as Vice President and Marketing Director of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, a specialty tobacco company and parent to the Natural American Spirit cigarette brand, prior to the sale of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 2002. Mr. Sicignano holds a B.A. Degree in Government from Harvard College and an M.B.A. Degree from Harvard University.