Michael Jennings has served as President of East Coast Operations of the Company since March 2022, where he is primarily focused on the immediate utilization and growth initiatives of the Company’s MMTC license in Florida. Prior to that, Mr. Jennings served as the CEO of Next Green Wave Holdings, Inc. from August 2019 to March 2022, which was amalgamated into the Company by way of a Plan of Arrangement which closed on March 2, 2022.  From August 2016 through August 2019, Mr. Jennings managed the predecessor entities for Next Green Wave Holdings, Inc.’s cultivation and processing operations and prepared that company to go public as its founder, including raising capital, branding, design and development, and overseeing operations.  Mr. Jennings oversaw retail and branding of several dispensaries and large cultivation projects in California during the California Compassionate Use Act era arising in 1996 and continuing through a more robust statutory and regulatory framework available under the California Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act starting in January 2018.