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Douglas Polinsky - Chief Executive Officer

Douglas M. Polinsky is our Chief Executive Officer. He co-founded the Company in January 2006 and since that time has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Since 1994, Mr. Polinsky has been the President of Great North Capital Consultants, Inc., a financial advisory company he founded. Great North Capital Consultants advises corporate clients on matters regarding corporate and governance structures, public company acquisitions of private companies and other transaction-related matters, and also makes direct investments into public and private companies. Mr. Polinsky earned a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel administration at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Joseph Geraci - Chief Financial Officer

Joseph A. Geraci is our Chief Financial Officer. He co-founded the Company in January 2006 and has been a director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since that time. Since February 2002 through the present time, Mr. Geraci has been managing member of Isles Capital, LLC, an advisory and consulting firm that assists small businesses, both public and private, in business development. In March 2005, Mr. Geraci also became the managing member of Mill City Advisors, LLC, the general partner of Mill City Ventures, LP, and Mill City Ventures II. LP, each a Minnesota limited partnership that invested directly into both private and public companies. From January 2005 until August 2005, Mr. Geraci served as the Director of Finance for Gelstat Corporation, a purveyor of homeopathic remedies, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. Mr. Geraci provided investment advice to clients as a stockbroker and Vice President of Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc., from June 2000 to December 2004. While at Oak Ridge Financial Services, Mr. Geraci’s business focused on structuring and negotiating debt and equity private placements with both private and publicly held companies. Currently, Mr. Geraci is a managing principal and active investor in and through a number of private and special equities vehicles. In this regard, Mr. Geraci actively participates in the evaluation, negotiation and structuring of all investments made by these funds, as well as coordinating and executing exit strategies for such investments.

Laurence Zipkin - Independent Director

Laurence S. Zipkin is one of our independent outside directors. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in the gaming industry, restaurants, and emerging small growth companies. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Zipkin owned Oakridge Financial Services Group (formally Equity Securities). The firm received national recognition for being the underwriter for the first native American public company, Grand Casino. After selling his brokerage firm he was self-employed engaging in various consulting activities operating two restaurant properties and purchased distressed real estate. In 2014, he began an association with The Tailwind Group whose primary business is student housing on college campuses. The Tailwind Group has twenty-two properties in the Midwest and Southern United States. He is a director of Foxo Technologies, a private company in the life insurance field who specializes in unique testing for the insured. Mr. Zipkin attended the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance.

Lyle Berman - Independent Director

Lyle Berman has over 40 years of experience in retail, gaming, food and beverage and many other industries. He has extensive public company experience as well as executive experience running large national companies, with a focus in strategic operations, food and beverage, and retail sales

 

Mr. Berman was instrumental in the creation, development and leadership of several

public companies, including Lakes Entertainment, Inc., Grand Casinos, Inc., World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc., PokerTek, Inc., Rainforest Cafe, Inc., GIII Apparel Group, Ltd., and Wilsons The Leather Experts.

 

Mr. Berman currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Mill City Ventures, Ltd., Sow Good, Inc., Augeo Affinity Marketing, Inc., 52 Gaming, LLC, Redstone American Grill, Inc., LubeZone, Inc., Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc., Drake Organic Spirits, LLC, and FOXO Technologies, Inc.

Howard Liszt - Independent Director

Howard Liszt served as Chief Executive Officer of Campbell Mithun, a national marketing communications agency he joined in 1976, until 2001. He currently serves on the board of Wisdom Gaming, a premier esports company. He has held Board positions for many companies including Land O’ Lakes, the second largest cooperative in the United States; Shuffle Master, a gaming technology company, OCO Holdings, a leading marketing communications company; Restore Medical, a medical device company, Wireless Ronin, a marketing technology company, and Ocular Sciences, a leading contact lens company. Mr. Liszt holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Masters in Business from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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