Grover T. Wickersham J.D., MBA — Founder & Vice Chairman at S&W Seed Company

Mr. Grover T. Wickersham, J.D., MBA, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Eastside Distilling, Inc. since November 2016. Mr. Wickersham founded Wickersham & Murphy, P.C. in 1986 and serves as its Counsel. He has been a Consultant and Portfolio Advisor to Glenbrook Capital Management since 1996. He founded S&W Seed Company and served as its Advisor since December 2014. He served as an Advisor to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on research and development financing and as an Arbitrator for the NASD. Prior to entering private practice in 1981, Mr. Wickersham worked for the SEC for five years, first as a Staff Attorney from 1976 to 1981 in the Division of Corporation Finance in Washington, D.C., then as Branch Chief in the Los Angeles Regional Office and as Chief Interpretive Counsel for a Region that included California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. He served as Staff Attorney and a Branch Chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A practicing securities lawyer for many years, he worked on financings for numerous blue-chip companies, including Genentech, Cree and U-Haul. He has been the Chairman and Director of Eastside Distilling, Inc. since July 2016. Mr. Wickersham has been the Chairman of TTP since its formation in May 2009 and has been a Director of TTR since October 2002. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the mutual funds of Fisher Investments and the general partner of Glenbrook Capital, a partnership that invests in emerging growth companies. From 1996 to July 2016, he served as Chairman of Purisima Fund. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman of S&W Seed Company from October 2009 to December 9, 2014 and has been its Vice Chairman since December 2014. He serves as a Vice Chairman of Arbor Vita Corporation, a private company that has developed a test for cervical cancer. Mr. Wickersham has been a Vice Chairman of SenesTech, Inc., since December 2015. He has been a Director of Glenbrook Capital Management since 1996. He serves as a Non-Executive Director of Verseon Corporation. He has been a Non Executive Independent Director of S&W Seed Company since October 2009. He has been a Director of SenesTech, Inc., since December 2015. He serves as a Director of Next Safety, Inc. Mr. Wickersham served as a Director of Digital Video Systems, Inc., from December 2003 to June 2004. He served as a Trustee of The Purisima Funds - The Purisima Total Return Fund since 1996. He served as a Trustee of Purisima Pure American Fund and Purisima Pure Foreign Fund since 1996. He has been a frequent lecturer and author on corporate finance, venture capital and securities law topics for the Harvard Business School Association, the California State Bar and the University of California. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hastings Law School. He holds an A.B. from the Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley). Mr. Wickersham received a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and an MBA from Harvard University.