On July 27, 2020, James McNulty tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of CV Sciences, Inc. (the "Company"), and the Company on that date accepted his resignation. Mr. McNulty served as a director of the Company since January 2016. Concurrently with Mr. McNulty's resignation, the Board has appointed Beth Altman as Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Altman has worked at KPMG since 1993, most recently as an office Managing Partner where she successfully led a team of over 260 professionals and 23 partners, providing an array of assurance, tax and advisory services to public and private companies across all industry sectors. Additionally, Ms. Altman served as the lead audit partner for numerous early-stage, middle market and large global clients in the private and public markets, predominately in the life sciences, consumer markets, and technology sectors. Ms. Altman also serves on the Board of Directors and on the Audit Committee of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.