Gilla Inc. announced the appointment of Gerald Goldberg as a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Audit Committee, effective June 29, 2016. The Company's Board of Directors has also appointed Gerald Goldberg, Henry J. Kloepper and Dr. Blaise A. Aguirre to serve as members of the Company's Audit Committee with Mr. Goldberg serving as Chairman of the Audit Committee replacing Mr. Kloepper who shall continue to serve as both a Director and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Goldberg is a Chartered Professional Accountant and is a senior partner in the accounting firm of Schwartz Levitsky Feldman LLP, in Toronto. Mr. Goldberg was previously a partner in Grant Thornton and its predecessor firm for over 15 years. Mr. Goldberg has over 30 years of experience in the service, distribution, retail, mining, natural resources and oil & gas, real estate, not-for-profit entities and manufacturing industries, with a strong emphasis in taxation and business advisory services. He is also active in corporate finance and development and has been involved in the structure and design of numerous innovative financing instruments, tax shelters and syndications, both in Canada and the United States. He is actively involved with the audit of various publicly listed companies in both Canada and abroad. Mr. Goldberg also has tremendous experience as an independent director, chairman and member of the audit committee of publicly listed companies, non-for-profit companies, educational and other institutions, organizations and companies.