The Planting Hope Company Inc. announced the appointment of two new board of directors members. Scott Carter: Scott Carter brings a deep background and experience across several decades of senior leadership and experience in foodservice and supply chain management, most recently as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of National DCP, LLC. At National DCP, Scott served on the company's board of directors and participated on Audit/Finance, Governance, Government Affairs, Human Resources, Strategic Initiatives, Strategic Sourcing, Operations, and Membership and Nominating committees.

Prior, Scott was the Chairman and CEO at Supply Chain Associates, LLC, where he designed and built the Wendy's Cooperative (QSCC); key clients included Aldi, Dunkin' Brands, Everbrite, McDonald's Corp, Papa John's, Ventura Foods, and Yum! Brands. Scott started his career in logistics at The Martin-Brower Company, spent several years as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young, LLC, and was Vice President of Consumer Products at UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

Qing Meyerson: Operating dually between New York City and Shanghai, Qing is a senior finance executive with a complementary general management and operational background, and more than 25 years of experience driving scale and profitability for companies in the US and in China, in industries spanning automotive to biotech/healthcare/pharmaceutical to education to public accounting (Big 4). Most recently Qing served as the Chief Financial Officer of Hasten Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd., a start-up biopharma in China.

She was a global finance leader of the Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Celgene acquisition integration team, the Head of Finance and Administration of BMS China/Hong Kong, and an Executive Board of Director of the Chinese legal entities of BMS. Qing was previously President and Chief Financial Officer of FAW-GM, a joint venture between General Motors and First Auto Works. She also served as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of FAW-GM, GM International Operations' Regional and China Controller. With more than 10 years of audit experience with KPMG LLP, servicing publicly listed companies, Qing is a Certified Public Accountant, and has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for over 20 years.

In addition, Qing also was a Board Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and has served in a range of non-profit organizations, including as a board member of ATHENA International (USA) and a mentor of World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW). Saundra Linn and Kay Wong-Alafriz have resigned from the Company's board of directors. With the above changes, Planting Hope's board of directors includes: Scott Carter; Shelley Diamond; Jessica Gleeson; Qing Meyerson; Kevin Phelps; and Julia Stamberger.