Board of Directors

From November 2018 to August 2019, Mr. Howe co-developed The Good Clinic concept (TGC), an innovative primary care clinic brand. Michael sold the concept to Mitesco in Mar 2020 and served as CEO until Sept 2022. He bought the concept back from Mitesco in Dec 2023. He is now actively involved with First Choice Healthcare Solutions to fund and expand the redesigned TGC. From January to present, Michael is serving as the independent director for P1, and Indianapolis based, PE funded dental services organization. During this same time period, Michael has served as executive coach for the entire Executive Leadership team of P1, a group of 8 executives ranging form VP to CEO and Founder. The focus of these efforts are to provide strategic, operational, and personal executive guidance.

Mr. Stein currently serves as the CFO of Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus, a specialty engineering consulting firm in the nuclear and oil & gas pipeline industry. From 2013-2023 he was the General Counsel and CFO for Kiefner and Associates, Inc., Applus+ Engineering Group North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applus+, a Madrid-listed public company. He formerly served as cabinet member to former Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes, responsible for the State of Ohio’s $120 billion unemployment trust fund, and an operation of 5,000 employees with 122 offices around the State of Ohio. Mr. Stein has also served as General Counsel for MRC Group, a market research firm. He also previously served as President of DB Capital Corporation, an investment firm. Prior to DB Capital, he was General Counsel and CFO of Pinnacle Technologies Resources, a technology consulting firm to Fortune 100 companies. Earlier, he served as VP, General Counsel at Team Logos Corporation, a – regional retail chain of sports stores, and earlier served as Managing Director at Financial Asset Management.

Ms. Sher has previously served as Greenlane Holdings, Inc.’s Chief Operations Officer beginning in November 2023 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2024. She has over 20 years of experience in senior executive roles at both large and small and public and private companies. Ms. Sher has served as SVP of Customer Experience at Greenlane Holdings, Inc. since June 2022, and previously served as Senior Vice President of Retail Sales at Newfold Digital, Inc., Vice President of Business Development at Newfold Digital, Inc. beginning in February of 2021, and as Vice President of Business Development at Web.com beginning in March of 2024.

Since 2019, Dr. Kimball has been a Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center and has served as Medical Director of Surgical Critical Care at the Salt Lake VA Medical Center since 2008. He is the Chief Medical Officer for Outreach Network Development and Telehealth and Medical Director of TeleICU services for U Health and has held the position since 2014. Dr. Kimball’s research in critical care medicine has been focused on shock resuscitation, inflammation and its effects on abdominal organ function. He and his colleagues designed the device as an international standard for assessing intra-abdominal pressures in critically ill patients. He is the current president of the World Abdominal Compartment Society. Dr. Kimball served as a medical officer in the US Army and continues to provide training for US Special Forces.

Suren Ajjarapu served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PowerUp since August 2023. He has also served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of TRxADE Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS) (n/k/a Scienture Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCNX)) since January 2014, served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kernel Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRNL), a special purpose acquisition company, since December 2022, served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Oceantech Acquisitions I Corp. (NASDAQ: OTEC), a special purpose acquisition company, since March 2023, and served as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Wellness Acquisition Corp (NYSE: WEL), a special purpose acquisition company, since January 2024 and February 2024, respectively. Mr. Ajjarapu served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: AEHA), a special purpose acquisition company, from June 2021 until the completion of its initial business combination in February 2023. Mr. Ajjarapu now serves as a director of the post-combination company Ocean Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCEA). Mr. Ajjarapu served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Semper Paratus Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: LSGT), a special purpose acquisition company, from June 2023 until the completion of its initial business combination in February 2024. Mr. Ajjarapu served as a director of the post-combination company Tevogen Bio Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TVGN) until August 2024. Mr. Ajjarapu also serves as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Wellgistics Health, Inc. (f/k/a Danam Health Inc.) Mr. Ajjarapu has served on the board of directors of Kano Energy, Inc, which is involved in developing renewable natural gas sites in USA, since 2018. Mr. Ajjarapu has also served as Chairman of Feeder Creek Group, Inc., since March 2018. Feeder Creek Group, Inc. is a company involved in developing renewable natural gas sites in Iowa. Mr. Ajjarapu was a Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Sansur Renewable Energy, Inc., a company involved in developing wind power sites in the Midwest, United States, from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Ajjarapu was a Founder, President and Director of Aemetis, Inc., a biofuels company (AMTX.OB) and a Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Biofuels, a subsidiary of Aemetis, Inc., from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Ajjarapu was Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Global Information Technology, Inc., an IT outsourcing and systems design company, headquartered in Tampa, Florida with major operations in India from 1995 to 2006.

Donald G. Fell has served as a director of PowerUp since August 2023. Mr. Fell has also served as a director of TRxADE Health, Inc (NASDAQ: MEDS) (n/k/a Scienture Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCNX)) since January 2014, served as a director of Kernel Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRNL), a special purpose acquisition company, since December 2022, served as a director of Oceantech Acquisitions I Corp. (NASDAQ: OTEC), a special purpose acquisition company, since March 2023, and served as a director of Integrated Wellness Acquisition Corp (NYSE: WEL), a special purpose acquisition company, since February 2024. Mr. Fell served as a director of Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (n/k/a Ocean Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCEA)), a special purpose acquisition company, from June 2021 until the completion of its initial business combination in February 2023. Mr. Fell served as a director of Semper Paratus Acquisition Corporation (n/k/a Tevogen Bio Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TVGN)), a special purpose acquisition company, from June 2023 until the completion of its initial business combination in February 2024. He is presently Professor and Institute Director for the Davis, California-based Foundation for Teaching Economics and adjunct professor of economics for the University of Colorado, Colorado, Springs. From 1995 – 2012, Mr. Fell held positions with the University of South Florida as a member of the Executive MBA faculty, Director of Executive and Professional Education and Senior Fellow of the Public Policy Institute. He has also served as visiting professor of economics at the University of LaRochelle, France, and as adjunct professor of economics at both Illinois State University and The Ohio State University.