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Fabian G. Deneault became our company’s President and a Director upon our acquisition of Black Bird, January 2020. Mr. Deneault is a founder of Black Bird and has served as President and as a Director since its inception in October 2018. Since 2017, Mr. Deneault has been an insurance representative for Montana Unified School Trust. From January 2017 through December 2019, Mr. Deneault owned and operated Grizzly Creek Medical Cannabis, a proprietorship licensed as a medical marijuana dispensary in the State of Montana. Since June 2016, Mr. Deneault has been President of Touchstone Enviro Solutions, Inc., a purveyor of environmentally-friendly products and an affiliate of our company. From 2014 through April 2016, Mr. Deneault owned and operated PetroXg3 LLC, a purveyor of environmentally-friendly products. For more than 10 years prior to that, Mr. Deneault was engaged in petrochemical sales.
William E. Sluss has been our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since January 2011. In January 2020, Mr. Sluss became a Director, Vice President–Finance and Chief Financial Officer of our company. Between August 2010 and January 2011, Mr. Sluss coordinated our accounting and financial reporting. Between 2008 and 2010, Mr. Sluss was the Chief Financial Officer for AcccuForce Staffing Services in Kingsport, Tennessee. Between 2002 and 2008 Mr. Sluss was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Studsvik, Inc., a nuclear services company based in Erwin, Tennessee. Mr. Sluss is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Virginia and received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Wise, Virginia.
Eric Newlan became our company’s Vice President and a Director upon our acquisition of Black Bird, January 2020. Mr. Newlan is a founder of Black Bird and has served as Vice President, Secretary and as a Director since its inception in October 2018. Since 1987, Mr. Newlan has practiced law in the North Texas area and is currently managing member of Newlan Law Firm, PLLC, Flower Mound, Texas, a firm engaged principally in the area of securities regulation. Since June 2016, Mr. Newlan has been Vice President of Touchstone Enviro Solutions, Inc., a purveyor of environmentally-friendly products and an affiliate of our company. From October 2012 to October 2015, Mr. Newlan served as a director, and from April to October 2015, Mr. Newlan served as CEO, of Green Life Development, Inc., a Las Vegas, Nevada-based a purveyor of environmentally-friendly products. Mr. Newlan earned a B.A. degree in Business from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and a J.D. degree from the Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Newlan is a member of the Texas Bar.