The Board of Directors of Surna Inc. appointed Chris Bechtel as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bechtel joined Surna's Board of Directors on May 31, 2017. Mr. Bechtel succeeds and replaces former CEO and President Trent Doucet, who has assumed a new role with the company.

Mr. Bechtel has been the principal of Bechtel Consulting, LLC. Trent Doucet appointed as Vice President Business Development -West Coast, effective from August 17, 2017, Mr. Doucet resigned as a director and as the company's Chief Executive Officer and President. The Board also appointed Paul Kelly as the company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

The company hired Camille Lupton as its new Vice President of Sales and Project Management. Mr. Kelly has over 30 years of senior financial experience including significant experience with both emerging and larger companies. He has provided financial and transactional services to emerging companies including: strategic and business planning, debt and equity financing, government contracting, accounting and IT systems analysis, operations and supply chain management, financial planning, program management, and other senior management services.

Ms. Lupton has over 30 years of sales, sales leadership, project management and operational management experience. She has spent the last 26 years in the oil and gas services sector, starting as a Regional Sale Representative in New Orleans for Omni Laboratories in 1990. Over the next 16 years, until Omni's sale to Weatherford International in 2006, her client-focused efforts in sales and project management were a key contributor to Omni's growth.

Jaime Loos joined the company as its new Director of Project Management. Ms. Loos is a seasoned project manager with over 15 years' experience with companies such as Omni, Weatherford International and NASA. James Holmstead was hired as the Company's Director of Operations and Product Development.

Mr. Holmstead has worked operations and production for over 15 years, most recently with Eaton Corporation's lighting and hydraulics divisions.