GrowGeneration Corp. announced that Paul Ciasullo is retiring and therefore resigning from the Company?s Board of Directors, effective April 23, 2024. In conjunction with this announcement, Starlett (Star) Carter has been appointed to the Board, effective April 25, 2024, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Ciasullo?s retirement.

Ms. Carter will serve as an independent director on the Board and sit on the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. Ms. Carter is currently a Leadership Advisor and Consultant at Egon Zehnder in Dallas, Texas. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of Kanarys Inc. from 2018 to 2022 and was a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid Texas from 2013 to 2022, including acting as Chair of the Board of Directors from 2017 to 2019 and serving on the Audit and Finance Committee and the Nomination Committee.

Ms. Carter earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She has received several awards and recognitions, including being named to Inc. Magazine?s Top 100 Female Founders in 2021, AfroTech?s 31 Influential Black Women Who Accomplished Famous Firsts to Make History in 2021, and Entrepreneur Magazine?s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2020.