Stevia Corp. announced that it has received the resignation of Pablo Erat as a member of the company's board of directors, effective January 1, 2015. The company's board of directors has appointed Jerry W. Smartt Jr., M.D. as a member of the company's board of directors effective January 1, 2015, to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation of Pablo Erat.

Since 2010, Dr. Smartt also serves the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration as the physician contractor to perform medical chart review and evaluation of disability for the Indiana Disability Determination Bureau. Dr. Smartt also serves as Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology for Indiana University School of Medicine and Attending Staff Physician of Neurology for Indianapolis VA Medical Center.