On March 8, 2013, Andrew Priest, a member of the Board of Directors of Summer Energy Holdings, Inc., informed the Board of his resignation from the Board. Mr. Priest resigned for personal reasons. Mr. Priest served as a Class II director whose term would have expired at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Effective March 8, 2013, the Board appointed Tom D. O'Leary to fill the vacancy created on the Board by Mr. Priest's resignation. Mr. O'Leary is currently the Chairman and COO of Horizon Power and Light, LLC and REP Energy, LLC, both retail electric providers in the Northeastern United States. Neither Horizon nor REP Energy is a competitor of the company. Mr. O'Leary is also currently the President of PDS Management Group, LLC, a project development and construction management firm for commercial, industrial, institutional, entertainment and retail, hospitality and mixed-use developments with projects primarily in Texas and the southwest.