Diego Pellicer Worldwide, Inc. announced that on February 8, 2017, David Thonpson was appointed to serve as Vice President of Finance and Nello Gonfantini was appointed to serve as Vice President of Real Estate by the Board of Directors of Diego Pellicer Worldwide, Inc. Effective that same date, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to expand the membership of the Board of Directors to five (5) members and appointed David Thompson and Nello Gonfantini to serve as members of the Board of Directors until their successors are elected and duly qualified. Messrs. Gonfiantini and Thompson have been serving as consultants to the Company since May 2016, assisting Chief Executive Ron Throgmartin in financial and operational matters.