Effective March 13, 2023, Mr. Denver J. Smith was appointed a director of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Smith fills a newly-created vacancy on the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) via an expansion of the size of the Board. Mr. Smith, age 35, is the Co-Founder and a managing member of Carlson Ridge Capital.

He is also the Co-CIO of the firm and acts as the lead manager for the CRC Founders Fund, LP. Additionally, Mr. Smith advises the Aspen Family Trust on its asset allocation and strategic level decisions for various entities it owns. He was previously a portfolio manager and the Chief Investment Officer for 73114 Investments, LLC, for a period of 9 years.

In 2015, he prompted and helped negotiate the sale of 73114 Investments parent company. Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Trustees of Lifestyle Management Inc. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a BBA in Finance and Economics. He also earned an MBA from the University of Oklahoma.

Mr. Smith is a CFA Charterholder.