MariMed Inc. announced its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Jon Levine as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gildea has served as an independent director of the Company since 2013. Mr. Levine, co-founder and President of MariMed, has served as Interim CEO since the December passing of co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Bob Fireman.

Following its search process for the Company's permanent CEO, the Board concluded Mr. Levine was most qualified to help MariMed achieve the mission that he and Mr. Fireman created as co-founders over a decade ago.