Robert D. Essig, a Director of Microwave Filter Company, Inc. since 2012, notified the Company that he would resign as a Director of the Company effective December 7, 2016. On December 7, 2016, the Board of Directors nominated Irene E. Scruton to replace Robert D. Essig as a director of the Company. Ms.Scruton has been the Director of MBA & Graduate Programs at the State University of New York at Oswego since 2013. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of the Safety Council of Central & Western New York Chapter of the National Safety Council. Prior to that, Ms. Scruton's career was senior banking executive both in Buffalo and Syracuse, New York.