NewBridge Global Ventures, Inc. announced that it has expanded its corporate management team with the appointments of Dr. John MacKay as Chief Technology Officer, Patrick P. Tang as Chief Compliance Officer and Sandra Ribble as Corporate Controller of NewBridge Global Ventures. As Corporate CTO, Dr. MacKay will oversee the implementation of the oil extraction process and new extraction technologies in NewBridge’s wholly owned subsidiaries and any joint ventures in which NewBridge may participate. In addition, Dr. MacKay will represent the company as an industry expert. He will also retain his position as President of Elevated Education, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of NewBridge. Dr. MacKay has been serving as President of 5Leaf, LLC, where he will continue to oversee extraction activities. Ellen Gee, who has been serving as Controller of 5Leaf, will now assume the position of President, which will allow Dr. MacKay to expand his CTO responsibilities. Patrick Tang has over 28 years of leadership experience in senior roles in business development, R&D, technology, engineering, manufacturing, business strategy, and general management in the technology sector. He has held senior management positions in business development, technology sales, operations, engineering, with companies including MacDermidAlpha-Compugraphics, TCE, JCET-STATSChipPAC, Ultratech, IPEC, Perkin-Elmer and Syntex. As CCO, Mr. Tang will oversee all compliance related to the myriad of regulations and licensing requirements in the cannabis industry. He earned an MBA from the University of San Francisco and is a licensed Professional Chemical Engineer with technical training in chemistry, chemical engineering and microelectronics and has taught at the graduate level in business management at the University of Phoenix. Sandra Ribble, CPA, is a senior financial executive with over 20 years in the consulting practice of Tatum, a Ranstad company, that specializes in assisting publicly traded companies implement and administrate financial governance procedures and practices. Her experience includes CFO and controllership in international public, emerging growth and family-owned companies across virtually all industries. Ms. Ribble has deep expertise with SEC quarterly and annual reporting, internal controls, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, cash management, financial leadership, and change management.