Schmitt Industries, Inc. appointed Kristi Frank as the fourth member of the Company's Board of Directors effective November 14, 2022. Ms. Frank is an "independent director" according to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market and her appointment creates a majority of independent directors on the Board in compliance with Nasdaq requirements. Kristi Frank is an entrepreneur and marketing expert.

She is the co-founder of YogaSix Utah and the Host and co-creator of the renowned docuseries, 'The Millionaire Within Her'. Kristi is well known for mentoring entrepreneurs and helping them develop and grow their businesses. Kristi first gained national attention as one of the breakout stars from the first season of the hit TV show, The Apprentice.

She was selected out of 250,000 applicants partly because of her entrepreneurial success creating Juliano's Raw, the first organic Raw Foods restaurant in Santa Monica which attracted major media attention from Time Magazine, E! News and had a celebrity client base of stars like Cher and Jim Carey. Kristi has appeared on Oprah, MSNBC, The View, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, The Howard Stern Show and numerous magazine covers. Kristi has a degree in Industrial Engineering from The University of Southern California.

Ms. Frank has been appointed to serve on the Board's Audit, Compensation, and Nominating Committees.