THE MARYGOLD COMPANIES - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief
• Chief Legal Officer
• Chief Legal Officer and Chief Continuity Officer

Carolyn is the chief legal officer and chief continuity officer of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("Marygold"). Ms. Yu brings over twenty-five years of legal experience to her current role as chief legal officer, where she heads Marygold's corporate legal department and is responsible for the legal affairs of the corporation and serves on its executive management team. In the past she held the positions as general counsel of USCF Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marygold, general counsel and chief compliance officer of United States Commodity Funds, LLC and USCF Advisers, LLC as well as general counsel of Concierge Technologies, Inc. (N/K/A Marygold). Prior to joining Marygold, Ms. Yu was a government trial attorney in both California and Hawaii. She served the State of Hawaii as its branch chief at the state Securities Enforcement Branch, deputy prosecuting attorney and deputy corporation counsel for the County of Honolulu, and an assistant district attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. She received a Juris Doctor from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, CA and an undergraduate degree in business administration from San Francisco State University.

Job Titles:

• Chief Operations Officer
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Secretary

Mr. Neibert has served as a Director of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. since June 2002. Mr. Neibert previously served as Chief Executive Officer of The Marygold Companies from April 2007 through January 2015, then Chief Financial Officer from February 2015 through October 2017, and from November 2017 to present, Mr. Neibert has served as the Chief Operations Officer. Concurrently with his service and tenure at The Marygold Companies, Mr. Neibert has continuously served as President of Kahnalytics, Inc. since May 2015, nka Original Sprout; Director and Chief Financial Officer of Gourmet Foods Ltd. since August 2015 and its subsidiary, Printstock Products Ltd., since June 2020; Director for Brigadier Security Systems since June 2016, and Director of Marygold & Co., a subsidiary of The Marygold Companies since November 2019. As The Marygold Companies' Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Neibert is responsible for long range planning, growth and ensuring profitable operations of The Marygold Companies' subsidiaries including, but not limited to, the selection and retention of their respective management teams, accounting practices and processes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Mr. Neibert is also responsible for the primary due diligence efforts, contract negotiations, and on-boarding of new subsidiary acquisitions for The Marygold Companies. Prior to joining The Marygold Companies, Mr. Neibert served as President of Roamer One and as a Director and Executive Vice President of Business Development of their publicly traded parent company Intek Global Corporation, a global distributor of radio products. Mr. Neibert attended the University of California Los Angeles from 1973-1978 with a focus on business management and developmental psychology.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Board of Directors ( Independent )

Mr. Mullins has served as Director of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. Concierge since 2017 and currently serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of PINE Advisor Solutions. Previously he was the Director of Operations at ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Meridian Fund, Inc. and Destra Investment Trust. Mr. Mullins also served as Director of Operations at Black Creek Capital and Dividend Capital from 2004 to 2009 and as Manager of Fund Administration at ALPS Fund Services from 1996 to 2004. Mr. Mullins brings over 20 years of operations, accounting, finance and compliance experience to the Board. Mr. Mullins earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master of Science degree in finance from the University of Colorado, Denver.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Board of Directors ( Independent )

Ms. Grogan has served as Director of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. since 2017. Ms. Grogan serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Association for California School Administrators. Previously, Ms. Grogan served as head of Finance and Operations at YouCaring, a fundraising platform for personal and charitable causes, until it was acquired by GoFundMe. Prior to joining YouCaring, Ms. Grogan was the Director of Finance and Planning as well as an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco, School of Management, from 2012 until 2016. Ms. Grogan has over 20 years of experience in management and finance, including positions at ON24, Inc., Mooreland Partners, Cadbury Schweppes, Asbury Automotive Group, Banc of America Securities, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and American International Group. Ms. Grogan earned her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Job Titles:

• Executive
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Board of Directors ( Independent )

James Alexander has held executive and senior sales roles within the Capital Markets Division of Money Center and Regional Banks for the last 30 years. He served as Senior Director at Key Banc Capital Markets from 2015-2023 and was responsible for growing the firm's corporate bond credit business as well as expanding its entry into the Structure Product (MBS) Trading sector with new tier one client relationships. Prior to joining Key Banc, James was a Director in the Capital Markets Division at Wells Fargo Securities and a Principal in the Capital Markets Division at Bank of America Securities. James is a respected leader with deep industry knowledge that has enabled him to evaluate and act upon market opportunities and navigate changing economic cycles. James is also a cultural innovator and community leader as he was a co-founder of All Jokes Aside Comedy Club in Chicago which became one of the most influential entertainment destinations in the country devoted to comedians of color. He also dedicates his time to improving the lives of young people through education by serving on the Board of Directors of The Edward G. Irvin Foundation, where he has served as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee for the last twelve years. James graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from Morehouse College and earned a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Board of Directors ( Independent )

Ms. Harris has served as Director of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. since 2017. She currently serves as the Executive Director, Gold Standard with the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, driving the mission of their Gold Standard program, inclusive of the Health Equity and Going4Gold initiative. Ms. Harris was previously the Director of Research Integration for the American Cancer Society. In that role she provided oversight and management of the integration of products and outcomes stemming from the Office of Cancer Research and Implementation into enterprise-wide mission objectives. Before joining the American Cancer Society, Ms. Harris worked for Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization from 2008-2011. She has extensive experience in nonprofit management, previously serving as the Executive Director for the Association of Village PRIDE and as the Director of Product Development for the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross. Her background and demonstrated accomplishments in key leadership functions include program development, implementation, and evaluation; curriculum design, grant writing, resource development, community outreach, and developing business partnerships. Ms. Harris also serves as a Consumer Peer Reviewer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), administered by the Department of Defense, sitting alongside scientists to review and evaluate innovative breast cancer research grant proposals. Additionally, she is an advocate reviewer for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Ms. Harris earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College and received a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in public health policy and management from the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Board of Directors ( Independent )

Mr. Gonzalez has served as a Director of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. since 2013. He is an accomplished attorney with experience handling both civil and criminal matters in both state and federal courts. Since early 2011 he has served as the Chief Attorney of the San Francisco Public Defender's Office where he oversees an office of over 100 trial lawyers. He previously served as an elected member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2001-2005 and served as the president of the body from 2003-2005. Mr. Gonzalez is a partner at Gonzalez & Kim, a California partnership with multiple business holdings in the transportation sector. He is a co-owner of Flywheel Taxi (formerly DeSoto Taxi) in San Francisco. He joined The Marygold Companies as an investor in 2010 before becoming its' Director in 2013. Mr. Gonzalez earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Chief Executive Officer
• President

Mr. Gerber has served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Marygold Companies, Inc., ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. the parent of Wainwright and its subsidiaries since January 2015. Mr. Gerber also has served as the President and a Director of Wainwright, a position he has held since March of 2004. He is also the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of Marygold & Co., a subsidiary of The Marygold Companies since November 2019. Mr. Gerber serves as CEO of a newly formed Concierge subsidiary, Marygold & Co. (UK) Limited in London, England since August 2021. Since May 2015, Mr. Gerber has served as Vice President of United States Commodity Funds, LLC ("USCF"), a subsidiary of Wainwright and a Management Director since June 2005. Mr. Gerber served as President and Chief Executive Officer of USCF from June 2005 through May 15, 2015, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of USCF from June 2005 through October 2019. Mr. Gerber co-founded USCF in 2005 and prior to that, he co-founded Ameristock Corporation in March 1995, a California-based investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 from March 1995 until January 2013. From August 1995 to January 2013, Mr. Gerber served as Portfolio Manager of Ameristock Mutual Fund, Inc. On January 11, 2013, the Ameristock Mutual Fund, Inc. merged with and into the Drexel Hamilton Centre American Equity Fund, a series of Drexel Hamilton Mutual Funds. Drexel Hamilton Mutual Funds is not affiliated with Ameristock Corporation, the Ameristock Mutual Fund, Inc. or USCF. Mr. Gerber also has served USCF Advisers, LLC ("USCF Advisers") on the Board of Managers from June 2013 to present, as the President from June 2013 through June 18, 2015, and as Vice President from June 18, 2015, to present. USCF Advisers is a subsidiary of Wainwright and an affiliate of USCF, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and, since February 2017, is registered as a commodity pool operator, NFA member and swap firm. He also has served as Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of USCF ETF Trust since 2014 and USCF Mutual Funds Trust since October 2016, respectively, (USCF ETF Trust and together with USCF Mutual Funds Trust are referred to as the "Trusts") and each of the Trusts are investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, Mr. Gerber served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of USCF ETF Trust from June 2014 until December 2015. Mr. Gerber has been a principal of USCF listed with the CFTC and NFA since November 2005, an NFA associate member and associated person of USCF since December 2005 and a Branch Manager of USCF since May 2009. Additionally, effective as of January 2017, he is a principal of USCF Advisers and, effective as of February 2017, he is an associated person, swap associated person, and branch manager of USCF Advisers. Mr. Gerber earned a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of San Francisco, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Skidmore College and holds an NFA Series 3 registration.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Schoenberger has served on the Board of The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("The Marygold Companies") fka, Concierge Technologies, Inc. since January 2015. Mr. Schoenberger is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of KAS Engineering, a second-generation plastic injection molding firm based in multiple southern CA locations. He also is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Nica Products, another manufacturing company based in Orange County, CA. Mr. Schoenberger has over 30 years of business experience in manufacturing and technology. He has been involved with several startups as a consultant and/or angel level investor in such industries as medical, technology, consumer products, electronics, automotive, and securities industries. A California native, he has a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Job Titles:

• Chief Accounting Officer

Scott West joined The Marygold Companies, Inc. in late 2023 as its Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. West brings over 30 years of accounting and finance expertise to Marygold. He spent the first eleven years of his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young, where he primarily worked on VC and PE backed technology related companies. Since Ernst & Young, he has worked at multiple publicly traded companies (including a Fortune 500 company) and companies on the path to becoming publicly listed. Mr. West has deep experience in SEC reporting, technical accounting, M&A, financings and international operations. Mr. West has extensive public offering experience on over a billion dollars including seven initial public offerings (IPOs). He has deep experience working on over 20 M&A transactions ranging in value from below one million dollars to over a billion dollars. Mr. West worked overseas for over a year in the United Kingdom and Finland. He has worked on multiple multinational corporations with dozens of international subsidiaries. From 2014 to 2021, Mr. West was the Chief Financial Officer of Heritage Global (NASDAQ: HGBL) where he played a significant role in turning around an OTC listed company that was generating significant losses to a consistently profitable company that uplisted onto the NASDAQ and sold stock to the public. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. West was providing consulting CFO services for various companies with a concentration in the technology industry. Mr. West earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Arizona State University and has been a Certified Public Accountant (currently Inactive) since 1993.