Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001788230-25-000048
Chunk: 29

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 10
Chunk 29
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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The following table provides information regarding our executive officers and directors:

NameAgePosition(s)Executive OfficersJustin Stiefel50Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and TreasurerJennifer Stiefel49Director, President, and SecretaryMichael Carrosino64Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial OfficerBeth Marker64Senior Vice President of Retail OperationsDanielle Perkins35Senior Vice President of Wholesale OperationsNon-Employee DirectorsTroy Alstead62DirectorChristopher H. Smith86DirectorMatthew J. Swann54DirectorEric S. Trevan, Ph.D.48DirectorAndrew Varga59DirectorJeffrey Wensel, M.D., Ph.D.63Director

Executive Officers

Justin Stiefel was a co-founder of our company and has been our Chief Executive Officer and a director since 2011 and Treasurer and Chairman of the Board since 2022. Mr. Stiefel is the driving force behind our focus on consumer-friendly products and experiences and is the creator of the TBN concept, having worked in 2018 to secure in Congress the repeal of an 1834 statute that prohibited distilling in Indian country. Prior to our founding, Mr. Stiefel served as a top staff member in the United States Senate, first as Deputy Press Secretary, then Legislative Aide, then Chief Counsel to the senior Senator for Alaska, Ted Stevens. He then became one of the youngest Chiefs of Staff in the history of the U.S. Senate for Lisa Murkowski, the junior Senator for Alaska. In 2004, Mr. Stiefel joined the international law firm of Dorsey and Whitney LLP as Of Counsel. Mr. Stiefel later formed his own consulting firm assisting clients, individual businesses and tribes (American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiians), with their needs in advancing legislation, regulations and policy initiatives in Washington, DC. Mr. Stiefel holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho and a Juris Doctor from Catholic University of America, where he graduated in the top ten in his class, Magna Cum Laude. He has also completed coursework at the United States Naval War College, focused on strategic decision making. He has served as a director for several non-profit organizations and sits on the Milgard Executive Counsel at the Milgard School of Business at the University of Washington. Mr. Stiefel is a member of three bar associations, in Washington State, Alaska and Washington, DC. He is active in advocating for legislative