Ryan Schulke
Director
Ryan Schulke was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors effective July 1, 2021. Mr. Schulke has served as a director of the Company since December 2015 and as Chief Strategy Officer since July 2021. Mr. Schulke co-founded Fluent, LLC in 2010 and served as Chief Executive Officer of Fluent, LLC from its inception through June 2021. Before merging with the Company in December 2015, Fluent, LLC was privately held. Mr. Schulke served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from March 2018 through June 2021. Prior to founding Fluent, LLC, Mr. Schulke served as Media Director of Clash Media, a global digital advertising network. Mr. Schulke earned a Bachelor of Communications Arts from Marymount Manhattan College.
Matthew Conlin
Director
Matthew Conlin has served as a director of the Company since March 2018 and as Chief Customer Officer since July 1, 2021. Together with Mr. Schulke, Mr. Conlin co-founded Fluent, LLC in 2010 and served as President of Fluent, LLC from its inception through June 2021. Mr. Conlin also served as President of the Company from March 2018 through June 2021. Before founding Fluent, LLC, Mr. Conlin served as Sales Director, U.S. of Clash Media, a global digital advertising network. Mr. Conlin earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from St. John’s University.
Donald Mathis
Chairman of the Board

Donald Mathis joined Fluent’s Board of Directors in 2015. Mr. Mathis currently serves as CEO and Co-Founder of Skyfire AI (formerly known as Echelon AI), a privately held artificial intelligence drone swarming start-up; and a board member / advisor for Myriad Healthcare, Inc. Previously, Mr. Mathis served as SVP of Strategic Development at Comcast NBC Universal from 2017 to 2022. He also served as Senior Adviser and Director at The Initiative for Digital Counterterrorism, a public-private consortium and non-governmental organization focused on countering violent extremism and terrorist recruitment in the digital domain from 2016 to 2019. Mr. Mathis was the CEO and Co-Founder of Kinetic Social from October 2011 through April 2016.  Mr. Mathis holds a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

Chairman of the Board
Barbara Shattuck Kohn
Independent Director

Barbara Shattuck Kohn joined Fluent’s Board of Directors in 2019. Ms. Shattuck Kohn has served as Director of Penn National Gaming, Inc. since 2004, where she serves as Lead Director, a member of the Audit Committee and as Chair of the Compensation Committee. She has also served as Director at Emblem Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health plans, since 2018. Previously, Ms. Shattuck Kohn served as the Principal at Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm from 2012 to 2018. She was a founder and principal of Shattuck Hammond Partners, an investment banking firm serving the healthcare industry,  from 1993 to 2012. Ms. Shattuck Kohn holds a Bachelor of Arts from Connecticut College.

Financial Expert
Independent Director
David A. Graff
Independent Director

David Graff joined Fluent’s Board of Directors in 2022. Mr. Graff is currently Google’s VP, Global Policy and Standards, responsible for implementing content and behavioral policy across all Google products. Prior to Google, Mr. Graff served as the CEO of Online Intelligence, a technology start-up, and Chief Legal Officer for private equity-backed Edison Schools, Inc. where he managed the company’s IPO and served as corporate secretary and securities compliance officer. Mr. Graff serves on the Board of Advisors to CapitalG, Google’s independent growth fund, consulting on investments and issues related to digital fraud and abuse. In addition, he currently sits on the Board of Visitors for The Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Graff is also a Co-Founder of Trilogy Films, an award-winning independent film and television production company, which has produced several films and television series. Mr. Graff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Independent Director
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
Independent Director

Mr. Pfenniger joined the Fluent Board of Directors in 2022.  Mr. Pfenniger is a private investor with significant executive and operating experience in life science, healthcare and education fields. Mr. Pfenniger served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of Continucare Corporation, a provider of primary care physician services, from 2003 until the company was acquired in 2011. Prior to Continucare, Mr. Pfenniger served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Whitman Education Group, Inc., as well as an executive officer of IVAX Corporation, serving as its Chief Operating Officer and its Senior Vice President – Legal Affairs and General Counsel. Mr. Pfenniger currently serves as a director on several health, pharmaceutical and medical company boards, including: OPKO Health, Inc., Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., and Sema4 Holdings, Inc. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida and is a member of its Executive Committee.  Mr. Pfenniger received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Florida Atlantic University.

Independent Director

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