Baristas Coffee Company Inc. announced that Roger Stilson has joined the Board of Advisors and Oversight Committee to provide guidance and oversight for the purpose of moving to a senior exchange. The Board serves as an independent third party insuring compliance, fiduciary responsibility, and guidance regarding allocation of resources and capital structure. It also examines processes and procedures relating to controls and financial modeling.

The independent committee also will select or recommend nominees for directors, and adopt a code of conduct applicable to all directors, officers, and employees. Stilson spent 21 years as a General Manager, Regional Manager, Vice President-Operations and ultimately Executive Vice-President Marketing on the senior management team at Restaurants Unlimited a prestigious restaurant chain.