MusclePharm Corporation announced two new appointments to its Board of Directors, including John J. Desmond, a certified public accountant with more than 40 years of public accounting industry experience, and Brian Casutto, MusclePharm's Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations. The appointments are effective July 7, 2017, expanding the board to four directors. Mr. Desmond, as an independent board member, will serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Governance Committee, and will serve as a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee. Mr. Casutto's specific committee appointments will be determined at a later date. Mr. Desmond was Partner-in-Charge of the Long Island office of Grant Thornton LLP from 1988 through his retirement from the firm in 2015. At Grant Thornton, Mr. Desmond served as lead audit partner for many public and privately-held companies. From 2001 to 2013, Mr. Desmond was elected by the U.S. Partners of Grant Thornton as a member of its Partnership Board, which was responsible for oversight of many of the firm's activities including strategic planning, senior leadership team performance and the firm's financial performance. Mr. Casutto joined MusclePharm in June 2014 to lead product development and brand positioning of the recently launched Natural Series, and was appointed to the role of Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations in July of 2015. Prior to joining MusclePharm, he served as Executive Vice President of Sales for Country Life, LLC.