On January 2, 2013, Vystar Corporation announced the appointment of Paul A. Yeoham to the board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Yeoham is a founding partner of Progress Equity Partners Ltd., a private equity investment firm that acquires majority control of well-managed, entrepreneurial, service-based businesses, and brings with him more than twenty years of financial and investment management experience to the board. Prior to forming Progress Equity, he was a senior partner at Transition Capital Partners Ltd., In addition to the Company, Mr. Yeoham currently serves on the boards of Terracare Associates and Oncology Molecular Imaging, LLC.

He has previously served in a similar capacity for the boards of Texas Home Health Holdings Inc.