Effective January 13, 2015, the board of directors of Eastside Distilling, Inc. appointed Martin Kunkel as its Chief Marketing Officer. Martin Kunkel has served as Eastside's Chief Marketing Officer since January 2015. Mr. Kunkel also currently serves as director of player development of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mr. Kunkel has extensive marketing and customer relations experience. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Kunkel served as an executive casino host at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.