Wi2Wi announces Board Changes

TORONTO, ON / February 16, 2017 / Wi2Wi Corporation (Wi2Wi or the Company)(TSX-V:YTY), announces that Mr. Daniel Phelan has resigned as a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Michael R. Sonnenreich and Fraser C. Henderson Sr., M.D have joined the Board of Directors and Mr. Sonnenreich was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Sonnenreich is a lawyer and a philanthropist and has extensive management experiences in various industries; Technology, Pharmaceutical and Global Marketing. He is an active stake holder and advisor to several national and international companies. Currently, Mr. Sonnenreich is the Chairman of the Board of Kikaku America International, and Vice Chairman of PharMa International Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, the University of Madrid, Spain, and Harvard University Law School. In the past twelve years Mr. Sonnenreich has served as a board member and trustee of numerous important companies and universities, including Williams Creek Explorations, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wi2Wi, San Jose, California; Tyhee Development Corp. Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Les Aliments SoYummi, Inc., Montreal, Canada; the ABD American Capital Market Funds; the Integra Fund; Continental Steel Inc.; Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. (now Promis Neurosciences), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Scientific American; and Medical Tribune International.

Mr. Sonnenreich has had long-term involvement with many nonprofit institutions. These include the Washington National Opera (President 1996-98; 2002-2006); D.C. Jazz Festival (Chairman, 2010-2014); Sackler/Freer Galleries of Art (Smithsonian Institution), D.C.; Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Mayoral Appointment as Commissioner, 2008-2011); the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; the New England Conservatory of Music; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation; the University of Virginia Art Museum; Clark University; the Maret School; and the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Mr. Sonnenreich served as President of the National Coordinating Council on Drug Education. In 2008, he was named Distinguished Washingtonian by the University Club of Washington, D.C. He previously served in government in the Department of Justice and was appointed Executive Director of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

Dr. Henderson is a world renowned Board-certified Neurological Surgeon and a retired US Navy Commander. He has received both his bachelor’s and Medical degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia. He completed his fellowship in Craniospinal surgery under Professor Alan Crockard at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. As Part of his active duty obligations; Dr. Henderson was the Director of Spine at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD and was Brigade Neurosurgeon for the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the 1st Gulf War. Finishing his tour with the US Navy, Commander Henderson joined Georgetown University, in Washington D.C. as Director of Neurosurgery of the Spine and Cranio-cervical Junction. He was Co-Director of the Lombardi Neuro-Oncology Division, Co-Director of the CyberKnife Radiosurgery Center, and Medical Director of the Neuroscience Nursing Units. He was Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology at Georgetown University, where he was active in advancing CyberKnife radiosurgery for treatment of chordoma and other complex spinal tumors. He is the Director of Neurosurgery at Doctors Hospital and Director of the Chiari Center of Excellence, where he is focused on the development of the understanding and treatment of deformity induced injury to the brainstem and spinal cord in Chiari Malformation and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Dr. Henderson developed intellectual property for three inventions relating to spinal radiosurgery and spinal cancer, including the TPS® –Telescopic Plate Spacer- a vertebral replacement device for metastatic disease and was Principal Investigator in the translational development of a radio-sensitizing drug, and a drug to block the malignant invasiveness of Glioblastoma Multiforme. He is an inventor of 11 devices and concepts relating to disorders of the brainstem and spinal cord, and has published over 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and given over 120 invited lectures with a focus on craniocervical disorders, Chiari malformation, cancer, radiosurgery and unusual problems of the spine.

“We are excited to have both Mr. Sonnenreich and Mr. Henderson in the Board. Their vast experience and expertise will definitely guide the company into the successful future.” said Zachariah Mathews, President and CEO of Wi2Wi.

"The Board expresses its profound appreciation to Mr. Daniel Phelan for the business and financial expertise he brought to the board of directors over the past three years and helping the management of the company.” said the Chairman of the Board Mr. Michael Sonnenreich.

For further information, please contact:

Zachariah Mathews
President and Chief Executive Officer
408-416-4202
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