Echo Therapeutics, Inc. appointed Kimberly A. Burke to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2014 and continuing for the sixty-day period expiring on August 30, 2014 or, if earlier, such date as a candidate is identified and appointed by the Board to serve as Echo's Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Burke will also serve as Echo's principal executive officer. In addition to serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Burke will also continue to serve as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Echo.

Ms. Burke, 40 years old, was appointed as Echo's General Counsel and Senior Vice President in January 2011, as Chief Compliance Officer in April 2012, and she has served as Echo's Secretary since 2010.