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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September
29, 2025 (September 25, 2025)
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
One
World Products, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada |
|
000-56151 |
|
61-1744826 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
|
(Commission
File
Number) |
|
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.) |
6605
Grand Montecito Parkway, Suite 100
Las
Vegas, Nevada |
|
89149 |
| (Address
of principal executive offices) |
|
(Zip
Code) |
(800)
605-3201
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title
of each class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
|
Name
of each exchange on which registered |
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☐
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
On
September 25, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of One World Products, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”), voted to expand the number of members of the Board from three to seven. Further on such date,
the Board elected three individuals to fill three of the four vacancies in the Board. The Board intends to fill the remaining vacancy,
in the near future.
Certain
information regarding the backgrounds of each of the Company’s three new directors is set forth below.
Minyon
Moore became a member of the Board of the Company on September 25, 2025. Ms. Moore is considered one of the nation’s top strategic
thinkers with extensive experience in political and corporate affairs, as well as public policy. She leads Dewey Square Group’s
State and Local Affairs and Multicultural Strategies practices with clients ranging from the Fortune 100 to startup nonprofits seeking
counsel for developing strategies that address emerging consumer markets and achieving their public policy goals. She specializes in
building coalitions and brand awareness strategies for corporations while at the same time effectively addressing their state and local
public policy issues.
Most
recently, Ms. Moore was appointed to serve as the Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention held in August 2024 in her hometown
of Chicago, where she oversaw the planning and execution of the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz as the
party’s nominees heading into the 2024 general election. She previously served the Biden-Harris Administration as the Nomination
Advisor for Engagement mobilizing a nationwide outreach effort focused on the historic confirmation of the first African American
woman on the United States Supreme Court, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Under
President Bill Clinton’s administration, Ms. Moore served as Assistant to the President and Director of White House Political Affairs.
In this capacity, she served as the principal political adviser to the President, Vice President, First Lady and senior White House staff,
with primary responsibility for planning outreach and directing the political activities of the White House. As CEO of the Democratic
National Committee (DNC), Ms. Moore was responsible for day-to-day operations and oversight of the Democratic Party.
Ms.
Moore serves as a member of the board of directors for Writers Guild Foundation, the National Council of Negro Women, and is a board
member and co-convener of the Power Rising Summit. Named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington by Washingtonian Magazine,
a Most Influential Leader by Rainbow PUSH; Ms. Moore has been honored with numerous awards including the Uncommon Height Award for
excellence in service to others.
Ms.
Moore was honored by Illinois House Speaker Emmanuel Chris Welch with the Women in Power Award, honoring women leaders across the state
of Illinois for their historic accomplishments and contributions across the country. In 2018, Ms. Moore was awarded the American Association
of Political Consultants (AAPC) Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into the AAPC Hall of Fame. Her book, For Colored Girls
Who Have Considered Politics, co-authored with Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, and Leah Daughtry, was awarded the 2019 NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Literary work, non- Fiction.
Ms.
Moore attended the University of Illinois at Chicago and graduated from the Boston University Digital Filmmaking Program (DC). A noted
speaker and filmmaker, Minyon has continued to serve as a guest lecturer throughout her career including opportunities at Yale University
and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
Timothy
Woods became a member of the Board of the Company on September 25, 2025. Previously, from 2022 to 2024, Mr. Woods served the Company
as Chief Financial Officer. Currently, he serves as Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for LIFT Incubator (CBE – Center for
Black Entrepreneurship), an accelerator developed by the CBE, a joint initiative of Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the Black
Economic Alliance Foundation.
Since
2024, Mr. Woods has an independent consultant providing strategic advisory support to advance legacy initiatives for the Moorehead family,
while also evaluating entrepreneurial and investment opportunities. These consulting services span philanthropy, higher education, cultural
institutions and consumer products, combining financial modeling, governance insight and market entry analysis.
From
2015 to 2022, Mr. Woods worked for Sterling Motorcars, Sterling, Virginia, where he first served as General Manager – MINI from
2015 to 2022, then, from 2020 to 2022, as General Sales and Finance Operations – BMW and MINI. While at Sterling Motorcars, he
advanced from General Manager of MINI to General Sales Manager across BMW & MINI, holding P&L accountability, financial performance
oversight, and leadership of sales organization.
William
Rowland became a member of the Board of the Company on September 25, 2025, and has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial
Officer since July 1, 2025. Mr. Rowland is the principal consultant working as an independent contractor under W. P. Rowland Properties
Corp (herein “WPRR”), (Arizona), also d/b/a “CDMone LLC,” which he formed in 1984 and is its sole owner. Over
the past 10 years, Mr. Rowland has provided services as an independent “Manager and Consultant” were provided through contracts
with WPRR. The Management and Consulting services work he performed varied from advisory services across multiple industries, to in charge
roles in numerous project initiatives to expand or re-position businesses including these major client assignments. Mr. Rowland is an
expert in financial management of diverse enterprises, using his expertise as a Certified Public Accountant, experience in Business Advisory
Services and Financial Management bolstered by his deep understanding of accounting, insurance, legal contracts, real estate acquisition,
due diligence, operation processes, cost estimating, risk analysis and management of complex initiatives. Mr. Rowland is a graduate of
Indiana University (BS), a past member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA), American Society for Healthcare
Engineering (ASHE), Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), held Building and Engineering construction licenses from California
to North Carolina and served on the American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Panel.
There
exist no family relationships among the officers and directors of the Company.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
| Exhibit
No. |
|
Description |
| 104 |
|
Cover
Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| |
One
World Products, Inc. |
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|
|
| Date:
September 29, 2025. |
By: |
/s/
Isiah L. Thomas, III |
| |
Name: |
Isiah
L. Thomas, III |
| |
Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer |
