Cereplast, a bioplastics manufacturer, has appointed Paul Pelosi to the board of directors, effective Feb. 27.

Pelosi most recently served as a director at WR Hambrecht. Previous to that he was senior vice president of business development at InfoUSA. He currently serves as an adviser to governmental and private companies, including NASA Ames Research Center and AirPatrol. Prior to his independent consulting practice, he worked for Bank of America Securities and JPMorgan Chase, where he worked in corporate finance and institutional sales.