Summary of DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES INC

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On December 12, 2012, William (Bill) Richardson was appointed as a director of Daystar Technologies Inc. (the "Company"), by the Company's Board of Directors.

William (Bill) Richardson, Director

Richardson recently completed his second term as Governor of New Mexico in January 2011. He was elected Governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 with the support of 69 percent of voters, representing the largest margin of victory for any Governor in state history.

Prior to being elected governor, Mr. Richardson served for 15 years in New Mexico representing the 3rd Congressional District. In 1997 &1998 Mr. Richardson served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and he was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy under the President Clinton's Administration.

Since leaving his public service office, Mr. Richardson was named chairman of APCO Worldwide's executive advisory service Global Political Strategies (GPS) and Special Envoy for the Organization of American States (OAS), adding another platform for initiatives within peace and reconciliation in the Western hemisphere. In addition, Mr.Richardson serves as Senior Fellow for Latin America at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and has joined several non-profit and for- profit boards, including Abengoa's International Advisory Board, the fifth largest biofuels producer in the U.S., WRI World Resources Institute, Refugees International and the National Council for Science and the Environment.