Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
Scott N. Greenberg was the president of the company from 2001 until February 2006 and has been chief executive officer since April 2005. He was chief financial officer from 1989 until December 2005, executive vice president from 1998 to 2001, vice president from 1985 to 1998, and has held various other positions since joining the company in 1981. He has been a director of GSE Systems, Inc. (“GSE”), a global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions, which is a former wholly-owned subsidiary of the company that was spun off in 2005, since 1999, and was a director of Five Star Products, Inc. (“Five Star”), a paint and hardware distributor, from 1998 to 2003, and a director of Valera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Valera”), a specialty pharmaceutical company, until January 2005. Mr. Greenberg has also been a director of National Patent Development Corporation (“NPDC”), a holding company with interests in optical plastics, paint and hardware distribution services, since 2004, when NPDC, formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, was spun off. Mr. Greenberg was also chief financial officer of NPDC from 2004 until August 2007.
Harvey P. Eisen has been the chairman of the board since April 2005. He has been chairman and managing member of Bedford Oak Advisors, LLC, since 1998. Prior thereto, Mr. Eisen served as senior vice president of Travelers, Inc., and of Primerica prior to its merger with Travelers in 1993. Mr. Eisen has over thirty years of asset management experience, is often consulted by the national media for his views on all phases of the investment marketplace, and is frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, PensionWorld, U.S. News & World Report, Financial World, and Business Week, among others. Mr. Eisen also appears regularly on such television programs as Wall Street Week, CNN, and CNBC. Mr. Eisen is a trustee of the University of Missouri Business School, where he established the first accredited course on the Warren Buffet principles of investing. Mr. Eisen has also been a director of NPDC since August 2004, when NPDC, formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, was spun off. He became chairman of the board of NPDC in May 2007.
Marshall S. Geller is co-founder and senior managing director of St. Cloud Capital, a Los Angeles based private investment fund formed in December 2001. He is also chairman, chief executive officer, and founding partner of Geller & Friend Capital Partners, Inc., a private merchant bank formed in 1995. Mr. Geller has spent more than 40 years in corporate finance and investment banking, including 21 years as a senior managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co., with oversight of all operations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong, and the Far East. Mr. Geller is currently non-executive chairman of the board of ShopNBC-ValueVision Media, Inc. (Nasdaq:VVTV) and is a director on the boards of 1st Century Bank N.A. (Nasdaq:FCNA), National Holdings Corp. (NHLD.OB), and SCPIE Holdings, Inc. (NYSE.SKP), and is on the board of governors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He was previously the interim co-chairman of Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL) and interim president and COO of Players International, Inc. Mr. Geller also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business & Economics at California State University, Los Angeles.
Richard C. Pfenniger is the chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of Continucare Corporation, a provider of primary care physician services. Mr. Pfenniger was appointed president and chief executive Officer in October 2003 after having served as a member of the board of Continucare since March 2002 and as chairman since September 2002. Mr. Pfenniger was the chief executive officer and vice chairman of Whitman Education Group, Inc., a provider of career-oriented higher education, from 1997 until June 2003. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Pfenniger served as the chief operating officer of IVAX Corporation, and from 1989 to 1994 he served as the senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel of IVAX Corporation, a multi-national pharmaceutical company. Mr. Pfenniger currently serves as a director of Cellular Technical Services Company, Inc.
Sue W. Kelly is currently president and chief executive officer of Kelly Consulting LLC, an investment and consulting firm. From 1995 to January 2007, she was a member of the US House of Representatives, representing the 19th Congressional District of New York. While in Congress, she served on the Board of Visitors of the US Military Academy of West Point and on the House Financial Services Committee, among other assignments. Prior to becoming a congresswoman, she worked in a variety of positions, including various businesses and education.
A. Marvin Strait presently practices as a certified public accountant under the name A. Marvin Strait, CPA. He has practiced in the field of public accountancy in Colorado for over 40 years. He presently serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Foundation, the Sam S. Bloom Foundation, The Penrose-St. Francis Health Foundation, and Peak Education. He also presently serves as a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of Sturm Financial Group, Inc., RAE Systems, Inc., and Continucare Corporation, and on the community advisory panel of American National Bank. Mr. Strait previously served as the chairman of the board of directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), as president of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Colorado State Board of Accountancy, and serves as a permanent member of the AICPA Governing Council.
Gene A. Washington is the director of football operations with the National Football League (NFL) in New York. He served as a professional sportscaster and as assistant athletic director for Stanford University prior to assuming his present position with the NFL in 1994. Mr. Washington serves and has served on numerous corporate and civic boards, including serving as a director for several NYSE-listed companies, including dELiA*s, Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, and the former New York Bancorp, Inc.
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