| Howard S. Jonas |
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| Chairman of the Board |
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Howard S. Jonas has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since August 17, 2017 and as Executive Chairman since June 13, 2022 and served as Chief Executive Officer from March 8, 2018 through April 30, 2021. Mr. Jonas has been a director of Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals since April 2013 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals in April 2016. Mr. Jonas founded IDT Corporation in August 1990, has served as Chairman of its Board of Directors since its inception and as its Chairman since September 2022. Mr. Jonas served as member of the Board of Directors of IDT from inception to December 2020, when he was appointed as an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the Board of Directors. In March 2021, Mr. Jonas was reappointed as a voting member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Jonas served as Chief Executive Officer of IDT from October 2009 through December 2013 and from December 1991 until July 2001. From January 2014 until November 2017, Mr. Jonas served as the Chief Executive Officer of Genie Energy Ltd., a former subsidiary of IDT that was spun off to stockholders in October 2011, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Genie Energy since the spin-off. From June 2016 to November 2016, Mr. Jonas served as the Chairman of the Board of Zedge, Inc., a former subsidiary of IDT that was spun off to stockholders in June 2016. Mr. Jonas has served as the Vice Chairman of Zedge, Inc. since November 2016. Mr. Jonas also serves as Chairman of the Board of IDW Media Holdings, Inc., a former subsidiary of IDT that was spun off to stockholders in September 2009, has been its Chairman since June 2022 and served as Chief Executive Officer from February 2019 through April 2020. Mr. Jonas is also the founder and has been President of Jonas Media Group (f/k/a Jonas Publishing) since its inception in 1979. Mr. Jonas received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.
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Stephen Greenberg has served as a director since March 2018. He served as a director of Zedge, Inc. (NYSE American: ZDGE) from May 23, 2016 to January 2018. Mr. Greenberg has been managing member of PilgrimMediation Group since May 2012 and managing member of Bento Box Entertainment since January 2013. Mr. Greenberg previously served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Net2Phone, Inc. and of IDT Spectrum, Inc. from 2002 to 2006. From June 2015 to June 2018, Mr. Greenberg served as the 29th Chairman of the Board of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the central coordinating body on international and national concerns for fifty National Jewish Organizations. Mr. Greenberg has also served as Chairman of the National Coalition for Eurasian Jewry. Mr. Greenberg has been a member of the board of American Friends of Beit Hatfusot since 1995 and previously served as the organization’s President and a member of the board of Tel Aviv Foundation since 2005. Mr. Greenberg was also a member of the board of International Hillel from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Greenberg received a B.A. in English cum laude from Washington & Jefferson College in 1965 and a J.D. with honors from George Washington University in 1968.
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| Mark McCamish, MD, Ph.D. |
Independent Director
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Mark McCamish, MD, Ph.D., has served as director since June 2021. Since November 2020, Dr. McCamish has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IconOVir Bio, an oncolytic virus-based biotech dedicated to curing cancer and restoring life to patients. From May 2017 to April 2020, Dr. McCamish served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Forty Seven Inc. Dr. McCamish led Forty Seven Inc during critical phases of clinical development to help patients defeat their cancer. This included growing from a valuation of $169 million as a private company through a Series B offering, Initial Public Offering, two secondary fund raises and finally the acquisition of Forty Seven by Gilead for $4.9 billion. Dr. McCamish is an international expert in biologic and biosimilars development and manufacturing. Dr. McCamish has served in various senior executive positions at multiple companies including Abbott, Amgen, Novartis/Sandoz and has led pioneering efforts in filing/launching biosimilars worldwide. Dr. McCamish has demonstrated a commercial mindset in establishing research and development strategies leading to approvals and commercial success in multiple therapeutic areas and regulatory categories including biologics, biosimilars, drugs, devices, and medical foods. Dr. McCamish received a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree from UCSB and after completing his Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University and M.D. from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine Dr. McCamish completed Residency and Fellowship Training at the University of California, Davis. Dr. McCamish has also held professorships at UC Davis and The Ohio State University.
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Michael J. Weiss, MD, Ph.D., has served as a director since March 2018 and has been on staff as an ophthalmologist with the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute since 1985 and has served as a director of Uveitis Service since July 1987. Dr. Weiss is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center and was Board Certified in Ophthalmology in June 1987. Dr. Weiss received a Bachelor of Science from Bar-Ilan University, Israel in 1972, a Ph.D. from Columbia University School of Arts and Sciences in 1976 and a M.D. from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1981. Dr. Weiss also did a Post-Graduate Fellowship at Columbia University Institute of Cancer Research from 1976-1977.
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| Susan Y. Bernstein |
Inside Director
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Susan Y. Bernstein has served as a director since January, 2024. Since 2018, Ms. Bernstein has served as Co-Owner/Director of Sales and Marketing for the Best Western PLUS Morristown Inn which is the #1 hotel in Morristown on TripAdvisor. From November 2013 through September 2017, Ms. Bernstein served as General Manager and owner of 414 Hotel, leading the hotel to the ranking as the #1 hotel in New York City on TripAdvisor where it remained for two years until it was sold. Ms. Bernstein had previously served as Sales Manager for Signature Tours, a worldwide tour company. Ms. Bernstein received a B.A. in Communications and Marketing from Boston University.
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