58, our chairman of the board, founded our predecessor company, Great Spirits Company LLC, in 1998 and served as its chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer from its inception until December 2003. Mr. Andrews has served as our chairman of the board since December 2003 and served as our president from December 2003 until November 2005. Mr. Andrews served as our chief executive officer from December 2003 until November 2008. Prior to founding our predecessor, Mr. Andrews founded American Exploration Company, a company engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, in 1980. He oversaw that company becoming publicly traded in 1983 and served as its chairman and chief executive officer until its merger with Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. in October 1997. He also serves as a life trustee of The New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
51, has served as a director of our company since January 2004. Since 1995, Mr. Beaudette has been the president of MHW, Ltd. (formerly named Monsieur Henri Wines Ltd.), a national alcoholic beverage importer, distributor and service company. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Beaudette worked with PepsiCo Inc. and its affiliate company Monsieur Henri Wines in the distribution of Stolichnaya Vodka and other imported wine and spirit brands. During this period, Mr. Beaudette held positions such as director of planning for PepsiCo Wines & Spirits International and vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Monsieur Henri Wines. Mr. Beaudette currently sits on the board of directors of The National Association of Beverage Importers Inc. (NABI) and serves on its executive committee.
65, has been a partner of Gagnon Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer and a FINRA member firm, since January 2005 and has been a money manager and an analyst and registered representative of such firm since August 2002. Mr. Beinstein has been a director of Vector Group Ltd., a New York Stock Exchange listed holding company, since 1994. Vector Group is engaged principally in the tobacco business through its Liggett Group LLC subsidiary and in the real estate and investment business through its New Valley LLC subsidiary. New Valley owns 50% of Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, which operates the largest residential brokerage company in the New York metropolitan area. He also served as a director of New Valley from March 1994 to December 2005. He retired in August 2002 as the executive director of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, a New York-based law firm, a position he had held since August 1997. Before that, Mr. Beinstein had served as the managing director of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, a New York-based law firm, commencing in November 1995. From April 1985 through October 1995, Mr. Beinstein was the executive director of Proskauer Rose LLP, a New York-based law firm. Mr. Beinstein is a certified public accountant in New York and New Jersey and prior to joining Proskauer was a partner and national director of finance and administration at Coopers & Lybrand.
66, has served as a director of Five Star Products Inc., a wholesale distributor of home decorating products, since November 2007. Mr. Eisen has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of National Patent Development Corporation, the parent company of Five Star Products Inc., since June 2007 and also served as its president since July 2007. He has been a director of National Patent Development Corporation since 2004. He has served as chairman and managing member of Bedford Oak Advisors, LLC, an investment partnership, since 1998. Prior thereto, Mr. Eisen served as senior vice president of Travelers, Inc. and of Primerica, each a financial services company, prior to its merger with Travelers in 1993. Mr. Eisen has over 30 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 other publications. Mr. Eisen also has appeared and currently appears regularly on such television networks as CNN and CNBC. Mr. Eisen has also been a director of GP Strategies Corporation, a provider of customized training solutions, since 2002 and has served as its chairman of the board since 2005.
72, has served as a director of our company since October 2008 and previously served as a director of our company from September 2005 to August 2007. Dr. Frost has served as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of OPKO Health, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company that researches and develops treatments for ophthalmic diseases, since March 2007. Since July 2006, Dr. Frost has served as the chairman of the board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., the parent of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., which served as an underwriter in our initial public offering in April 2006, the placement agent in connection with the sale of our series C convertible preferred stock in 2004 and 2005 and as the financial advisor to the purchasers under the Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. Dr. Frost has been a director of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. since March 2005. From 1987 to January 26, 2006, Dr. Frost served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of IVAX Corporation, a worldwide producer and marketer of generic and proprietary drugs. On January 26, 2006, IVAX completed a merger with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ("Teva"). Dr. Frost now serves as the vice chairman of the board of directors of Teva. Dr. Frost was Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida from 1972 to 1986. He was also chairman of the board of directors of Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1972 until the acquisition of Key Pharmaceuticals by Schering Plough Corporation in 1986. He serves on the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution, as a member of the board of trustees of the University of Miami, as a trustee of each of the Scripps Research Institutes, the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, and the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and was vice chairman of the board of governors of the American Stock Exchange until its acquisition by NYSE Euronext on October 1, 2008. Dr. Frost is also a director of Continucare Corporation, a provider of outpatient healthcare and home healthcare services, Northrop Grumman Corp., a global defense and aerospace company, Ideation Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring businesses in digital media, and Modigene Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company.
48, has served as a director of our company since October 2008. Mr. Halpryn served as a director of Ivax Diagnostics, Inc., a publicly held corporation from October 2002 until October 10, 2008. Mr. Halpryn has been the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of QuikByte Software, Inc., a publicly held shell corporation, since July 2008. Mr. Halpryn was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Orthodontix, Inc., a publicly held corporation, from April 2001 until Orthodontix merged with Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. in December 2006. Mr. Halpryn also serves as a director of Getting Ready Corporation, a publicly held shell company that recently completed a merger with Winston Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Halpryn served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Getting Ready from December 2006 until its merger with Winston Laboratories in September 2008. Mr. Halpryn was appointed to the Board of Directors of Winston Labs in September 2008. Mr. Halpryn served as the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of clickNsettle.com, Inc., a publicly held shell corporation, from October 2007 until September 2008, following its merger with Cardo Medical, LLC. Mr. Halpryn was the president and secretary and a director of Longfoot Communications Corp., a publicly held shell corporation, from March 2008 until its merger with Kidville Holdings, LLC in August 2008. Mr. Halpryn is also chief executive officer and a director of Transworld Investment Corporation ("TIC"), serving in such capacity since June 2001. From 1984 to June 2001, Mr. Halpryn served as vice president/treasurer of TIC. Since 2000, Mr. Halpryn has been an investor and the managing member of investor groups that were joint venture partners in 26 land acquisition and development projects with one of the largest home builders in the country. In addition, since 1984, Mr. Halpryn has been engaged in real estate investment and development activities. From April 1988 through June 1998, Mr. Halpryn was vice chairman of Central Bank, a Florida state-chartered bank. Since June 1987, Mr. Halpryn has been the president of and beneficial holder of stock of United Security Corporation, a broker-dealer registered with FINRA. From June 1992 through May 1994, Mr. Halpryn served as the vice president, secretary and treasurer of Frost Hanna Halpryn Capital Group, Inc., a "blank check" company whose business combination was effected in May 1994 with Sterling Healthcare Group, Inc. From June 1995 through October 1996, Mr. Halpryn served as a member of the board of directors of Sterling Healthcare Group, Inc.
55, has served as our interim president and chief executive officer and as a director of our company since October 2008. Mr. Lampen has served as executive vice president of Vector Group Ltd. since July 1996. From October 1995 to December 2005, Mr. Lampen served as the executive vice president and general counsel and a director of New Valley LLC, now a subsidiary of Vector Group Ltd. Since September 2006, he has served as president and chief executive officer of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., the parent of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Mr. Lampen has served as a director of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. since January 2002. Since November 1998, he has served as president and chief executive officer of CDSI Holdings Inc., an affiliate of New Valley LLC seeking acquisition or investment opportunities. Mr. Lampen has served as a director of CDSI Holdings since January 1997. From May 1992 to September 1995, Mr. Lampen was a partner at Steel Hector & Davis, a law firm located in Miami, Florida. From January 1991 to April 1992, Mr. Lampen was a Managing Director at Salomon Brothers Inc, an investment bank, and was an employee at Salomon Brothers Inc from 1986 to April 1992. Mr. Lampen has served as a director of a number of other companies, including U.S. Can Corporation, The International Bank of Miami, N.A. and Spec's Music Inc., as well as a court-appointed independent director of Trump Plaza Funding, Inc.
39, has served as a director of our company since October 2008. Ms. Pallini has served since May 1997 as a director and the head of production of I.L.A.R. S.p.A., a producer of alcoholic beverages located in Rome, Italy and a supplier to the Company under an exclusive marketing agreement. Ms. Pallini is the daughter of Virgilio Pallini, the President of I.L.A.R. S.p.A. Ms. Pallini is also a member of the board of directors of Unione Industriali di Roma, an association of Roman industrial entrepreneurs; a member of the board of directors and the audit committee of Federvini, the national association of Italian wine, spirit and liquer providers; and a Vice President of B52, a national association for the promotion of women in business in Italy. Ms. Pallini was engaged in research activities before assuming her position with I.L.A.R. S.p.A.
48, has served as executive vice president — administration since May 2007 and a director of Opko Health, Inc., since February 2007. Mr. Rubin served as the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of IVAX Corporation from August 2001 until September 2006. Mr. Rubin currently serves on the board of directors of Dreams, Inc., a vertically integrated sports licensing and products company, Safestitch Medical, Inc., a medical device company, Ideation Acquisition Corp., Modigene, Inc., Neovasc, Inc., a medical device company, Kidville, Inc., an operator of upscale learning and play facilities for children, Cardo Medical, LLC, a producer and distributor of orthopedic and spinal medical devices, and Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc., a medical device company.
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