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Biographical Information of Executive Officers and Directors |
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Howard S. Jonas founded IDT in August 1990, and has served as
Chairman of the Board of Directors since its inception. Mr. Jonas served
as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from December 1991 until July 2001,
as President of the Company from December 1991 through September 1996, and as
Treasurer of the Company from inception through 2002. Mr. Jonas has also
served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDT Telecom from December
1999 to April 2008, as Co-Chairman since April 2008, and as a director of IDT
Capital since September 2004. Mr. Jonas served as Co-Chairman of the Board
of Directors of IDT Entertainment from November 2004 until August 2006. Since
August 2006, Mr. Jonas has been a director of Starz Media Holdings, LLC,
Starz Media, LLC and Starz Foreign Holdings, LLC, each of which is a subsidiary
of Liberty Media Corporation. In addition, Mr. Jonas has been a director of IDT
Energy since June 2007 and a director of American Shale Oil Corporation since
January 2008. Mr. Jonas is also the founder and has been President of Jonas
Publishing since its inception in 1979. Mr. Jonas was the Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Net2Phone from October 2001 to October 2004, the Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Net2Phone from October 2004 to June 2006, and has
served as the Chairman of Net2Phone since June 2006. Mr. Jonas received
a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University. |
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James A. Courter
joined the Company in October 1996 and served as
President of the Company from October 1996 until July
2001. Since August 2001, Mr. Courter has served
as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Courter
has also been a director of the Company since March
1996 and has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Company since March 1999. In addition, since
December 1999, Mr. Courter has served as a director
of IDT Telecom and as a director of Net2Phone, and
has served as a director of IDT Capital since September
2004. Mr. Courter served as the Vice Chairman
of IDT Entertainment from November 2003 to August
2006. Mr. Courter has been a senior partner in
the New Jersey law firm of Courter, Kobert & Cohen
since 1972. He was also a partner in the Washington,
D.C. law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand
from January 1994 to September 1996. Mr. Courter
was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
for 12 years, retiring in January 1991. From 1991
to 1994, Mr. Courter was Chairman of the President’s
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Mr. Courter
also serves as a director of The Berkeley School.
He received a B.A. from Colgate University and a J.D.
from Duke University Law School. |
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Ira A. Greenstein joined
the Company in January 2000 and served as Counsel to
the Chairman until July 2001. Since August 2001, Mr. Greenstein
has served as the President of the Company and served
as a director of the Company from December 2003 until
December 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Greenstein
was a partner in the law firm of Morrison & Foerster
LLP from February 1997 to November 1999, where he served
as the Chairman of that firm’s New York Office’s
Business Department. Concurrently, Mr. Greenstein
served as General Counsel and Secretary of Net2Phone
from January 1999 to November 1999. Prior to 1997,
Mr. Greenstein was an associate in the New York
and Toronto offices of the law firm Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Greenstein
also served on the Securities Advisory Committee and
as secondment counsel to the Ontario Securities Commission.
Mr. Greenstein serves on the Board of Directors
of Document Security Systems, Inc. (AMEX:DMC), Broadband
Maritime, Inc. and Regal Bank of New Jersey and on
the Board of Advisors of the Columbia Law School Center
on Corporate Governance. Mr. Greenstein received
a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia
University Law School. |
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| Bill Pereira
has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since January 2009. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Finance for the Company from January 2008 to January 2009. Mr. Pereira initially joined the Company in December 2001 when the Company bought Horizon Global Trading, a financial software firm where he was a managing partner. In February 2002, Mr. Pereira joined Winstar Communications, a subsidiary of the Company, as a Senior Vice President of Finance. Mr. Pereira was promoted to CFO of Winstar Communications, a position he held until 2006 when he was named a Senior Vice President of the Company responsible for financial reporting, budgeting and planning. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pereira worked for a number of companies in the financial sector, including Prudential Financial, SBC Warburg and UBS. Mr. Pereira received a M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business and a B.S. from Rutgers University. |
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Joyce J. Mason
has served as an Executive Vice President of the
Company since December 1998 and as General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary of the Company since its
inception. Ms. Mason also served as a director of
the Company since its inception until December 2006.
In addition, Ms. Mason served as a director
of IDT Telecom from December 1999 until May 2001
and as a director of Net2Phone from October 2001
until October 2004. Prior to joining the Company,
Ms. Mason had been in private legal practice.
Ms. Mason received a B.A. from the City University
of New York and a J.D. from New York Law School. |
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Elliot Rothstein
has served as Chief Legal Officer of the Company
since July 2008. Mr. Rothstein has also
served as the Company’s Senior Litigation Counsel
from September 2006 to July 2008 and as Associate
General Counsel, Litigation, from January 2006 to
September 2006. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Rothstein was an associate in the law firm of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from
September 1996 to January 2006. Mr. Rothstein
received his juris doctor degree, summa cum laude,
from Western New England College School of Law and
his bachelor degree from McGill University. |
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| Douglas W. Mauro
has been Chief Tax Officer of the Company since
March 2005. He joined the Company in 1999 and is
responsible for all tax matters for the Company.
Mr. Mauro has over 25 years experience in corporate
taxation. Mr. Mauro’s prior experience
includes serving as Vice President, Tax for ICN Pharmaceuticals
in Costa Mesa, California and extensive experience
in international taxes at various pharmaceutical
companies where he served as the top tax officer.
Mr. Mauro received a B.B.A. in Accounting from
Hofstra University and an M.B.A. in Tax from New York
University Stern School of Business. |
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| Liore Alroy
has served as an Executive Vice President and as
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Company
since December 2007. Mr. Alroy has also served
as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-Chairman
of IDT Telecom since April 2008. Since October 2004,
he has served as the Chief Executive Officer and
a Director of Net2Phone, which was an affiliate of
the Company that was fully acquired by the Company
in March 2006. Mr. Alroy joined the Company
in 2001 and has since served in various capacities
with the Company and its affiliates, including as
a Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. He
is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia
Law School. |
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| Marc E. Knoller
has been an Executive Vice President of the Company
since December 1998 and served as a director of the
Company from March 1996 to August 2007. Mr. Knoller
joined the Company as a Vice President in March 1991
and also served as a director of its predecessor.
Mr. Knoller has served as Vice President of
Jonas Media Group (f/k/a Jonas Publishing) since
1991. Mr. Knoller received a B.B.A. from Baruch
College. |
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| Claude Pupkin joined the Company in early 2003 and has held several positions with the Company and its affiliates. Currently he leads the Company’s Oil Shale and Alternative Energy initiative. Previously, Mr. Pupkin served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Before joining the parent company, Mr. Pupkin was the Executive Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development for Net2Phone, which was a publicly-traded affiliate of the Company that was fully acquired by the Company in March 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pupkin’s career included more than 17 years of finance and investment banking experience at several firms. Immediately prior to joining IDT, Mr. Pupkin led JP Morgan Chase’s Latin America Telecommunications, Media and Technology Investment Banking business. He also worked for several years as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co. and Citibank. He began his professional career as a CPA with Ernst & Whinney. Mr. Pupkin holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland. |
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James
R. Mellor has been a director of the Company since December
2006. Mr. Mellor has been the Chairman of USEC,
Inc. (NYSE: USU), a global energy company, since
1998 and previously served as its Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. Mr. Mellor retired as Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of General Dynamics Corporation
in 1997 and held various positions at General Dynamics
from 1981 to 1997. Mr. Mellor was also the President
and Chief Operating Officer of AM International,
Inc. and was a director from 1977 to 1981. Prior
to 1981, Mr. Mellor spent 18 years with Litton
Industries in a variety of engineering and management
positions, including Executive Vice President of
Litton’s Defense Group from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Mellor
was also with Hughes Aircraft Company from 1955 to
1958. Mr. Mellor was a consultant to the Department
of Defense from 1972 to 1975. He also served as Chairman
of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Chairman
of the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers
Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors
of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association, the National Security Industrial Association,
the Navy League of the United States, the Board of
Councilors of the University of Southern California
Business School, and the Board of Trustees of Loyola
Marymount University. Mr. Mellor is a member
of the National Advisory Council of the University
of Michigan, and a member of the United States-Egypt
Presidents Council. He is presently on the Boards
of Directors of USEC the Scripps Research Institute,
and Materia, Inc. He served on the Boards of Directors
of the Company from 1997 to 1999 and Net2Phone from
1999 to 2006. He is presently on the Board of Trustees
of the University of California—Irvine, the
National Museum of American History and the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Mr. Mellor graduated
from the University of Michigan in 1952 with a B.S.
in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. He was
awarded a Master of Science degree from the same
university in 1953. |
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