Business in the Burbs » Board of directors

WHI names board member

Jay Loomis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:26:46 +0000

WHI Solutions, a Rye Brook-based provider of online products for the automotive industry, said that Al Giombetti has been elected to its board of directors. Giombetti is the former president of Ford Lincoln Mercury and general manager of Ford’s Customer Service Division.

Board member named at Vision-Sciences

Jay Loomis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:18:40 +0000

Vision-Sciences Inc., an Orangeburg company that makes medical devices, said that Lothar Koob has been named a member of its board of directors. He also has been appointed to serve on Vision-Sciences’ audit and compensation committees. Koob is a cofounder of Extera Partners LLC, a Cambridge, Mass.-based company that provides management and consulting services for U.S. and European companies.

General Patent names board member

Jay Loomis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:23:15 +0000

General Patent Corp., a Suffern-based company that focuses on patent licensing and enforcement, said that Jack Granowitz has joined its advisory board of directors. Granowitz was one of the founders of the technology transfer office at Columbia University and its executive director from 1988 until 2000.

Board member resigns at MBIA

Jay Loomis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:30:32 +0000

MBIA Inc., the Armonk-based bond insurer, said that John A. Rolls has resigned from its board of directors. Rolls, a board member since 1995, also served as chairman of the board’s finance committee and as a member of its audit committee and compensation and organization committee. Rolls, 67, retired as president and CEO of Thermion Systems International in 2007.

New board member named at iMedicor

Jay Loomis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:10:43 +0000

iMedicor, a Nanuet-based medical technology company, said that Michael K. Lorelli has joined its board of directors. Lorelli is chief executive officer of Water-Jel Technologies LLC in New Jersey.

ITT shareholders quash church group proposal

Jerry Gleeson — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:01:43 +0000

ITT Corp. shareholders at today’s annual meeting rejected a proposal by several church groups that would have required the global manufacturer to prepare a report on its foreign sales of military and weapons-related products and services.
The proposal drew just 6.8 percent of the votes cast at the meeting, the company said. Its sponsors were the Mercy Investment Program and the Dominican Sisters of Hope, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church.
ITT said 83 percent of common shares outstanding were voted at the meeting, held at ITT’s new offices at 1133 Westchester Ave. in White Plains. Shareholders elected 10 board members.

2 banks to hold annual meetings on Thursday

Jerry Gleeson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:21:45 +0000

Shareholders at Provident Bank of Montebello and Community Mutual Savings Bank of White Plains will elect directors at their annual meetings Thursday.
Five incumbents at Provident New York Bancorp, Provident’s parent company, are on the ballot at its meeting at the Holiday Inn in Montebello starting at 11 a.m.
They are Judith Hershaft, president and chief executive of Innovative Plastics Corp. in Orangeburg; Thomas F. Jauntig Jr., a retired partner at the accounting firm of Korn, Rosenbaum LLP; investment advisor Thomas G. Kahn, president of Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC in New York City; Richard A. Nozell of Montebello, owner of Richard Nozell Building Construction; and Carl J. Rosenstock, secretary-treasurer of General Sportwear Co. Inc. in Ellenville, N.Y., a manufacturer of children’s apparel.
Community Mutual’s parent company, CMS Bancorp, will hold its meeting at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains at 3 p.m. Two incumbents are seeking re-election.
They are Susan A. Massaro, executive vice president, professional services of Scivantage Inc. in Jersey City, N.J., a technology consultant to the financial services industry; and Matthew G. McCrosson, partner in charge of consulting for the accounting firm of O’Connor, Davies, Munns & Dobbins LLP, with offices in Harrison, White Plains, Stamford, Conn. and Manhattan.
Also on Community Mutual’s agenda is an amendment that would reduce the number of shares of common stock that the parent company is authorized to issue from 14 million shares to 7 million.

Board member resigns at EpiCept

Jay Loomis — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:12:21 +0000

EpiCept Corp., a pharmaceutical company in Eastview, said that John F. Bedard has resigned from the company’s board of directors because of a family health reason. Bedard, a former executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb, has been a member of EpiCept’s Board since 2006. EpiCept said that it hopes to fill the vacancy as soon as possible.

Rockland board names new officers

Jay Loomis — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:52:37 +0000

The Rockland Economic Development Corp. recently announced new officers for 2009. Steven M. Yassky, president of Rockland Realty, will serve as chairman of the board. Other officers are Vice Chair Jack F. Holt, CEO of Holt Construction Corp.; Vice Chair William F. Helmer, president of Helmer-Cronin Construction Inc.; Vice Chair/secretary James B. Tully, executive vice president of CB Richard Ellis Inc.; Treasurer Quinton C. Van Wynen Jr., director of business at Pearl River Union Free School District; and President & CEO Ronald Hicks.

Media executive named to Pace board of trustees

Jay Loomis — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:50:53 +0000

Pace University recently appointed Richard F. Zannino to its board of trustees. Zannino, a media and retail executive, is the former chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Zannino is an alumnus of Pace University’s Lubin School of Business and earned an MBA in finance in 1984.