Board of Directors
Jordan Bleznick
Mr. Bleznick has been a director of our Company since August 2020. Since September 2002, Mr. Bleznick has been the Vice President/Taxes of Starfire Holding Corporation, a privately-held holding company of Carl C. Icahn. He has been the Chief Tax Counsel for various affiliates of Mr. Icahn since April 2002. From March 2000 through March 2002, Mr. Bleznick was a partner in the New York City office of the law firm of DLA Piper, formerly known as Piper Rudnick, LLP. From March 1984 until February 2000, he was an associate and then a partner at the New York City law firm of Gordon Altman Weitzen Shalov and Wein. Mr. Bleznick received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Cincinnati in 1976, a J.D. from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1979 and a L.L.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law in 1980. Mr. Bleznick’s qualifications to serve as a director of our Company include his expertise in tax law and his involvement with other public companies owned by Carl C. Icahn and affiliated entities.
Jaffrey (Jay) A. Firestone
Mr. Firestone has been a director of our Company since June 2022. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Prodigy Pictures Inc., a producer of film, television and cross-platform media, since 2006. Previously, Mr. Firestone established Fireworks Entertainment in 1996 to produce, distribute and finance television programs and feature films. In 1998, Fireworks Entertainment was acquired by CanWest Global Communications Corporation and Mr. Firestone was named chairman and chief executive officer and oversaw the company’s Los Angeles and London based television operations as well as its Los Angeles feature film division, Fireworks Pictures. In addition, Mr. Firestone oversaw the company’s interest in New York based IDP Distribution, an independent distribution and marketing company formed by Fireworks Entertainment in 2000 as a joint venture with Samuel Goldwyn Films and Stratosphere Entertainment. Mr. Firestone has served on the board of directors for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences International Council in Los Angeles. Mr. Firestone has led two initial public offerings. Mr. Firestone has been a director of CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE), a diversified holding company primarily engaged in the renewables, petroleum refining and marketing business, since April 2020 and SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE) since May 2021 and previously served as a director of Voltari Corporation, a commercial real estate company, from July 2011 through September 2019. Mr. Firestone obtained a degree in commerce from McMasters University. Mr. Firestone’s qualifications to serve as a director of our Company include his extensive experience in dealing with financial reporting and his past service on other public company boards.
Randolph C. Read
Mr. Read has been a director of our Company since August 2020 and serves as our Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee. Mr. Read has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Nevada Strategic Credit Investments, LLC since 2009. Mr. Read has previously served as President of a variety of other companies and has previously served on a number of public and private company boards. He is a former Board member of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. He currently also serves on the Boards of New York REIT Liquidating, LLC, a successor to New York REIT, Inc. and SandRidge Energy, Inc. Mr. Read is admitted as a Certified Public Accountant and has an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Tulane University.