We control directly a variety of intellectual property assets focused on the consumer sector which includes the rights to the Filene’s Basement® trademark and the Stanley Blacker® brand, and the intellectual property associated with the Running of the Brides® event and An Educated Consumer is Our Best Customer® slogan.
We also manage FilenesBasement.com where customers can purchase high fashion at discount prices online. In addition, the company maintains over $600 million of federal, state and local tax losses.
Mr. Howard has served as a director of the company since February 2025 and is Chairman of the board.
He has served as President of Steel Holdings since July 15, 2009 and has been a member of Steel Holdings’ board of directors since October 18, 2011. He also served as Steel Holdings’ Assistant Secretary from July 15, 2009 until September 19, 2011 and its Secretary from September 19, 2011 until January 2012. Mr. Howard has been associated with Steel Holdings and its predecessors and affiliates since 1993.
Mr. Howard has been a director of HNH since July 2005 and previously served as Vice Chairman of the HNH Board and as HNH’s Principal Executive Officer.
Mr. Howard has been a director of Steel Excel since December 2007 and previously served as Vice Chairman of the Steel Excel Board and Principal Executive Officer of Steel Excel.
Since February 15, 2018, Mr. Howard has been the Executive Chairman of WebBank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Steel Holdings.
He is the President of SP General Services, LLC (“SPGS”).
Mr. Howard graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor’s degree in finance.
Ms. Minieri has served as a director of the Company since 2013.
Ms. Minieri serves as the “Special Stock Director”, who is elected by the holder of the special stock pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation. She was appointed by Third Avenue, the holder of the special stock and a major investor in the Company but is not affiliated with Third Avenue.
Ms. Minieri is currently the Managing Member of JONEE 1212, LLC, a consulting firm formed in 2024 to provide services including, transaction strategies and analysis, organizational structuring, resource management and public private partnership strategies.
She previously served as a Senior Executive Vice President of RXR Realty.
She is currently the Senior Managing Director of Transit Oriented Development for the NY Metro Region and serves as a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Virtu Financial, Inc., a public company listed on NASDAQ. Ms. Minieri has extensive experience in real estate development, as well as a deep knowledge of accounting, particularly in the field of real estate.
Prior to her position with RXR, Ms. Minieri served as the Deputy County Executive and Commissioner of Economic Development and Planning for Suffolk County from April 2012 until July 2016.
Previously, Ms. Minieri served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises.
She originally joined FCRC as its Chief Financial Officer in 1995 and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998 and to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2007.
Ms. Minieri is a certified public accountant.
Mr. Matina has served as a director of the Company since 2013. He is the Founder and Managing Member of LANECR Consulting, which consults with family offices on investments and strategy as well as provides directors for various boards.
Formerly, he was the Portfolio Manager of MFP Investors, LLC, the family office of Michael F. Price, which had a value-investing focus across public and private markets.
Mr. Matina also serves as a director of S&W Seed Company, a publicly traded agricultural company and Nu Ride, a publicly traded, post reorganization company.
He is also a director of TGI Fridays, a private casual dining company.
In addition, he also serves on the board of Crowheart Energy LLC, a private energy company with assets in Wyoming. Mr. Matina brings a strong finance background to the Company, including experience with bankruptcies and private equity.
Prior to joining MFP Investors, LLC in 2007, Mr. Matina served in various roles at Balance Asset Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund, and as a senior associate at Altus Capital Partners, a middle market private equity fund. He was previously a principal at 747 Capital, a private equity fund-of-funds, and a financial analyst at Salomon Smith Barney in the financial sponsors group of the investment banking division.
Mr. Martin has served as a director of the Company since February 2025.
Mr. Martin has served as Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer of Steel Partners Holdings LP since June 2023.
He previously served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Clover Health Investments from March 2022 to June 2023. Mr. Martin served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Steel Partners Holdings LP from August 2020 to March 2022. Mr. Martin also held legal and compliance positions at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation from September 2018 to August 2019, including interim General Counsel and Secretary from May 2019 to August 2019 and General Counsel for the OSB and EWP division from September 2018 to May 2019.
From July 2009 to September 2018, Mr. Martin held several positions at Georgia-Pacific LLC, including Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.
Mr. Martin brings to the Board years of experience and record of success in leadership positions in other public companies as well as expertise in legal and compliance.
Mr. Wald has served as a director of the Company since February 2025.
Mr. Wald was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Work Market, Inc., from 2010-2020, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage their on-demand labor, and of which he is the Founder.
From May 2008 to May 2010, Mr. Wald was a Managing Director at Barington Capital Group, L.P. an activist hedge fund manager.
From March 2007 through May 2008, Mr. Wald was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Spinback, Inc., an internet commerce company (sold to Buddy Media Corporation), of which he is also the Founder.
From January 2003 to March 2007, Mr. Wald was a Vice President at The GlenRock Group, a private equity firm which invests in undervalued, middle market companies as well as emerging and early stage companies.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Wald held positions in the mergers and acquisitions department at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Wald served as a director of Peerless Systems Corporation and from 2009 to 2010 he served on the board of Register.com.
Mr. Wald brings to the Board substantial experience in the area of venture capital, technology, principal investing and operations.
