Alexander C. Matina

Mr. Matina has served as a director of the Company since 2013 and is Chairman of the Board. 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.

Joanne M. Minieri

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.

Keith Pattiz

Mr. Pattiz has served as a director of the Company since November 5, 2013. Mr. Pattiz is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he serves as head of the real estate group. Mr. Pattiz has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate matters, including commercial leasing, financing, sales and acquisitions, hotel transactions and real estate workout matters. He has provided legal representation to a variety of clients, including major residential, office, hotel and shopping center developers, hotel operators, lending institutions and U.S. and foreign investors. Mr. Pattiz has been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Chambers USA. In 2020, Mr. Pattiz was recognized by the New York Law Journal as one of its New York Trailblazers.

Matthew Messinger

Mr. Messinger has served as a director of the Company since 2016. Matthew Messinger is the President and CEO of Matthew L. Messinger Holdings, an investment and advisory vehicle. He is also a past President, CEO and current strategic advisor of Trinity Place Holdings Inc and or related entities. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Messinger served as the Executive Vice President and Director of Investment Management at Forest City Ratner Companies (“FCRC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises (“FCE”), where he served for more than 18 years. In this role, Mr. Messinger led the New York Investment Committee of FCRC and served on the Investment Committee and Executive Management Committee of FCE. Mr. Messinger brings extensive development, asset management, finance, strategic planning, restructuring and tax credit experience across a wide range of asset classes including retail, hotel, residential, office, arena and professional sports teams. Mr. Messinger is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He currently serves as chair of the board and on the finance, capital campaign and the real estate committees of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, and he is a member or past member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Coalition, the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, and the New York Hospitality Council.

Daniel C. Bartok

Mr. Bartok has served as a director of the Company since June 2024. Mr. Bartok was appointed to the Board by the Investor in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Purchase Agreement. Since February 2024, Mr. Bartok has been engaged as an independent consultant to Davidson Kempner Hawthorne Partners LLC, which is an affiliate of the Investor. Mr. Bartok has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, and has held senior positions at several companies. Mr. Bartok served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Forestar Group Inc. from December 2017 until his retirement in January 2024. Prior to joining Forestar, he served as Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank as head of its Owned Real Estate Group from 2008 to 2017. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, he founded and served as President of Clarion Realty, Inc., a real estate development company operating across multiple states, with an emphasis on residential land development and homebuilding. Mr. Bartok began his career at Price Waterhouse LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). Mr. Bartok holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Illinois.