Decision Makers
Board of Directors
Jonathan Z. Cohen is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Resource America, Inc. Jonathan has been Chief Executive Officer since 2004, President since 2003, and a Director since 2002. Previous roles include Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to 2004, Executive Vice President from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2001. In addition, he has been Vice Chairman of the Managing Board of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC since its formation in 1999 and Vice Chairman and a Director of Atlas America, Inc. since its formation in 2000. Since 2003 he has been the general partner of Castine Partners, L.P., a financial services hedge fund. Mr. Cohen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctor degree from American University's Washington College of Law. Mr. Cohen is a son of Edward E. Cohen.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
President |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners LP |
Vice Chairman & General Partner |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Senior Officer |
Current |
| Atlas Energy Resources, LLC |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Atlas Energy Management, Inc. |
Vice Chairman of the Board |
Current |
| Atlas America, Inc. |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| LEAF Financial Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| RAIT Financial Trust |
Vice Chairman & Secretary |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners LP |
President, CEO |
Former |
| Resource Properties, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners LP |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| RAIT Financial Trust |
Secretary |
Former |
| American University |
Juris Doctor Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
President |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Apidos |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Eaton Vance Management |
Cdo Portfolio Manager |
Former |
| Bank of Boston |
Vice President |
Former |
| Mjx Asset Management LLC |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
Senior Portfolio Manager |
Former |
| Mjx Asset Management LLC |
Manager |
Former |
| Eaton Vance Management |
Head Par Loan Trader |
Former |
| Boston University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University |
M.S. In Chemistry |
Former |
| St. Lawrence University |
B.S. |
Former |
President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of LEAF Financial since January 2002. Mr. Herman held various senior operational offices with Fidelity Leasing, Inc. and its successor from 1998 to 2001, ending as Senior Vice President. From 1990 to 1998, he held various operational, marketing, program management, business development and sales positions with Tokai Financial, most recently as Director as Capital Markets. Before that, he served as Vice President, Operations and Sales at LSI Leasing Services, Inc. from 1989 to 1990, and as a manager of operations at Master Lease Corporation from 1984 to 1989.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since June 2006. Mr. Bryant brings twenty five years of real estate industry accounting and SEC financial reporting experience to RCC. Prior to joining RCC, Mr. Bryant was Senior Vice-President, Real Estate Services, at Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) for one year. Before that Mr. Bryant served as Senior Vice-President and Treasurer at PREIT for five years. Prior to that he served as Vice President, Financial Services, at PREIT Rubin, Inc., and The Rubin Organization, Inc.
Senior Vice President since 2005 and Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since 1998. Vice President from 1998 to 2005. Attorney at Duane Morris LLP (an international law firm) from 1994 to 1998.
Jeffrey F. Brotman has been a Director of LEAF Financial since April 2008. Mr. Brotman has also been Executive Vice President of Resource America since June 2007. Mr. Brotman was a co-founder of Ledgewood, P.C. (a Philadelphia-based law firm) and was affiliated with the firm from 1992 until June 2007, serving as its managing partner from 1995 until March 2006. Mr. Brotman is also a non-active Certified Public Accountant and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Mr. Brotman was Chairman of the Board of Directors of TRM Corporation (a publicly-traded consumer services company) from September 2006 until September 2008 and was its President and Chief Executive Officer from March 2006 through June 2007.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Adjunct Prof |
Current |
| LEAF Financial Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| TRM Corporation |
Chairman of The Board of Directors |
Former |
David E. Bloom, President. Mr. Bloom also serves Senior Vice President of Resource America, the parent company of Resource Real Estate. From 1999 to 2001 Mr. Bloom was a Senior Vice President of Colony Capital, LLC, a Los Angeles-based real estate fund as well as a Principal of Colony Capital Asia Pacific. While at Colony, Mr. Bloom established the firm's operations in South Korea, which acquired and managed a portfolio of non-performing real estate loans with a face value in excess of $1 billion. From 1998 to 1999 Mr. Bloom was a Director at Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, a New York based real estate investment bank. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Bloom practiced law in the real estate and corporate departments of Wilkie Farr & Gallagher in New York and Drinker Biddle & Reath in Philadelphia. Mr. Bloom began his real estate career in 1987 as an Acquisitions and Development Associate with Strouse, Greenberg & Company, a regional full-service real estate company. Mr. Bloom received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Public Policy from Ursinus College and a Juris Doctor with high honors from Rutgers University School of Law.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource Real Estate |
President |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
President |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Greenberg, Inc. |
Development Associate |
Current |
| Resource Properties, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Colony Capital, LLC |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Senior Vice President, Real Estate Investments |
Former |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher Llp |
Attorney |
Former |
| The Colony |
|
Former |
| Sonnenblick-Goldman, LLC |
Director |
Former |
| Rutgers School of Law |
Juris Doctor With High Honors |
Former |
| Ursinus College |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In American Public Policy |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Vice President, Real Estate Investments |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
President, Resource Capital Partners & Vice President |
Current |
| Resource Real Estate |
Officer |
Current |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Barclays Capital |
Associate |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Managing Director of Apidos Capital Management |
Current |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
Portfolio Manager, Managing Director |
Current |
| McKay and Company |
Research Associate |
Former |
| Fordham University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Rutgers College |
B.A. In Economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Creative Logistics Solutions |
Vice President Software Development & Cto |
Current |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Managing Director of Rffm |
Current |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ischus Capital Management, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ischus Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Trenwith Securities, LLC |
President |
Former |
| Trenwith Securities, LLC |
Vice President |
Former |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
Operating Officer |
Former |
| Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd. |
Associate |
Former |
| Digital Electronics Corporation |
|
Former |
| New York University School of Law |
J.D. |
Former |
| Harvard University |
B.A. |
Former |
Prior to joining Apidos in July 2005, Mr. Stelwagon was on the investment committee of Babson Capital Management's Bank Loan team and held a variety of positions including Head of Loan Research. He joined Babson Capital in June 2002 as a result of the company's acquisition of First Union Institutional Debt Management ("IDM"), where he was Head of Loan Research. Prior to joining IDM, he was a Director and Group Credit Officer at Societe Generale where he was responsible for primary level credit approval and portfolio management for the bank's Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta regional offices. Before that, he was a Relationship Manager in Societe Generale's East Coast Region. Prior to joining Societe Generale, he worked in National Australia Bank's Loan Restructuring Group. Prior to joining National Australia Bank, he was a Credit Analyst at CoreStates/New Jersey National Bank. He holds a B.A. from Lafayette College and is a CFA charterholder.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Apidos Capital Management, LLC |
Portfolio Manager, Managing Director |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Managing Director of Apidos Capital Management |
Current |
| Lafayette College |
B.A. |
Former |
Director of Marketing and Investor Relations. Ms. Kamdar is responsible for coordinating fundraising and investor relations for Resource America, Inc. and its affiliates. Before joining Resource America, Inc., Ms. Kamdar worked with Sigma Capital, an S.A.C. hedge fund, and prior to that she worked at Bear, Stearns & Company. She received both an M.B.A. and B.S. in economics, magna cum laude, from The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Director of Marketing and Investor Relations |
Current |
| Sigma Capital, Inc |
|
Former |
Brooke N. Bennett is a Broker with Resource America, Inc., a real estate brokerage firm owned by Resource Development, Inc. Resource America is involved in land acquisition and sales, leasing of commercial space, and property management for Jester properties. Ms. Bennett has worked for Jester-related entities for the past fi ve years and currently holds her Missouri Real Estate Brokers license. Ms. Bennett also has ten years of experience in the food, beverage and hospitality industry with Harlequin Dining, Applebee's, Interactive Hotel Solutions and Rio Bravo. As a result, she brings particular expertise in meeting the needs of tenants and prospective tenants from the dining, entertainment and hotel sectors. In addition to her advanced brokerage license, Ms. Bennett holds a B.S. in Administrative Management from Missouri State University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource Development, Inc. |
Broker |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Broker |
Current |
| Missouri State University |
B.S. In Administrative Management |
Former |
Edward E. Cohen has been our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since our formation in 2006. He has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Atlas America since its formation in September 2000. He has been Chairman of the Board of Resource America, Inc. (a publicly-traded specialized asset management company) since 1990 and was its Chief Executive Officer from 1988 until 2004, and President from 2000 until 2003. In addition, Mr. Cohen has been Chairman of the Managing Board of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., since its formation in 1999, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Pipeline Holdings GP, LLC, the general partner of Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P., since its formation in January 2006. He is also Chairman of the Board of Resource Capital Corp. (a publicly-traded real estate investment trust) since its formation in September 2005, a Director of TRM Corporation (a publicly-traded consumer services company) since 1998 and Chairman of the Board of Brandywine Construction & Management, Inc. (a property management company) since 1994.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. |
Chairman & CEO |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Atlas America, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Atlas Energy Resources, LLC |
Chairman & CEO |
Current |
| Atlas Energy Management, Inc. |
CEO |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
President |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners LP |
Chairman CEO & President |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Current |
| Atlas America, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Brandywine Construction & Management |
Chairman of the Board |
Current |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC |
Chairman |
Current |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Director |
Current |
| Atlas Energy Management, Inc. |
Vice Chairman of the Board |
Current |
| Atlas America, Inc. |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Resource Properties, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| ACCESS TO MONEY, INC. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Atlas Energy Ltd |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Resource Capital Corp. |
Chairman and Director |
Former |
| ACCESS TO MONEY, INC. |
President |
Former |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners LP |
General Partner |
Former |
| Atlas Energy Management, Inc. |
Manager |
Former |
| Atlas Energy Ltd |
Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| RAIT Financial Trust |
Secretary |
Former |
| RAIT Financial Trust |
Vice Chairman |
Former |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC |
Vice Chairman |
Former |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners LP |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| ACCESS TO MONEY, INC. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
Senior Principal of Resource Financial Institutions Group, Inc. (RFIG) since 2005, and Senior Vice President of (RFFM) since 2004 and Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Trapeza Capital Management, LLC, since 2005. Prior to joining Resource America, Mr. Govindan was Principal of Beehive Ventures, LLC, a Deutsche Bank-seeded early stage private equity firm investing in companies providing products and services to the financial services industry. Prior to that, he served as Director of Corporate Development for IQ Financial Systems, Inc., a DB Ventures portfolio company. Mr. Govindan began his career structuring and selling fixed income derivatives at Bankers Trust.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Geo Genesis Group, Inc. |
Chairman, Advisory Board |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Global Sealand Development Ltd. |
Director |
Current |
| Herley-CTI |
Director |
Current |
| Economic Development |
Assistant Secretary |
Former |
| Economic Development |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Inter-American Development Bank |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| The Catholic University of America |
Master of City and Regional Planning |
Former |
| Michigan State University |
BS In Building Construction Management |
Former |
| U.S. Naval Postgraduate School |
Diploma In Engineering Science |
Former |
Mr. Kozlov is a partner in the law firm WolfBlock's Business Litigation Practice Group, a member of the Executive Committee and the Managing Partner of the firm's Cherry Hill, N.J. office.
Jeffrey C. Simmons has been an Executive Vice President since January 2001 and was a director from January 2002 until February 2004. Mr. Simmons has been a Senior Vice President of Atlas Energy Management since its formation in June 2006 and Executive Vice President of Operations and a director of Atlas Resources since January 2001. Mr. Simmons has been a Senior Vice President of Atlas Energy Resources since April 2007. Mr. Simmons was a Vice President of Resource America from April 2001 until May 2004. Mr. Simmons joined Resource America in 1986 as a senior petroleum engineer and has served in various executive positions with its and our energy subsidiaries since then.
President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Ischus Capital Management LLC (Ischus), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RFFM. Before Joining Ischus, Mr. Sullivan headed up the trading of all structured finance, RMBS, and CMBS product for State Street Research and Management Company of Boston, MA. Mr. Sullivan has been the head of residential credit at Ischus Capital for the previous four years leading up to his current role. Mr. Sullivan is a CFA charter holder and a member of the Boston Securities Analysts Society. Mr. Sullivan has a B.S. in Finance from Providence College where he was a member of the Liberal Arts Honors Program.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Providence College |
B.S. In Finance |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Medi-Promotions, Inc. |
Vice President Sales |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Vice President of Sales and Marketing |
Former |
| Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Resource America, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
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