Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Dari Marder |
CMO |
| Warren Clamen |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Andrew Tarshis |
Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
| David Conn |
Executive Vice President |
| Lanie Pilnock |
Senior Vice President, Brand Mgmt |
| Carolyn D'Angelo |
Vice President, Brand Mgmt |
| Gary Klein |
Vice President, Finance |
| Kenneth Richard |
Vice President, Marketing |
| Kimberly Lee Minor |
Vice President, Brand Mgmt |
| Neal Seideman |
Vice President, Business Dev |
| Yehuda Shmidman |
Vice President, Business Dev |
| Jaime Sheinheit |
Director of Strategic Development |
| Maria Dolgetta |
Director, Public Rel |
| Tara Taff Levy |
Manager, Pr |
| Joseph Teklits |
Coordinator, Corp Relations |
| F Peter Cuneo |
Director |
Board of Directors
Neil Cole founded the company in 1992 and has served as the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since February 23, 1993. Mr. Cole also served as Chairman of the Board, President, Treasurer and a director of New Retail Concepts, Inc. ("NRC"), a publicly held licensing company, from its inception in 1986 until it was merged with and into the Company in August 1998. Mr. Cole founded and serves as Chairman of the Board of the Candie’s Foundation, a public charity dedicated to educating teens about the consequences of teen pregnancy. Mr. Cole is an attorney who graduated from Hofstra law school in 1982.
Dari Marder has been working for the Company in various creative capacities since its inception. Ms. Marder began her career with Neil Cole in 1987 as Director of Advertising and Public Relations for New Retail Concepts, Inc. She has been the creative force behind several notorious campaigns including the Donna Rice endorsement for "No Excuses" jeans and Jenny McCarthy’s controversial time spent on the toilet advertising Candie’s slides. Ms. Marder currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer. She graduated from The Fashion Institute of Technology and began her career at Playboy Enterprises in the role of assistant to the Fashion Editor of Playboy Magazine. Ms. Marder is one of the founders of The Candie’s Foundation, a public charity dedicated to educating teens about the consequences of teen pregnancy. For more information on Dari Marder, please contact her preferred publicist, her mother.
Warren Clamen has served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 11, 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Clamen served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since joining the Company in March 2005. From June 2000 until March 2005, Mr. Clamen served as Vice President of Finance for Columbia House, one of the world's largest licensees of content for music and film, and from December 1998 to June 2000, he was Vice President of Finance of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. a publicly traded entertainment company active in motion pictures, television, publishing, licensing and toys. Prior to that time, Mr. Clamen served as the Director, International Management for Biochem Pharma Inc., a public company located in Montreal, Canada that has its shares traded on NASDAQ, and as a Senior Manager at Richter, Usher and Vineberg, an accounting firm also located in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Clamen is a certified public accountant and a chartered accountant. He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1986 and a Graduate Diploma in public accounting in 1988, each from McGill University in Montreal.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Bmg Columbia House |
Vice President of Finance |
Former |
| Marvel Entertainment, Inc. |
Vice President of Finance |
Former |
| McGill University |
Bachelor of Commerce and Graduate Diploma In Public Accounting |
Former |
Andrew Tarshis has served as the Company's Executive Vice President and General Counsel since November 11, 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Tarshis served as the Company's Senior Vice President and General Counsel since September 2006. From July 2005, when he joined the Company in connection with its acquisition of the Joe Boxer brand, until September 2006, he served as the Company's Senior Vice President, business affairs and associate counsel. Prior to joining the Company, from May 2001 to July 2005, Mr. Tarshis served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to Windsong Allegiance Group, LLC and, from December 1998 to May 2001, he served as a general attorney for Toys R Us, Inc. Mr. Tarshis received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1988 and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1992.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
Current |
| University of Connecticut School of Law |
Juris Doctor Degree |
Former |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
Bachelor of Arts Degree |
Former |
Barry Emanuel has served on the Company's Board of Directors since May 1993. For more than the past five years, Mr. Emanuel has served as president of Copen Associates, Inc., a textile manufacturer located in New York, New York. Mr. Emanuel was a director of New Retail Concepts, Inc. from 1992 until its merger with the Company in 1998. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1962.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Copen Associates, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Drew Cohen has served on our Board of Directors since April 2004. He is the General Manager of Music Theatre International, which represents the dramatic performing rights of classic properties, such as "West Side Story" and "Fiddler on the Roof," and licenses over 50,000 performances a year around the world. Before joining Music Theatre International in September 2002, Mr. Cohen was, from July 2001, the Director of Investments for Big Wave NV, an investment management company, and, prior to that, General Manager for GlassNote Records, an independent record company. Mr. Cohen received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University in 1990, his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham Law School in 1993, and a Masters degree in business administration from Harvard Business School in 2001.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Fordham University Law School |
Juris Doctor |
Former |
| Tufts University |
Bachelor of Science Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC |
|
Current |
| Marvel Entertainment, Inc. |
Vice Chairman of The Board of Directors |
Current |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Marvel Enterprises LLC |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Marvel Enterprises LLC |
President |
Former |
| Cortec Group, Inc. |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Alfred University |
Undergraduate Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Circuit City Stores, Inc. |
Interim President & Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Circuit City Stores, Inc. |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ultimate Electronics, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Marshalls, Inc. |
Cfo |
Former |
| Marshalls, Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC |
Operating Partner & Operating Executive |
Former |
| Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC |
Operating Executive |
Former |
| Ultimate Electronics, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Circuit City Stores, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Southern Connecticut State University |
Bachelor's Degree |
Former |
Mark Friedman has served as one of our directors since October 2006. He has been the Managing Partner of Trilea Partners LLC, an investment and consulting firm, since May 2006. From July 1996 to May 2006, he was with Merrill Lynch, where he served in various capacities including, most recently, as group head of its U.S. equity research retail team where he specialized in analyzing and evaluating specialty retailers in the apparel, accessory and home goods segments. From June 1995 to July 1996, he specialized in similar services for Lehman Brothers Inc. and from August 1990 to June 1995 in a similar capacity with Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Friedman has been ranked on the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team as one of the top-rated sector analysts. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan in 1986 and a Masters degree in business administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1990.
Steven B. Mendelow has been a Principal with Konigsberg Wolf and Company since 1983. Konigsberg Wolf & Co. P.C. is one of the oldest and most distinguished mid-sized certified public accounting and consulting practices in the New York metropolitan area serving corporate needs in the areas of: capital formation, audit, tax, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial planning. Mr. Mendelow specializes in unique transactions, family wealth building and generational matters, and financial restructuring. He serves as advisor to the chairman of a New York Stock Exchange company, and also as advisor to the chairman of an American Stock Exchange company. Steve serves as a Board member with several public and privately-held companies. Mr. Mendelow has played an integral role in the development of numerous growth-oriented companies and has provided strategic and tactical consulting to many established organizations. He has served as treasurer of his co-op board for more than ten years. He is a board member of Soldiers For The Truth and a trustee of The Washington Institute for Near East Studies. Along with his wife Nancy, he is actively involved in the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to making a world of difference for seriously ill children and their families and the Foundation Fighting Blindness whose mission is to support research for an entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases. Steve received his B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from Bucknell University in 1964 and was elected to Delta Mu Delta, the National Economics Honor Society.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Konigsberg Wolf and Company |
Principal |
Current |
| Soldiers |
Board Member |
Current |
| America's Back |
Director |
Current |
| Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Fraxel Laser |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Solta Medical, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation |
Treasurer |
Current |
| Reliant Technologies, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Biopharma Scientific, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| NYSE Group, Inc. |
Advisor |
Former |
| The American Stock Exchange LLC |
Advisor |
Former |
| Bucknell University |
B.S. In Business Administration |
Former |