PubliCARD Inc.

Harry I. Freund was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in a Jewish family with one brother. He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a BS in Ecomomics. Freund is currently Chairman of Balfour Investors Incorporated, a merchant banking firm, Chairman of the Board of PubliCARD, Inc. and Vice Chairman of the Board of Glasstech, Inc. Freund is an active member of American Friends of Shavei Israel, The Jewish Book Council, National Jewish Outreach Program, American Friends of Shalva and was the founder of the American Friends of Selah, a group which helps new immigrants in Israel. Freund now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with his wife, Dr. Matta Freund. They are the parents of three children, and five grandchildren. His mother, the late Dr. Miriam Freund-Rosenthal, was National President of Hadassah. This is Freund's first novel and is based on the lively, moneyed life of his affluent Jewish neighbors in Manhattan.

Lawrence G. Schafran , a Director since December 2006, has extensive experience in the financial markets and corporate governance and is a member of the Board of Directors of several other publicly-traded companies. Mr. Schafran currently is a Managing Director of Providence Capital, Inc., a private New York City based activist investment firm, and a Co-Managing Partner of Providence Recovery Partners LLC, which manages a New York based investment fund. He has filled these positions since July 2003 and March 2003, respectively. From 1999 through 2002, Mr. Schafran served as Trustee, Chairman/Interim-CEO/President and Co- Liquidating Trustee of the Special Liquidating Trust of Banyan Strategic Realty Trust. He also currently serves in the following roles: Director and Audit Committee Chairman of RemoteMDx, Inc., Tarragon Corporation, and PubliCARD, Inc.; Director and Audit Committee member of Nat'l Patent Development Corp. and Electro-Energy Inc. In recent years, Mr. Schafran has served in other capacities, including as a Director of COMSAT, Inc. and Shoppers Food Warehouse, Inc., and Chairman of the Executive Committees of Dart Group Corporation and its publicly traded subsidiaries.