Howard Brod Brownstein is a nationally-known turnaround professional, and is the President of Brownstein Corporation, which provides turnaround management and advisory services, as well as investment banking, fiduciary services, litigation consulting, investigations and valuation services. He regularly serves on the boards of directors of public and private companies, and recent board roles include A.M. Castle (OTCQB: CASL), PICO Holdings (Nasdaq: PICO) (Audit Chair/designated Sarbanes-Oxley Financial Expert), and P&F Industries (Nasdaq: PFIN) (Nominating/Governance Chair, Strategic Planning & Risk Assessment Chair). He is a Certified Turnaround Professional, and has been named a “Board Leadership Fellow” by the National association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and is immediate Past President/Chair of the NACD Philadelphia Chapter. He has authored over 100 articles and textbook chapters, is a Contributing Editor at two publications, and is a regular guest-lecturer at Harvard Business School, Wharton, NYU and elsewhere. Mr. Brownstein received JD and MBA degrees at Harvard, and B.S. (Wharton) and B.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.