Robert Fagenson has served as a Director of the Company since March 2021 and as Vice Chairman since December 10, 2024. Mr. Fagenson served as a member of the board of directors of National Holdings Corporation (NHLD) and at various periods of time, a publicly traded holding company and its subsidiary, National Securities Corp, a licensed broker-dealer, as its Vice Chairman, CEO and Chairman from March 2012 through December 2024. NHLD was acquired by B. Riley Financial in February 2024. Mr. Fagenson was a branch owner at National Securities Corp, and subsequently at B. Riley Financial through March 2025 when he moved his office and business to Alliance Global Partners, a registered broker dealer. He has also served as president of Fagenson & Co., Inc., a family investment company, since 1982. Mr. Fagenson spent the majority of his career at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where he was managing partner of one of NYSE s largest specialist firms. While at the NYSE, Mr. Fagenson served as a Governor on the trading floor and was elected to the NYSE board of directors in 1993, where he served for six years, eventually becoming vice chairman of the NYSE board of directors from 1998 to 1999 and was re-elected to the Board for 2003 to 2004. Mr. Fagenson has served as director of the New York City Police Museum since 2005 and as director of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation since 2009. He has also served on the board of directors of Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation since 2011 and on the board of directors of New York Edge since 2015 and The New York Service for the Handicapped since 1998. Mr. Fagenson has been Vice President & Treasurer of the New York Centurion Foundation which supports various law enforcement departments and organizations in New York, New Jersey and southern Florida. In addition, Mr. Fagenson served as the non-executive chairman of Document Security Systems, Inc. from 2012 to 2018 (NYSEMKT: DSS). He is currently a member of the alumni boards of the Whitman School of Business at Syracuse University. Mr. Fagenson received his B.S. in Transportation Sciences, Supply Chain Management & Finance from Syracuse University in 1970. Mr. Fagenson s experience in the financial services industry and in senior leadership positions qualifies him to serve as a member of the board and as chairman of the compensation committee.