People: Genie Energy Ltd (GNE)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Howard Jonas	58	2011	Independent Chairman of the Board
Ira Greenstein	51	2011	President
Claude Pupkin	50	2011	Chief Executive Officer
James Courter	70	2011	Independent Vice Chairman of the Board
Geoffrey Rochwarger	41	2011	Vice Chairman of the Board
Avi Goldin	34	2011	Chief Financial Officer
Irwin Katsof	57	2012	Independent Director
W. Wesley Perry	55	2011	Independent Director
Alan Rosenthal	58	2011	Independent Director
Allan Sass	72	2011	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Howard Jonas	Mr. Howard S. Jonas is Independent Chairman of the Board of Genie Energy Ltd. He is Co-Vice Chairman of Genie Energy International Corporation since September 2009. Mr. Jonas founded IDT in August 1990, and has served as Chairman of IDT’s Board of Directors since its inception. Mr. Jonas has served as Chief Executive Officer of IDT since October 2009 and from December 1991 until July 2001. Mr. Jonas served as President of IDT from December 1991 through September 1996, and as Treasurer of IDT from inception through 2002. Mr. Jonas has served as the Chairman of the Board of CTM Media Holdings, Inc. since August 2009. Mr. Jonas has also served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDT Telecom from December 1999 to April 2008, as Co-Chairman since April 2008, and as a director of IDT Capital since September 2004. Mr. Jonas served as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDT Entertainment from November 2004 until August 2006. From August 2006 until August 2011, Mr. Jonas served as a director of Starz Media Holdings, LLC, Starz Media, LLC and Starz Foreign Holdings, LLC, each of which is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation. In addition, Mr. Jonas has been a director of IDT Energy since June 2007 and a director of American Shale Oil Corporation since January 2008. Mr. Jonas is the founder and has been President of Jonas Media Group (f/k/a Jonas Publishing) since its inception in 1979. Mr. Jonas was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Net2Phone from October 2001 to October 2004, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Net2Phone from October 2004 to June 2006, and has served as the Chairman of Net2Phone since June 2006. Mr. Jonas received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.
Ira Greenstein	Mr. Ira A. Greenstein is President of Genie Energy Ltd. Mr. Greenstein serves as Counsel to the Chairman of IDT Corporation and had served as the President of IDT from August 2001 until December 2011. He also was a Director of IDT from December 2003 until December 2006. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Greenstein was a partner in the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP from February 1997 to November 1999, where he served as the Chairman of that firm’s New York Office’s Business Department. Concurrently, Mr. Greenstein was General Counsel and Secretary of Net2Phone from January 1999 to November 1999. Prior to 1997, Mr. Greenstein was an associate in the New York and Toronto offices of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Greenstein served on the Securities Advisory Committee and as secondment counsel to the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Greenstein serves on the Boards of Directors of Document Security Systems, Inc. (AMEX:DSS), Ohr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC:OHRP.OB), NanoVibronix, Inc. and Regal Bank of New Jersey. Mr. Greenstein received a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School.
Claude Pupkin	Mr. Claude Pupkin is Chief Executive Officer of Genie Energy Ltd. He served as Executive Vice President of IDT Corporation from December 2008 through October 2011. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of Genie Energy International Corporation since September 2009 and as President, Treasurer and Secretary of AMSO LLC since April 2008. Mr. Pupkin joined IDT in January 2003 and has held several positions with IDT and its affiliates. Previously, Mr. Pupkin served as IDT’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Before joining the parent company, Mr. Pupkin was the Executive Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development for Net2Phone, which was a publicly-traded affiliate of IDT that was fully acquired by IDT in March 2006. In that role, Mr. Pupkin led a follow-on public equity offering for Net2Phone in 2003. Prior to joining Net2Phone, Mr. Pupkin’s career included more than 17 years of finance, investment banking and accounting experience. Immediately prior to joining Net2Phone, Mr. Pupkin led JP Morgan Chase’s Latin America Telecommunications, Media and Technology Investment Banking business. He worked for several years at Morgan Stanley & Co. and Citibank as an investment banker, assisting companies in raising capital from the debt and equity markets and executing strategic transactions. He began his professional career as a CPA with Ernst & Young (formerly Ernst & Whinney). Mr. Pupkin holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.
James Courter	Mr. James A. Courter is an Independent Vice Chairman of the Board of Genie Energy Ltd., since August 2011. Mr. Courter served as President of IDT from October 1996 until July 2001, and as Chief Executive Officer from August 2001 to October 2009. Mr. Courter served as a director of IDT from March 1996 to October 2011and served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDT from March 1999 to October 2011. Mr. Courter has served as Co-Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Genie Energy International Corporation since September 2009. In addition, from December 1999 to October 2009, Mr. Courter served as a director of IDT Telecom and as a director of Net2Phone, and served as a director of IDT Capital from September 2004 to October 2009. Mr. Courter served as the Vice Chairman of IDT Entertainment from November 2003 to August 2006. Mr. Courter has been a senior partner in the New Jersey law firm of Courter, Kobert & Cohen since 1972. He was a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand from January 1994 to September 1996. Mr. Courter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years, retiring in January 1991. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Courter was Chairman of the President’s Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Mr. Courter serves as a director of The Berkeley School. He received a B.A. from Colgate University and a J.D. from Duke University Law School.
Geoffrey Rochwarger	Mr. Geoffrey Rochwarger is Vice Chairman of the Board of Genie Energy Ltd. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of IDT Energy since January 2007 and as Chairman of IDT Energy since June 2007. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Rochwarger served as President and Director of IDT Capital, Inc., the then business incubator for IDT. Prior to 2004, Mr. Rochwarger has held various executive officer positions at IDT Corporation and its affiliates. Mr. Rochwarger received a B.A. in Economics and Psychology at Yeshiva University in 1992. Mr. Rochwarger is not a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Avi Goldin	Mr. Avi Goldin is Chief Financial Officer of Genie Energy Ltd. He served as Vice President of Corporate Development of IDT Corporation from May 2009 through October 2011. Mr. Goldin originally joined IDT in January 2004 and held several positions within IDT and its affiliates before leaving to join CayComm Media Holdings, a privately backed telecommunications acquisition fund, where he served as Vice President, Finance. Mr. Goldin rejoined IDT in May 2009 as Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Goldin served as an Investment Analyst at Dreman Value Management, a $7 billion asset management firm and an Associate in the Satellite Communications group at Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Goldin holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business of New York University, a BA in Finance from the Syms School of Business of Yeshiva University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Irwin Katsof	Mr. Irwin Katsof is Independent Director of Genie Energy Ltd. Mr. Katsof has been a director of CTM Media Holdings, Inc. since October 2010. In 2012, Mr. Katsof founded and currently serves as the managing partner of Katsof Energy Consultants. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Katsof was a partner at Doheny Global Group, a company actively developing renewable energy and real estate projects throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In 2011, Mr. Katsof was appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Ambassador Ron Kirk, the United States Trade Representative to be part of a select group of energy executives to serve on the United States Commerce Department Trade Advisory Board (ITAC 6) to advise the United States Government on International Energy Trade Policy. Since 2009, Mr. Katsof has been associated in various capacities, with New Biomass Energy LLC, an entity that manufactures torrefied wood, a renewable biomass alternative to coal in the United States and Europe. Mr. Katsof is also the Founder, President and past CEO of Global Capital Associates where he developed business and marketing strategy for the company, which provides business development and networking services. From January 2007 to December 2007, Mr. Katsof was the Founder and Chairman of World Congress of Christians, Jews and Muslims International foundation. From January 2004 to December 2006, Mr. Katsof was Founder, Chairman and President of Global Foundation for Democracy International foundation. From January 2001 to December 2005, Mr. Katsof was the Founder and Executive Officer for Words Can Heal International. Mr. Katsof was Founder and Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund from April 1995 to December 2005. Mr. Katsof received his BA in Psychology and Organizational Development from Loyola College — Concordia University, Montreal and his Rabbinical Ordination from Yeshivat Aish Hatorah, Jerusalem.
W. Wesley Perry	Mr. W. Wesley Perry is an Independent Director of Genie Energy Ltd., since October 2011. He has served as a director of GEIC since September 2009. Mr. Perry served as a director of IDT Corporation from September 2010 to October 2011. Mr. Perry owns and operates S.E.S. Investments, Ltd., an oil and gas investment company since 1993. He has served as CEO of E.G.L. Resources, Inc. since July 2008 and served as its President from 2003 to July 2008. Mr. Perry has served as Chairman of the board of directors of Genie Energy International Corporation since September 2009. Mr. Perry has been a director of United Trust Group (OTC:UTGN) since June 2001 and has served on its Audit Committee since June 2002. He has served as a director of American Capitol Insurance Company and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company since 2006. He served as a director of Western National Bank from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Perry served as a councilperson on the Midland City Council from 2002 to 2008. He is the Mayor of Midland, Texas, first elected in November 2007. He is the President of the Milagros Foundation and a board member of the Abel-Hangar Foundation. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from University of Oklahoma.
Alan Rosenthal	Mr. Alan B. Rosenthal is an Independent Director of Genie Energy Ltd., since October 2011. Dr. Rosenthal is the founding and managing partner of ABR Capital Financial Group LLC, an investment fund, founding partner and owner of NorthStar Travel, founding partner of Alaska Business Monthly and founding partner and owner of Master Dental Alliance. Dr. Rosenthal is an assistant clinical professor of Micro-Neurosurgical Treatment of Oral Pathology at New York University. Dr. Rosenthal is a board member of Yeshiva University and served on the board of directors of IDT Corporation from 1994–1996. He has a Bachelors of Science from Rutgers University and a DMD from the University of Pennsylvania.
Allan Sass	Mr. Allan Sass is an Independent Director of Genie Energy Ltd., since October 2011. Mr. Sass is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Oil Shale Corporation, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the technical journal, In-Situ. Mr. Sass has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Cooper Union and a Master of Science and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Yale University.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Howard Jonas	411,354
Ira Greenstein	--
Claude Pupkin	2,226,610
James Courter	--
Geoffrey Rochwarger	2,574,980
Avi Goldin	335,200
Irwin Katsof	--
W. Wesley Perry	--
Alan Rosenthal	--
Allan Sass	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Howard Jonas	0	0
Ira Greenstein	0	0
Claude Pupkin	0	0
James Courter	0	0
Geoffrey Rochwarger	0	0
Avi Goldin	0	0
Irwin Katsof	0	0
W. Wesley Perry	0	0
Alan Rosenthal	0	0
Allan Sass	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
PUPKIN CLAUDE	7,334	$7.21
GOLDIN AVI	676	$7.21
GREENSTEIN IRA A	2,855	$7.21
ROCHWARGER GEOFFREY	6,547	$7.21
ROCHWARGER GEOFFREY	18,000	$0.00
SASS ALLAN	2,920	$7.21
KATSOF IRWIN	2,920	$7.21
PERRY WILLIAM WESLEY	2,920	$7.21
ROSENTHAL ALAN B	2,920	$7.21
JONAS HOWARD S	620,088	$0.00
COURTER JAMES A	37,369	$6.69
GOLDIN AVI	1,343	$6.61
PUPKIN CLAUDE	4,539	$6.61
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	39,857	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	486,813	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	69,140	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	90,594	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00
JONAS HOWARD S	45,867	$0.00

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