Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Stenzler is a co-founder of Kidville and has served as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and managing member since its inception in 2003. Mr. Stenzler has been Longfoot’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since August 2008. Previously, Mr. Stenzler served as the Managing Partner of Solofts, a real estate company acquired by The Corcoran Group, from 2003 through 2004. Prior to Solofts, Mr. Stenzler spent nine years as co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cosí Inc. Mr. Stenzler graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Engineering Degree and from the Stern School of Business with a Masters of Business Administration. Andy Stenzler is married to Shari Misher Stenzler.
President and Secretary
Mr. Harwood is a co-founder of Kidville and has served as its President since its inception in 2003. Mr. Harwood has served as President and Secretary of Longfoot since August 2008. Prior to joining Kidville, Mr. Harwood held many managerial positions with Cosí Inc. between 1995 and 2003, including its Director of Marketing. Mr. Harwood graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Economics and Italian and graduated from the Stern School of Business with a Masters in Business Administration in August 2008.
Chief Concept Officer
Mrs. Stenzler is a co-founder of Kidville and serves as its Chief Concept Officer. Mrs. Stenzler has served as the Chief Concept Officer of Longfoot since August 2008. Mrs. Stenzler is the co-founder and, since its inception in 1999, has served as Chairman of London Misher Public Relations, a public relations firm specializing in brand development, special events and marketing for charitable organizations and corporations. Mrs. Stenzler is a member of the PBS Next Generation Media Advisory Board and the New York Board of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is also on the Board of the Center for Arts Education, which funds partnerships between public schools and community art organizations to develop arts education programs in New York City Public Schools. Mrs. Stenzler received a Bachelors of Science Degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and a Masters in Film and Media from New York University. Shari Misher Stenzler is married to Andy Stenzler.
Chief Financial Officer
On September 8, 2008, Mr. Giuseppe (Joe) Soccodato, CPA, was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Kidville. Joe served as Chief Financial Officer of SandB Industries Inc., a discount retailer and major licensor of sports and entertainment properties, from 2004 to 2008. He served as Controller/Chief Accounting Officer of Newtek Capital, Inc., a publicly traded venture capital company from 2000 to 2004.
Director
Mr. Hamm is a co-founder of Kidville and has served as a director since 2004. Mr. Hamm has served as a director of Longfoot since August 2008. Since 1996, Mr. Hamm has been a partner and CEO of Garage Management Corporation, a $150 million major parking/real estate company in Manhattan with over 70 locations. He is also a partner in various New York real estate ventures and restaurants. Mr. Hamm sits on the Board of Trustees for the Teamster Local 272 Pension and Welfare Fund and is a member of various coop boards in Manhattan. Mr. Hamm is also a vice president of the Metropolitan Parking Association of New York City and a Councilman in his home town of Ho-Ho-Kus. Mr. Hamm graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1987 with a BA in Computer Science and Business and now serves on the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Foundation and the National Fund Raising Campaign at Bowling Green State University.
Director
Mr. Misher has served as a director of Kidville since June 2008, and he has been a director of Longfoot since August 2008. For the past five years, Mr. Misher has served as special counsel with the law firm, McCarter & English, LLP. Mr. Misher also previously served as a director of Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ: LCUT), a leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tabletop and home décor products, located in Garden City, New York. Sheldon Misher is the father of Shari Misher Stenzler.
Director
Ms. Chapman has served as a director of Kidville since June 2008 and has been associated with Kidville since its inception in 2003. Ms. Chapman has served as a director of Longfoot since August 2008. Since 2003, Ms. Chapman has held various positions with, and is presently an executive vice president of, the Chapman Group, a company that operates and invests in real estate and parking garages (GMC Parking), and in diversified enterprises in the United States and abroad. Ms. Chapman attended Spence School in Manhattan and received a degree in psychology from Bates College.
Director
Mr. Rubin has served as a director of Longfoot since November 2007 and as a director of Kidville since July 2008. Since May 2007, Mr. Rubin has served as Executive Vice President — Administration of OPKO Health, Inc. and a director of OPKO since February 2007. Mr. Rubin served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of IVAX from August 2001 until September 2006. Prior to joining IVAX, Mr. Rubin was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary with privately-held Telergy, Inc., a provider of business telecommunications and diverse optical network solutions, from early 2000 to August 2001. In addition, he was with the Miami law firm of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson from 1986 to 2000, in the Corporate and Securities Department. Mr. Rubin had been a shareholder of that firm since 1991 and a director since 1998. Mr. Rubin currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Dreams, Inc. (AMEX: DRJ), a vertically integrated sports licensing and products company, SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: SFES), a medical device company, Ideation Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: IDI.U), a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring businesses in digital media, Modigene, Inc. (OTCBB: MODG), a development stage biopharmaceutical company and Neovasc, Inc. (TSX: NVC), a medical device company.
Director
Dr. Uppaluri has served as a director of Longfoot since November 2007 and as a director of Kidville since July 2008. Since May 2007, Dr. Uppaluri has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of OPKO Health, Inc. and was a director of OPKO from February 9, 2007 through March 27, 2007. Dr. Uppaluri served as the Vice President, Strategic Planning and Treasurer of IVAX from 1997 until December 2006. Before joining IVAX, from 1987 to August 1996, Dr. Uppaluri was Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer with Intercontinental Bank, a publicly traded commercial bank in Florida. In addition, he served in various positions, including Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Controller, at Peninsula Federal Savings & Loan Association, a publicly traded Florida S&L, from October 1983 to 1987. His prior employment, during 1974 to 1983, included engineering, marketing and research positions with multinational companies and research institutes in India and the United States. Dr. Uppaluri currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ideation Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: IDI.U), a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring businesses in digital media.
Director
Mr. Seid has served as a director of Longfoot since August 2008 and as a director of Kidville since July 2008. In September 1987, Mr. Seid founded Michael H. Seid & Associates, LLC, formerly known as Growth Decisions), a leading domestic and international franchise advisory firm of which Mr. Seid is the managing director. Mr. Seid has over 25 years experience as a senior operations and financial executive or consultant for companies within the franchise, retail, restaurant, hospitality and service industries.