Hudson Holding Corp. - Board of Directors

Board of Directors The principal occupations for the past five years (and, in some instances, for prior years) of each of our directors and officers are as follows:
Kenneth D. Pasternak Chairman and Director Mr. Pasternak is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chestnut Ridge Capital, LLC, a money management firm that acts as a general partner to investment partnerships since April 2002. Mr. Pasternak also serves as Chairman of KABR Real Estate Investment Partners LLC, a private real estate investment firm he founded in January 2008. From 1995 to January 2002, Mr. Pasternak was with the Knight Capital Group, Inc (ticker: NITE). As co-founder, he served as its Chief Executive Officer from Knight’s formation until January 2002 and as Chairman of its Board of Directors from October 2000 until January 2002. Mr. Pasternak served on the Board of Directors of NASDAQ and the NASD Board of Governors in 2001-2002.
Keith Knox President and Director Mr. Knox has been a director of Hudson and has served as its President since 2004. From January 2003 until joining Hudson, Mr. Knox was a Vice President of Wien Securities, Inc. From 1984 to December 2002, Mr. Knox was a trader with Mayer & Schweitzer and later Schwab Capital Markets, which had been the trading arm of the Charles Schwab Corporation (ticker: SCHW).
Joanne V. Landau Director Ms. Landau has been a director of Hudson since May 2006. Since May 2003, Ms. Landau has been the President of Kurtsam Realty Corp, a privately held regional real estate investment firm founded in 1962. From 2000 to 2002, she was Chief Marketing Officer of Deutsche Asset Management, an investment unit of Deutsche Bank (ticker: DB) and Zurich-Scudder-Investments, a unit of Zurich Financial Services Group (ticker:ZURN). From 1990 to 1999, Ms. Landau was with The Citibank Private Bank/Investments and Citibank Global Asset Management, units of Citigroup (ticker C), of last as a Chief Marketing Officer and Global Marketing Director.
John (Jack) W. Mascone Director Mr. Mascone has been Managing Director of Convertibles and Leveraged Credit since May, 2009 of The Seaport Group, LLC, a privately held firm established in 2001 that provides institutional sales and trading services, investment banking and research and analysis. From April 2002 through February 2009, Mr. Mascone was Head of Convertible Sales and Trading and Senior Convertible Salesperson of Bank of America Securities, a unit of Bank of America Corporation (ticker: BAC).
Anthony Sanfilippo Chief Executive Officer and Director Mr. Sanfilippo has been a director of Hudson and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since October 2009. From June 2007 until joining Hudson, Mr. Sanfilippo was Managing Partner of Etico Capital, a boutique merchant bank he co-founded. From January 2004 to February 2006, he served as head of US Equity Trading for Jefferies & Company, Inc, a subsidiary of Jefferies Group Inc. (ticker: JEF). Mr. Sanfilippo was an employee of Knight Trading Group from November 1997 to June 2003, where he served as President and CEO of Knight Capital Markets (now known as Knight Capital Group, Inc.; ticker:NITE) from November 1997 to June 2003 and as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Knight from January 2002 to May 2002. Mr. Sanfilippo joined Knight when Tradetech Securities, a Company he founded and managed as President and CEO, was acquired by the Trimark Division of Knight in November 1997.
John C. Shaw, Jr. Director John C. Shaw, Jr. has been retired since 2005. From May 2001 to July 2005 he was President of Jefferies Group, Inc (ticker: JEF) and a member of the Board of Directors from January 2000 to July 2005. Mr. Shaw had been with Jefferies & Company, Inc. the firm's principal operating subsidiary, for twenty-three years serving earlier as Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from January 2000 to February 2001, along with a variety of sales and trading functions in the beginning of his tenure.
Peter J. Zugschwert Director Mr. Zugschwert has been a director of Hudson since October 1997. He served as President of Hudson from December 1997 through May 2005 and CEO of Hudson from September 1997 to May 2005. Mr. Zugschwert has been a Private Equity Consultant and Interim CFO for various hardware, software, retail and wind energy development enterprises since 1997.
All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and the election and qualification of their successors. Five of our seven directors are considered "independent" under the SEC's new independence standards. Officers are elected annually by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board. There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers. No director or executive officer has been a director or executive officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy petition or had a bankruptcy petition filed against it. No director or executive officer has been convicted of a criminal offense or is the subject of a pending criminal proceeding. No director or officer has been found by a court to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law. None of our directors or executive officers or their respective immediate family members or affiliates is indebted to us. As of the date of this filing, there is no material proceeding to which any of our directors, executive officers or affiliates is a party or has a material interest adverse to us.