
Bernard Berk
Chairman of Board of Directors
CEO
President
Bernard Berk was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company in June 2003, a Director in February 2004 and Chairman of the
Board on May 12, 2004. Mr. Berk has been the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Michael Andrews Corporation, a pharmaceutical
management consultant firm, since 1996. From 1994 until 1996, Mr. Berk was
President and Chief Executive Officer of Nale Pharmaceutical Corporation.
From 1989 until 1994, he was Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and
Business Development of Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Berk holds a
B.S. from New York University.
Barry Dash, Ph.D.
Director
Dr. Barry Dash has been President and Managing Member of Dash
Associates, L.L.C., since 1995, an independent consultant to the pharmaceutical and health
and beauty aid industries. From 1983 to 1996 he was employed by American Home
Products Corporation, its Whitehall-Robins Healthcare Division initially as
Vice President of Scientific Affairs, then Senior Vice President of Scientific
Affairs and then Senior Vice President of Advanced Technologies during which
time he personally supervised six separate departments: Medical and Clinical
Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Affairs, Research and Development, Analytical
R&D and Quality Management/Q.C. He had previously been employed by
the Whitehall Robins Healthcare Division from 1960 to 1976, during which time he
served as Director of Product Development Research, Assistant Vice President of
Product Development and Vice President of Scientific Affairs. Dr. Dash had been
employed by J.B. Williams Company (Nabisco Brands, Inc.) from 1978 to1982,
during which time he helped introduce more than 14 national and test market
brands. From 1976 to1978 he was Vice President, Director of Laboratories of the
Consumer Products Division of American Can Company. He is a director of
GeoPharma, Inc. Dr. Dash holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and M.S.
and B.S. degrees from Columbia University at which he was Assistant Professor at
the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 1956 to 1960. He is a member of the
American Pharmaceutical Association, The American Association for the
Advancement of Science and the Society of Cosmetic Chemist.
Robert J. Levenson
Director
Robert Levenson is currently Managing Member of the Lenox
Capital Group, L.L.C. since 2000. Mr. Levenson was previously an Executive Vice
President of First Data Corporation from 1993 to 2000 and a member of its Board
of Directors from 1992 to 2003. He was Senior Executive Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer, and Member of the Office of the President and Director
of Medco Containment Services, Inc., a provider of managed care prescription
benefits, from October 1990 to December 1992. From 1985 until October 1990, he
was a Group President and Director of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
(ADP-NYSE). Mr. Levenson was a Director of Emisphere Technologies, Inc., a
biopharmaceutical company, from 1998 to 2005, as well as having been a Director
of several other companies, public and private. Mr. Levenson is currently
nominated to be a director of Ceridian Corporation (NYSE: CEN). Mr. Levenson is
a trustee of the Washington Institute, the Jewish Community Federation, and the
Jewish Community Foundation of Metrowest New Jersey.
Veerappan Subramanian, Ph.D.
Director
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Veerappan Subramanian has served as Elite's Chief Scientific
Officer since February 2007 and Director since December 2006. Since December
2006, Dr. Subramanian serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Novel Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Subramanian has been a
pharmaceutical executive since 1981 and a pharmaceutical entrepreneur since
1997, when he formed Kali Laboratories, Inc. ("KALI LABS"). Kali Labs was
acquired by Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2004 and Dr. Subramanian continued to
work as an executive vice president at Par Pharmaceuticals after the
acquisition. Dr. Subramanian ended his relationship
with Par Pharmaceuticals in January 2006. Prior to organizing Kali Labs, Dr.
Subramanian served for 6 years as vice president of scientific affairs for
Zenith Laboratories, Inc. Prior to working with Zenith Laboratories, he was (i)
the Director of New Product Development and Technical Services for Kali Pharma,
Inc., (ii) a Senior Scientist, Commercial Products with Vicks Research Center,
(iii) a Research Pharmacist, Dermatological with Johnson & Johnson and (iv) a
Research Pharmacist in Product Development with E.R. Squibb & Sons. Between 2001
and 2005, Dr. Subramanian served on the board of Generic Pharmaceutical Industry
Association. Dr. Subramanian has a Ph.D. in Pharmacy (1981) from Rutgers
University, a M.S. in Phamaceutics (1973) from Birla Institute of Technology &
Science, and a B.S. in Pharmacy (1971) from Madurai Medical College.
Melvin Van Woert, M.D.
Director
Dr. Melvin Van Woert, a neurologist, has been, since 1974, a member of the staff
of Mount Sinai Medical Center where he has been a Professor of the Department of
Neurology and Pharmacology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine since 1978. Dr. Van
Woert had been a consultant for Neuropharmacological Drug Products to the Food
and Drug Administration from 1974 to 1980; Associate Editor for Journal of the
Neurological Sciences; Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Clinical
Neurphamacology; and Medical Director of National Organization for Rare
Disorders for which he received in 1993 the Humanitarian Award. His other awards
include the U.S. Public Health Service Award for Exceptional Achievement in
Orphan Products
Development and the National Myoclonus Foundation Award. He has authored and
co-authored more than 150 articles appearing in pharmacological, medical and
other professional journals or publications.
Officers:
Mark Gittelman
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary & Treasurer
Mark I. Gittelman, CPA, our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer,
is the President of Gittelman & Co., P.C., an accounting firm. Prior to forming
Gittelman & Co., P.C. in 1984, he worked as a certified public accountant with
the international accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP. Mr. Gittelman holds
a B.S. in accounting from New York University and a Masters of Science in
Taxation from Farleigh Dickinson University. He is a Certified Public Accountant
licensed in New Jersey and New York, and is a member of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA") and the New Jersey State and New York
States Societies of CPAs.