Avram A. “Avie” Glazer
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Glazer has served as a director, and as Chairman of the Board, of INNOVATE since May 2020. He is also Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Glazer is the principal of Lancer Capital LLC (“Lancer Capital”) and currently serves as Executive Co-Chairman and Director of Manchester United Plc (NYSE: MANU). Mr. Glazer served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Zapata Corporation, a U.S. public company, from March 1995 to July 2009 and Chairman of the Board of Zapata Corporation from March 2002 to July 2009. He was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of both Safety Components International and Omega Protein Corporation and a member of the board of directors of Specialty Equipment Corporation. Mr. Glazer received a business degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1982. He received a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in 1985.
Warren H. Gfeller
Mr. Gfeller has served as a director of INNOVATE since June 2016, served as interim non-executive Chairman of the Board from April 1, 2020 through May 13, 2020 and is a member of the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees and Chairman of the Compensation Committee. He also served as a director of Global Marine Holdings, LLC, a majority owned subsidiary of INNOVATE from June 2018 through March 2020. Mr. Gfeller has been a member of the board of directors of Gardner Bancshares, Inc. since 1992, where he serves as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, Chairman of the Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Gfeller served as a member of the board of directors of Crestwood Equities Partners LP (NYSE: CEOP) from 2013 through 2023, where he served as Lead Director and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and where he previously served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee. He has served as the Commissioner of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks since 2019 and was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the U.S. Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee (ATAC) for a four-year term beginning January 2021. He served as Lead Director and as a member of the Compensation Committee of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP from 2013 until its merger with Crestwood Equities Partners LP in November 2015. Mr. Gfeller served as Lead Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Inergy Holdings, L.P. from 2001 to 2013, Inergy Midstream Partners from 2011 to 2013 and Inergy Holdings GP LLC from 2005 to 2011. Mr. Gfeller served as Lead Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee of Zapata Corporation from 1997 to 2009, and as Chairman of the Board and a member of the Audit Committee of Duckwall-Alco Stores, Inc. from 2003 to 2009. Mr. Gfeller also served as a director of Houlihan’s Restaurant Group from 1993 to 1998 and as a director of Synergy Gas, Inc. from 1992 to 1995. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ferrellgas, Inc. (now Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE: FGP)) (“Ferrellgas”), a retail and wholesale marketer of propane and other natural gas liquids from 1986 to 1991, and as a Director from 1987 to 1991. Mr. Gfeller began his career with Ferrellgas in 1983, as an executive vice president and financial officer. Prior to joining Ferrellgas, Mr. Gfeller was the Chief Financial Officer of Energy Sources, Inc. from 1978 to 1983 and a Certified Public Accountant at Arthur Young & Co. from 1974 to 1978. Mr. Gfeller received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kansas State University.
Brian S. Goldstein
Amy Wilkinson
Ms. Wilkinson has served as a director of INNOVATE since August 2022 and is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Ms. Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Ingenuity, an entrepreneurship advisory firm for leaders of companies of all sizes, including several Fortune 500 clients. Ms. Wilkinson has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Hut 8 Corp. (f/k/a U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc.) (NASDAQ: HU) since 2022 and served as a Board Observer at consumer technology company Grover from 2019 through 2023. In addition, she is a Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate Business School and is the author of the global bestseller “The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs.” She was previously a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and prior to that, she served as White House Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative. She also held leadership roles at McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, and as founder of Alegre, an international export company. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English and her Master of Arts in Sociology from Stanford University and received her MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.