Corporate Board Profile
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| 2011-09-01 | Lawrence Waldman, age 64, is a certified public accountant and is currently the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development of the accounting firm Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP. He has over thirty-five years of experience in public accounting, including over thirty years experience as an audit partner serving a wide range of clients. Prior to joining Holtz Rubenstein, Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he began his career in 1972. Mr. Waldman is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority and serves on the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees. He is currently the Treasurer of the Long Island Association as well as a member of its Board of Directors and Chairman of the Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Waldman is a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of each of the Long Island Angel Network and the Advanced Energy Research Center at Stony Brook University and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Hofstra University Frank G. Zarb School of Business. Mr. Waldman received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Hofstra University where he is also an adjunct professor. Mr. Waldman currently serves as an expert member on our Audit Committee. |
| 2012-05-22 | Lawrence J. Waldman, age 65, has served as a director since March 2011 and is certified public accountant. Mr. Waldman is currently the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development of the accounting firm EisnerAmper. He has over thirty-five years of experience in public accounting, including thirty years experience as an audit partner serving a wide range of clients. Prior to joining EisnerAmper, Mr. Waldman was the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP. Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he started at in 1972. Mr. Waldman is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority and serves on the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees. He is currently the Treasurer of the Long Island Association as well as a member of its Board of Directors and Chairman of the Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Waldman is a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of each of the Long Island Angel Network and the Advanced Energy research Center at Stony Brook University and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Hofstra University Frank G. Zarb School of Business. Mr. Waldman received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Hofstra University where he is also an adjunct professor. Mr. Waldman currently also serves as an expert member as Chairman of our Audit Committee and as its financial expert. With his more than 35 years of accounting and auditing experience, together with his extensive service on various boards, Mr. Waldman is uniquely qualified to serve on our Board of Directors. |
| 2013-05-31 | Lawrence J. Waldman, age 66, has served as a director since March 2011 and is certified public accountant... Mr. Waldman currently also serves as Chairman of our Audit Committee and as its financial expert. |
| 2014-06-09 | Lawrence J. Waldman, age 67, has served as a director since March 2011... Chairman of the Audit Committee and financial expert... Governance and Nominating Committee... Compensation Committee... Compensation of Non-Employee Directors... Total $49,870 |
| 2015-05-29 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA age 68, is one of our independent directors and serves as our Lead Independent Director, the Chair of our Audit Committee and as a member of our Compensation Committee and our Governance and Nominating Committee... Director compensation table shows total compensation of $66,840 for 2014. |
| 2016-06-10 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 69, has served as a director since 2011 and he is currently the Chair of our audit committee and Lead Independent Director of the Board... Compensation of Non-Employee Directors... Lawrence Waldman... Total($) 84,675 |
| 2017-07-28 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 70, Director, Lead Independent Director, Chair of Audit Committee... Director compensation table shows total compensation of $80,906. |
| 2017-08-07 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 70, has served as a director since 2011 and is currently the Chair of our audit committee and Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Waldman has over thirty-five years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Waldman currently serves as a senior advisor to First Long Island Investors, LLC, an investment and wealth management firm since May 2016. Prior to that Mr. Waldman served as an advisor to the accounting firm of EisnerAmper LLP, where he was previously the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Long Island since September 2011. Prior to joining EisnerAmper LLP, Mr. Waldman was the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP from July 2006 to August 2011. Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he began his career in 1972. Mr. Waldman was elected to the Board of Directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. in August of 2015 and since December 2015, serves as Chair of its audit committee. In October 2016, Mr. Waldman was appointed and subsequently in December 2016 elected to the Board of Directors of CVD Equipment Corporation, and serves as a member of the audit committee and Chair of the compensation committee. Mr. Waldman serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Northstar/RXR Metro Income Fund, a non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust and has served as a member of its audit committee since 2014. Mr. Waldman also served as a member of the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees and as chair of its audit committee, until March 2017. Mr. Waldman is also the Chair of the Supervisory Committee of Bethpage Federal Credit Union. He previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority and as Chair and a member of the finance and audit committee of its Board of Trustees. Mr. Waldman meets the definition of a financial expert as defined by the SEC and NYSE MKT. |
| 2018-07-27 | Lawrence J. Waldman, age 71, has served as a director since 2011 and is currently the Chair of our audit committee and Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Waldman has over thirty-five years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Waldman currently serves as a senior advisor to First Long Island Investors, LLC, an investment and wealth management firm since May 2016. Prior to that Mr. Waldman served as an advisor to the accounting firm of EisnerAmper LLP, where he was previously the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Long Island since September 2011. Prior to joining EisnerAmper LLP, Mr. Waldman was the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP from July 2006 to August 2011. Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he began his career in 1972. Mr. Waldman was elected to the Board of Directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. in August of 2015 and since December 2015, serves as Chair of its audit committee. In October 2016, Mr. Waldman was appointed and subsequently in December 2016 elected to the Board of Directors of CVD Equipment Corporation, and serves as a member of the audit committee and Chair of the compensation committee. Mr. Waldman serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Northstar/RXR Metro Income Fund, a non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust and has served as a member of its audit committee since 2014. Mr. Waldman is also the Chair of the Supervisory Committee of Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Mr. Waldman also served as a member of the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees and as chair of its audit committee. He previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority and as Chair and a member of the finance and audit committee of its Board of Trustees. Mr. Waldman meets the definition of a financial expert as defined by the SEC and NYSE American. |
| 2019-06-21 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 72, has served as a director since March2011 and is currently the Chair of our audit committee and Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Waldman has over thirty-five years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Waldman currently serves as a senior advisor to First Long Island Investors, LLC, an investment and wealth management firm since May 2016. Prior to that Mr. Waldman served as an advisor to the accounting firm of EisnerAmper LLP, where he was previously the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Long Island since September 2011. Prior to joining EisnerAmper LLP, Mr. Waldman was the Partner-in-Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP from July 2006 to August 2011. Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he began his career in 1972. Mr. Waldman was elected to the Board of Directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. in August of 2015 and since December 2015, serves as Chair of its audit committee. In October 2016, Mr. Waldman was appointed and subsequently in December 2016 elected to the Board of Directors of CVD Equipment Corporation, and serves as the Chair of the audit committee and as Lead Independent Director Mr. Waldman serveed through October 2018 as a member of the Board of Directors of Northstar/RXR Metro Income Fund, a non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust and has served as a member of its audit committee since 2014. Mr. Waldman is also the Chair of the Supervisory Committee of Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Mr. Waldman also served as a member of the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees and as chair of its audit committee. He previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority and as Chair and a member of the finance and audit committee of its Board of Trustees. Mr. Waldman meets the definition of a financial expert as defined by the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. |
| 2020-06-26 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 73, Director, Audit Committee Chair, and Lead Independent Director since March 2011... Compensation of Non-Employee Directors: Lawrence J. Waldman total compensation $218,368. |
| 2021-06-25 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 74, Director, Audit Committee Chair, and Lead Independent Director since March 2011... The following is a table showing the director compensation for the year ended December 31, 2020: Lawrence J. Waldman $142,401 total compensation. |
| 2022-06-24 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 75, Director since March 2011, Lead Independent Director, and Audit Committee Chair... During 2021, our Audit Committee consisted of four independent members of the Board of Directors, Lawrence J. Waldman, John Andres, Michael Geraghty and Craig Swandal... The following is a table showing the director compensation for the year ended December 31, 2021: Lawrence J. Waldman $108,500 Fees Earned Or Paid in Cash, $97,784 Option Awards, Total $206,284. |
| 2023-06-23 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 76, Director since March 2011, Lead Independent Director, and Audit Committee Chair... During 2022, our Audit Committee consisted of four independent members of the Board of Directors, Lawrence J. Waldman, John Andres, Michael Geraghty and Craig Swandal. Mr. Waldman served as the Audit Committee Chairperson and financial expert... The table showing the director compensation for the year ended December 31, 2022 shows Lawrence J. Waldman with total compensation of $227,568. |
| 2024-06-25 | Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, age 77, Director since March 2011, Lead Independent Director, and Audit Committee Chairperson. Mr. Waldman has over 40 years of experience in public accounting. ... Mr. Waldman meets the definition of a financial expert as defined by the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. |
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| 2015-11-23 | Mr. Waldman meets the independence guidelines established by the Board of Directors and the applicable NASDAQ listing standards, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and currently is a member of the following Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee. No specific compensation amount stated. |
| 2016-11-21 | Mr. Waldman meets the independence guidelines established by the Board of Directors and the applicable NASDAQ listing standards, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and currently is a member of the following Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee (Chairman); and Executive Compensation Committee. In fiscal 2016, each non-employee director received an annualized cash retainer of $50,000. Mr. Waldman, as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, received a pro-rata additional annual retainer of $4,891. Each director serving at fiscal year-end also received an equity award, granted shortly after fiscal year-end, valued at approximately $120,000. Mr. Waldman also received an equity award, in the form of an option grant, upon commencing service as a director. |
| 2017-11-16 | Mr. Waldman meets the independence guidelines established by the Board of Directors and the applicable NASDAQ listing standards, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and currently is a member of the following Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee (Chairman); Executive Compensation Committee; and Executive Committee |
| 2018-11-16 | Mr. Waldman meets the independence guidelines established by the Board of Directors and the applicable NASDAQ listing standards, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and currently is a member of the following Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee (Chairman); Executive Compensation Committee; and Executive Committee. |
| 2019-11-15 | Mr. Waldman meets the independence guidelines established by the Board of Directors and the applicable NASDAQ listing standards, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and currently is a member of the following Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee (Chairman); Executive Compensation Committee; and Executive Committee. In fiscal 2019, each non-employee director received an equity award valued at approximately $120,000. In addition, each non-employee director received an annual cash retainer of $50,000. Non-employee directors received additional compensation as follows: (v) Mr. Waldman, as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, received an additional fee of $25,000 and, as a member of the Executive Compensation Committee, received an additional fee of $5,000. ... Total $200,000. |
| 2020-11-18 | Mr. Waldman has been a director of Comtech since August 2015. He serves as a member of the board of directors and Lead Independent Director of APYX Medical, a member of the board of directors of CVD Equipment Corp. and, through October 21, 2018, was a member of the board of directors of Northstar/RXR Metro Income, Inc. Mr. Waldman also serves as the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he began his career in 1972. Mr. Waldman served in several managerial and accounting positions with other accounting firms until 2016. Mr. Waldman is a certified public accountant in New York State. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs. Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Mr. Waldman meets the independence guidelines established by the Board of Directors and the applicable NASDAQ listing standards, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and currently is a member of the following Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee (Chairman); Executive Compensation Committee; and Executive Committee. |
| 2023-11-16 | Mr. Waldman has been a director of Comtech since August 2015 and Lead Independent Director since December 2021. |
| 2024-11-27 | Lawrence J. Waldman Independent Director Committee Membership: •Audit (Chair) •Compensation Director Since: 2015 Age: 78 Table of Director Compensation for Fiscal 2024 Lawrence J. Waldman 180,808 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, 130,000 Stock Awards, Total 310,808 |
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| 2016-10-28 | On October 5, 2016, Lawrence J. Waldman was elected to serve as a director on the Company’s Board of Directors and was appointed to serve on the Company’s Audit Committee. |
| 2017-10-05 | Lawrence J. Waldman was appointed a member of the Board of Directors on October 5, 2016. Mr. Waldman has over forty years of experience in public accounting. He joined First Long Island Investors LLC, an investment and wealth management firm, as a Managing Director in May 2016 and is currently a Senior Advisor. |
| 2018-09-21 | Our Audit Committee presently consists of four independent members of the Board of Directors, Conrad J. Gunther (Chairperson), Lawrence J. Waldman, Raymond A. Nielsen and Robert M. Brill. The Compensation Committee currently consists of Lawrence J. Waldman (Chairperson), Raymond A. Nielsen, Conrad J. Gunther and Robert M. Brill. The Nominating, Governance and Compliance Committee presently consists of Raymond A. Nielsen (Chairperson), Conrad J. Gunther, Lawrence J. Waldman and Robert M. Brill. The following table details fiscal 2017 compensation paid to our non-employee directors. 2017 Lawrence J. Waldman Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: 20,000 Restricted Stock: 30,070 Total: 50,070 |
| 2019-09-24 | Lawrence J. Waldman Age: 72 Position(s) with the Company: Independent Lead Director and Chairman-Audit Committee Director Compensation Table: Total $50,856 Committees: Audit Committee (Chair), Compensation Committee, Nominating, Governance and Compliance Committee. |
| 2020-09-04 | Lawrence J. Waldman Age: 73 Position(s) with the Company: Independent Lead Director and Chairman-Audit Committee Committees: Audit Committee (Chair), Compensation Committee, Nominating, Governance and Compliance Committee Director Compensation Table: Lawrence J. Waldman Total 127,674 |
| 2021-06-07 | Lawrence J. Waldman was appointed a member of the Board of Directors on October 5, 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee as well as the Lead Independent Director. ... Our Audit Committee presently consists of four independent members of the Board of Directors, Lawrence J. Waldman (Chairperson), Conrad J. Gunther, Raymond A. Nielsen and Robert M. Brill. ... The Compensation Committee currently consists of Conrad J. Gunther (Chairperson), Lawrence J. Waldman, Raymond A. Nielsen and Robert M. Brill. ... The Nominating, Governance and Compliance Committee presently consists of Raymond A. Nielsen (Chairperson), Conrad J. Gunther, Lawrence J. Waldman and Robert M. Brill. ... Director Compensation Table: Lawrence J. Waldman: $60,000 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, $40,901 Restricted Stock, Total $100,901. |
| 2022-06-01 | Lawrence J. Waldman was appointed a member of the Board of Directors on October 5, 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee as well as the Lead Independent Director. |
| 2023-06-09 | Lawrence J. Waldman was appointed a member of the Board of Directors on October 5, 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee. ... Our Audit Committee presently consists of four independent members of the Board of Directors, Lawrence J. Waldman (Chairperson), ... The following table details fiscal 2022 compensation paid to our non-employee directors. Lawrence J. Waldman Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $113,000, Restricted Stock Awards $40,000, Total $153,000. |
| 2024-06-21 | Lawrence J. Waldman was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors on October 5, 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee. ... Our Audit Committee presently consists of five independent members of the Board of Directors, Lawrence J. Waldman (Chairperson), Robert M. Brill, Ashraf Lofti, Raymond A. Nielsen and Debra Wasser. ... The Compensation Committee currently consists of Raymond A. Nielsen (Chairperson), Lawrence J. Waldman, Robert M. Brill, Ashraf Lotfi, and Debra Wasser. ... The Nominating, Governance and Compliance Committee presently consists of Robert M. Brill (Chairperson), Lawrence J. Waldman, Ashraf Lotfi, Raymond A. Nielsen and Debra Wasser. ... Director Compensation Table: Lawrence J. Waldman Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $113,000, Restricted Stock Awards $40,000, Total $153,000. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30