Mark E. Stanko

NexCen Brands, Inc. is a strategic brand management company that owns and manages a portfolio of seven franchised brands, operating in a single business segment: Franchising. Five of the brands are in the quick service restaurant industry. These include: Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo's, Pretzel Time and Pretzelmaker. The other two brands, The Athlete's Food and Shoebox New York, are in the retail footwear and accessories industry. The franchise network, across all brands, consists of approximately 1,700 retail stores in 38 countries. They earn revenue primarily from the franchising, royalty, licensing and other contractual fees that third parties pay for the right to use the intellectual property associated with the brands. The company was founded by George M. Davis in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Woodbridge Holdings Corp. engages in the investment activities in the real estate industry. The company invests primarily through its various subsidiary investment management and operating entities. Its management and senior investment portfolio managers have experience in investing, financing and operating numerous businesses in various industries, business segments and economic cycles. The firm develops opportunities across a spectrum of real estate related segments, including land and master planned community development, commercial development, and commercial real estate acquisition and management. Woodbridge Holdings was founded by Aharon Horwitz and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

NexCen Franchise Management, Inc. provided franchising services. The company was headquartered in Norcross, GA.

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan provides youth and family services including housing and shelter, disability services, and senior services. It provides services for senior adults, refuges, children & families and persons with disabilities. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.