Martin Payson

Mr. Payson was formerly Vice Chairman of Time Warner Inc. and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to the merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc., Mr. Payson held the position of Office of the President and General Counsel of Warner Communications since 1970, its General Counsel since 1973, and a Director since 1976. Mr. Payson was an integral member of the senior management team who built this major worldwide entertainment/media company over twenty years

Mr. Payson is a Director of Panavision Inc (NYSE); Delta Financial Corp. (NYSE), and Classic Communications Inc., (NASDAQ). He is also a Director of Global Decisions Group, LLC a provider of real-time information services to financial institutions; and Carl Marks & Co. Inc, a merchant banking company. He also serves on the Board of the following Philanthropic Organizations including; Maimonides Medical Center as Chairman, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as Co-Chairman, Howard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York University, NYU Law Foundation, Tulane University, The Jewish Museum, NYC and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB).

In June 2000, Mr. Payson was appointed as a Director of Nassau County Interim Finance Authority (“NIFA”) as the designee of New York State Controller H. Carl McCall.