Board of Directors

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 previously Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of both Safety Components International and Omega Protein Corporation and as 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, 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. He has been a member of the board of directors of Crestwood Equities Partners LP (NYSE: CEQP) since 2013, where he serves as Lead Director and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and where he has previously served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee. 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 a member of the Audit 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 from 1986 to 1991, and as a Director from 1987 to 1991, of Ferrellgas, Inc. (now Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE: FGP)) (“Ferrellgas”), a retail and wholesale marketer of propane and other natural gas liquids. 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

Mr. Goldstein has served as a director of INNOVATE since June 2022 and is a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He also serves as a director of DBM Global Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Goldstein is a veteran tax professional with over 35 years of experience who retired as a PwC partner in July 2021 after more than 25 years at the firm. In that time, he built PwC’s U.S. Indirect Tax practice, led the firm’s State and Local Tax services for the communications sector and ran a global data analytics program. He worked with some of the firm’s largest, most complex and diverse clients, including many Fortune 500 and midcap companies, on a variety of tax matters. He earned a Juris Doctorate from Emory University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Buffalo.

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. 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 serves as a Board Observer at consumer technology company Grover. 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 Alegre. 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.