Chairman of the Board

 Abe Schwartz

Mr. Schwartz is the founder and President of Schwartz Technologies Corporation, which is actively involved in the financing, development and managing of healthcare and information technology companies.  He has served as an advisor to the Covalon Board of Directors and is a significant shareholder of Covalon stock.  Mr. Schwartz has held executive positions in various public and private companies, including among others, President and CEO of Cedara Software Corporation, a publicly-traded medical imaging company where he led an extremely successful turnaround between 2002 and 2005.  Mr. Schwartz worked closely at Cedara with Covalon's Chief Executive Officer, Brian Pedlar. 

Director

Martin Bernholtz

Mr. Bernholtz has been a chartered accountant since 1983 and has held the position of Vice President of Finance at Kerbel Group Inc., an integrated real estate developer, since 1988.  He has served as a director and officer of various public, private and condominium corporations over the past 20 years.  Mr. Bernholtz previously spent eight years with Laventhol & Horwath in the Litigation Support and Business Valuation area.  Mr. Bernholtz graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1981.

Director

Joseph Cordiano

Mr. Cordiano joined Cityzen Development Group, a real estate development company, as a principal in 2006, where he is responsible for the sales and marketing as well as new business development of its Greater Toronto Area projects.  During his 21 years of public service as a Member of the Ontario Provincial Legislature, Mr. Cordiano served as the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, GTA Regional Minister, and as a member of the Priorities and Planning Committee of Cabinet.  A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Toledo, Ohio, Mr. Cordiano holds an MBA with a specialty in marketing.  

Director

Dr. Murray Miller

Dr. Miller is the managing director of Trillium Imaging Inc., which operates medical imaging centers in Mississauga and Toronto. He is a practicing radiologist in Mississauga and Toronto,  He served as Chief Radiologist at the Queensway Hospital from 1996 to 1998, and has been an active member of the medical staff at Trillium Health Centre since 1988.  Dr. Miller served on the Board of Trillium Health Centre from 2001 to 2005 and on the Trillium Health Centre Foundation Board from 2000 to 2006.  He has been a consultant to the medical indusry, including medical device manufacturers and medical imaging vendors.

Director

Jeffrey Mandel

Mr. Mandel is currently President and CEO of Mitec Telecom Inc, a radio frequency products and solutions company (TSX-MTM).  Mr. Mandel joined the Mitec Board in 2006 and has worked closely with both the board of directors and management over that time.  He has been involved in the high-tech, communications, helathcare and retail industries throughout his 25 year career and has led capital development activities as well as identified and executed various successful commercialization strategies for companies for which he has been active.  Mr. Mandel has broad experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and investor relationship management throughout his career, having progressed through a number of senior positions at various firms in the Canadian securities industry.

Director

Brian Pedlar

Chief Executive Officer, Covalon Technologies Ltd.