Martin D. Sass is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The M.D. Sass Group of Companies ("M.D. Sass"), a leading independent investment management organization which manages private equity funds, hedge funds and substantial separate portfolios. He is also CEO and Co-Chairman of Resurgence Asset Management and Chairman of Real Estate Capital Partners.

Before founding M.D. Sass in 1972, Mr. Sass was President and a principal shareholder of Neuwirth Management and Research Corp., managing mutual funds, substantial separate portfolios and hedge funds. He previously founded and directed the Special Situations Division of Argus Research Corporation, which provided investment research to the investment community.

Mr. Sass is a Board member if the Metropolitan President's Organization, a member of the Chief Executive's Organization, Chairman of the Sass Foundation for Medical Research, Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Brooklyn College Foundation. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Brooklyn College and completed graduate studies in Finance at New York University and Baruch College