Arista Power, Inc. announced that Ira A. Greenstein has been elected to its Board of Directors.
Greenstein currently serves as President of Genie Energy Ltd., which, through its IDT Energy subsidiary, supplies electricity and natural gas to residential and small business customers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Genie Energy holds and manages interests in oil shale and other oil development projects in Colorado and Israel. IDT Energy is the largest independent residential energy service provider (REP) in New York State.
Mr. Greenstein currently also serves as Counsel to the Chairman of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) and previously served as President of IDT from 2001 through 2011. He previously served as a Director of IDT and General Counsel and Secretary of Net2Phone, Inc.
Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Greenstein was a partner in Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he served as the Chairman of that firm's New York Office's Business Department. Mr. Greenstein was also an associate in the New York and Toronto offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and served on the Securities Advisory Committee and as secondment counsel to the Ontario Securities Commission.
Mr. Greenstein serves on the Boards of Directors of Document Security Systems, Inc., Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc., NanoVibronix, Inc. and Regal Bank of New Jersey.
Mr. Greenstein received a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School, where he serves as a member of the Dean's Council.
"We look forward to the breadth of business and professional experience Ira Greenstein will bring to our Board of Directors," said Bill Schmitz, Chief Executive Officer of Arista Power.
