Stephanie J. Mensing
Attorney/Owner at Mensing Law LLC
Stephanie J. Mensing is a plaintiffs’ employment lawyer and founder of Mensing Law LLC. Her practice focuses on helping workers with workplace concerns, from reviewing and negotiating
employment and severance agreements to litigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage disputes. A Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in Employment Law every year since 2019, Stephanie was previously named one of Pennsylvania’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track” and selected multiple times as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine.
A graduate of Valdosta State University (B.A., History) and Stetson University College of Law (J.D.), Stephanie is also a graduate and faculty member of the Keenan Trial Institute. She is
admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Stephanie serves on the Board of the Eastern Pennsylvania chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, is Chair of the Chester County Bar Association Federal Court Section, and
is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and ProVisors.
Fun Fact: When she’s not advocating for workers’ rights, Stephanie is likely to be found on the
mats – she holds a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Howard Brod Brownstein
Experienced Independent Corporate Board Member NACD Directorship Certified, NACD Board Leadership Fellow
Board Expertise: Broad range of industry experience, especially: Manufacturing, distribution and importation, Metals production and distribution, Apparel and retailing, Banking and financial services, Biotech and pharmaceuticals, Real estate development, infrastructure and water rights, Public-Private Partnerships (P3), Social and educational services, including special education. Healthcare, including behavioral healthcare: Includes “sensitive situations”: governance and compliance issues, shareholder activism, turnaround and restructuring, disharmony, investigations, Board & Committee Chair: Audit (S-OX Financial Expert QFE), Nominating/Governance, Strategic Planning & Risk Assessment, Committee: Compensation/HR,
International experience: National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified, Board Leadership Fellow; Past Board Chair & President, NACD Philadelphia Chapter. American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Past Vice Chair of Corporate Governance Committee; Fellow, American Bar Foundation (limited to 1% of attorneys in any state).
Howard Brownstein regularly serves as an independent member of Boards of Directors, and has chaired board Audit, Nominating/Governance and Strategic Planning/Risk Assessment committees. He currently serves on the Board of Paragon Technologies (OTCMKTS: PGNT), a holding company, and on the Board of Merakey, a leading nonprofit provider of education and human services, with more than 10,000 employees in several states and an annual budget over $600Mil. He also serves as Board Chair of Community Council Health Systems, a large nonprofit provider of behavioral health and education services. For 13 years he served on the Board of P&F Industries (NasdaqGM: PFIN), a publicly-held manufacturer/importer of air powered tools and various residential hardware, chaired its Nominating/Governance and Strategic Planning/Risk Assessment Committees, and served on its Audit Committee. He served as Interim CEO & Board Chair of Universal Services Associates, a designer and manufacturer of museum exhibits. He also served on the Board of Renew Financial, a leading provider of financing for home improvements, where he chaired the Risk and Operating Committees, and on the Board of A.M. Castle & Co. (OTMKTS: CASL), a publicly-held global metals distributor and supply chain solutions provider, and on its Audit and Human Resource Committees. He was also Audit Committee Chair of PICO Holdings (Nasdaq: PICO), a publicly-held diversified holding company and the designated “financial expert” for Sarbanes-Oxley purposes (QFE). He also served on the Board of LMG2, successor to Chicago Loop Parking, a $600Mil infrastructure entity in downtown Chicago, in which a lender group led by Société Générale succeeded to ownership following a restructuring.
Howard Brownstein previously served as sole Board member of Betsey Johnson LLC, a privately-held designer and retailer of women’s apparel with equity sponsor Castanea Partners, and on the Board of Directors of Special Metals Corporation, a $1 billion nickel alloy producer, where he also chaired the Audit Committee and which was sold at a substantial gain, and on the Board and Audit Committee of Magnatrax Corporation, a $500 million manufacturer of metal buildings, which was similarly sold for a large gain. He also served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Philanthropic Trust, the largest independent provider of donor-advised funds. Mr. Brownstein previously served on the board of a regional bank, a retail department store, and nonprofit boards including chair of a United Way agency.
Mr. Brownstein is a nationally-known turnaround and crisis management professional, and is the President of The Brownstein Corporation which provides turnaround management and advisory services to companies and their stakeholders, as well as investment banking services, fiduciary services, and litigation consulting, investigations and valuation services.
Previously, Mr. Brownstein was Managing Director of Enprotech Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITOCHU (formerly C. Itoh), a Japanese trading company and then one of the world’s largest companies. Enprotech acted as ITOCHU’s acquisition and holding company for engineering service and product businesses with over $1 billion in assets. Mr. Brownstein served in several senior executive and board positions at Enprotech, including CEO and COO of The Stone Group, a leading multinational manufacturer of comfort and safety equipment for the passenger rail industry with operations in the United States, Spain and England. Prior to becoming a turnaround management consultant, Mr. Brownstein founded a metals trading firm.
Mr. Brownstein is a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP). He has served on numerous boards of professional organizations, including the Turna round Management Association, the Commercial Finance Association (now Secured Finance Network), and the American Bankruptcy Institute, as well as board committees and as a (TMA) program leader, and received TMA’s “Outstanding Individual Contribution” award in 2007. He has published over 140 articles, books and chapters, and serves as a contributing editor to ABI Journal. He has been a guest-lecturer at Harvard Business School, Wharton, NYU, Villanova, and Northeastern, as well as at professional and educational programs, and has been a regular faculty member at national programs of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
Howard Brownstein is a graduate of Harvard University, where he obtained J.D. and M.B.A. degrees, and of the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained B.S. and B.A. degrees from the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Brownstein is admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Florida, but does not actively practice law. He also served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps.
