PERSON: Peter Boockvar

Ameritrans and Elk

Director

Peter Boockvar, age 41, has been a director of Ameritrans and Elk since November 2008. He is currently the Equity Strategist at Miller Tabak + Co., LLC., an institutional trading firm, in addition to his role as a salestrader on the equity desk. He is a CNBC contributor and is frequently quoted on Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Associated Press. He joined Miller Tabak + Co., LLC in 1994 after working in the corporate bond research department at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Mr. Boockvar holds a BBA in Finance from The George Washington University and an MBA from Baruch College as part of a JD/MBA program at Brooklyn Law School where he completed one year of law school.

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