Howard L. Brown

Mr. Brown was retained in January 2007 as an advisor/consultant to the Board of Directors to oversee the deployment of LaPolla’s business intelligence solutions. He has over 34 years experience in sales, distribution, financial forecasting and planning, mergers and acquisitions and quality assurance. Prior thereto, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Allied Office Products, headquartered in Clifton, New Jersey, the country's largest independent dealer of office products and services, which was sold to Office Depot in 2006. Allied, prior to the sale, had grown annual sales to more than $300 Million from over 30 acquisitions beginning in 1998. Mr. Brown is a graduate of Syracuse University and a member of the Board of Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New York.  He is very involved in philanthropy.