Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(b) On January 4, 2023, the Board of Directors of Rafael Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company") determined, in light of the Company's previously disclosed change of
focus, and Patrick Fabbio's desire to pursue other professional opportunities,
by mutual decision, that, effective January 27, 2023, Mr. Fabbio, the current
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, would be departing the Company.
(c) On January 4, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company elected David
Polinsky, the Company's current Chief of Staff, as the Company's Chief Financial
Officer, effective January 28, 2023. From such date, Mr. Polinsky will no longer
serve in his role as Chief of Staff.
Mr. Polinsky, age 51, has served as the Company's Chief of Staff since
September 2021 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company
from December 2017 through September 2021. Mr. Polinsky co-founded Cornerstone
Pharmaceuticals and served as its Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary from 2002-2018 and as its President, General Counsel and Secretary
from 2016 through March 2018. He also served on Cornerstone Pharmaceutical's
Board from 2002 until 2014. Mr. Polinsky is a member of the board of Innovative
Food Holdings Inc (OTC: IVFH). Previously, he served as Vice President and
General Counsel for a New York-based real estate focused investment and
management company, Square Management Corp., leading the investment analysis in
and management of residential, office, retail and development properties.
Previously and in partnership with the Honorable Edward I. Koch, former Mayor of
New York City, Mr. Polinsky founded and served as CEO of a company that licensed
and developed TheLaw.com. Mr. Polinsky earned his Juris Doctorate from Fordham
University School of Law in 1996 and his Bachelor of Arts from Yeshiva
University in 1993. Mr. Polinsky also earned the CFA Institute's Investment
Foundations certificate in 2017, a certificate from MIT Sloan School of
Management in Mastering Negotiation and Influence in 2021, and a certificate in
2022 from Columbia Business School in Blockchain in Business.
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