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Stephen A. Levin

January 1, 2011

CEO Gold Coast Beverage – Palm Beach, FL

A Palm Beach business, civic, and community leader, Stephen Levin is chairman of the board of The Erin Corporation and Erin Investments, Incorporated. Among the holdings of these companies is Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Incorporated, the largest wholesale beer distributor in Florida. Having distribution centers in Miami, Pompano Beach, Homestead and Rockland Key, Florida, Gold Coast Beverage Distributors is one of the largest beer distributors in the country. In addition to his current entrepreneurial success, Levin has previously owned and operated a number of successful businesses including a large chain of Pizza Hut restaurants, the Reading Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Pennsylvania, Quality Roofing Supply Company in Pennsylvania and Delaware, Berkshire News, a wholesale magazine and newspaper distributor, various self storage facilities, and Madison Leasing Company, a nationwide lessor of computer equipment. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Levin is currently chairman of the board of the Quantum Foundation, a $150 million health and education oriented foundation in Palm Beach County. In addition, he serves on the board of trustees of the Los Angeles, California based Simon Wiesenthal Center. He is a former vice chairman of the Palm Beach County Anti-Defamation League and former vice president of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Palm Beach County of which he remains active. He has served on the Vanderbilt University Law School Advisory Board, and was vice-chairman of the board of JFK Hospital, Atlantis. He also served as president of Temple Emanu-El, Palm Beach. In addition, Mr. Levin is vice chairman of the board of the Morse Life Foundation, a nationally-recognized provider of health care, housing and support services for seniors and their families in Palm Beach County. Additionally, Mr. Levin was recently reelected for a two-year term to the National Commission of the Anti-Defamation L