Gary M. Stern

Asta Funding, Inc. is a financial services company, which assists consumers and serves investors through the strategic management of complementary businesses. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Receivables, Personal Injury Claims, and Social Security Disability Advocacy. The Consumer Receivables segment is in the business of purchasing, managing for its own account and servicing distressed charged off receivables, including charged off consumer receivables, and semi-performing receivables. The Personal Injury Claims segment holds interest in personal injury claims from claimants who are a party to a personal injury claim. The Social Security Disability Advocacy segment is consisted of advocacy groups representing individuals throughout the United States in their claims for social security disability and supplemental social security income benefits from the Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. The company was founded on July 7, 1994 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

The ASTA Group LLC provides management consulting services. It offers business positioning, strategic visioning and planning, market analysis and strategy, business intelligence, assessment, policy and requirement analysis, process and model development, technology applications, and research and evaluation. The firm also provides studies and analysis services in business and organizational areas. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Pensacola, FL.