Asta Funding Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mark Levenfus as an independent director to the Board, effective immediately. The Board also appointed him Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. Mark Levenfus is Managing Partner Emeritus of Marks Paneth LLP and is Chairman of Morison KSi Limited. Until December 31, 2015, he was Managing Partner of Marks Paneth. Mr. Levenfus currently serves as a member of the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations including: K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, New York Road Runners Club and Friends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools. Additionally, he served on the Board of Trustees of the Westchester Day School.