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Frank Grimaldi is Senior Managing Director, North American Sales Manager, Valuations at Gordon Brothers, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships throughout North America. Additionally, Grimaldi manages the firm’s regional business development officers and oversees the Mid-Atlantic region, working closely with asset-based lenders, private equity sponsors, and corporate management teams in Delaware, Maryland, […]

Christine Melendes, CAE, is the CEO of the Turnaround Management Association. She brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in association management, having served in senior roles with organizations such as the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), where she built strategic partnerships and drove member engagement. Her experience also includes growing membership programs, managing […]

Alex Sutton is managing director, head of research, at Gordon Brothers, where he coordinates industry guidance and market research to support cross-asset appraisals. Sutton has over 20 years of experience in inventory appraisals and liquidations across the retail, furniture and home furnishings, health care, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, industrial machinery, technology, textiles, and transportation industries. […]

Simon Beale is senior counsel with Macfarlanes. He is a senior counsel in the Restructuring and Insolvency practice. Beale has more than 26 years’ experience of advising on insolvency, restructuring and recovery issues. He acts for troubled companies and their directors and shareholders, for individuals in financial difficulty, and for the major financial creditors of […]

Catherine Beideman Heitzenrater is a partner with Duane Morris LLP. She practices in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, creditors’ rights, commercial finance and secured transactions. Heitzenrater represents insurance companies, secured creditors, Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, Chapter 11 trustees, Chapter 7 trustees, liquidating trustees, and creditors’ committees in all aspects of a bankruptcy case.

Leigh Guglielmo is a senior vice president, business development, at Republic Business Credit. Joining the team in 2011 with over 20 years of professional sales experience, she focuses on providing both factoring and asset-based solutions. Active in the local community, Guglielmo currently serves as the president of the TMA Louisiana Chapter. She was awarded as Top […]

Jacob Pechukas is a vice president with Accordion. He has more than six years of experience in corporate debt advisory, turnaround and restructure consulting, and real estate capital markets. Prior to Accordion, Pechukas worked at Kreshmore Group, a boutique investment bank, in both its debt advisory and turnaround and restructure practices. In his role as […]

Jodi Talley is senior director of marketing and communications for TMA Global. She is a veteran of creating, implementing, and managing marketing strategies that help brands tell stories. Talley believes that communication and creativity are the solutions to just about every problem and that no brand or product is too dull to make an emotional connection […]

Thomas M. Horan was sworn in as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware on March 22, 2023. Prior to his appointment, Judge Horan practiced in Wilmington, Delaware, for 18 years. Most recently, he was a member in the Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Group at Cozen O’Connor. Throughout his career, Judge Horan represented […]

John Castellano, CTP, is a partner and managing director at AlixPartners. Drawing from 30 years of management and advisory experience, he leverages his extensive expertise in restructuring to address and solve complex and challenging issues. Castellano specializes in guiding companies through complex reorganizations by his leadership skills and hands-on approach in working collaboratively with clients, […]