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Juanita Schwartzkopf is senior managing director at Focus Management Group and has more than 30 years of experience in commercial banking and business management. She has dealt with asset recovery situations involving court and non-court approaches, as well as turnaround management. Schwartzkopf’s extensive background provides her clients with creative methods of solving complex recovery problems. […]

Evan Holownia is a second-year MBA student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania studying organizational effectiveness and change management. He aspires to work in the turnaround and enterprise transformation space after graduating. Holownia holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and previously worked on turnaround strategy and public sector merger integration efforts among […]

Nicholas J. Zluticky is a partner in the Kansas City office of Stinson. He represents a broad range of clients in all facets of bankruptcy, receiverships, foreclosures, out-of-court workouts, and restructurings, including serving as lead counsel for the 76 debtors in the largest bankruptcy case ever filed in Kansas. He brings experience with lenders in […]

Dr. Iván J. Romo is the managing partner of SOELI Consulting, a specialized firm involved in business development, litigation, and insolvency in the oil and gas and energy sectors. He has represented parties as an external advisor or expert witness in several of the most prominent insolvency cases in Mexico. Romo is chairperson of the […]

Brian Soper is a managing director with Stretto. He has overseen the development and expansion of the firm’s Corporate Restructuring team for nearly 10 years and serves on its executive management team. He has streamlined account implementation procedures between Stretto’s banking and client support teams. Soper has directed the onboarding, management, and securitization of approximately […]

Matthew Henry is a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal North American Commercial Restructuring in Los Angeles. His clients have spanned industries that include retail, wholesale, manufacturing, media, energy, and real estate. Situational needs have included crisis management, operational improvement, and balance sheet restructuring. Henry was recently engaged by iHeartMedia, a $16 billion media company, […]

David M. Guess is a shareholder in the Orange County, California, office of Greenberg Traurig LLP. He represented Wet Seal, PacSun, Sport Chalet, Eastern Mountain Sports, and Bob’s Stores as debtor’s counsel in their Chapter 11 cases; the secured lender and asset purchaser of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes; and the asset purchaser of Hot Dog […]

Ken Mann is a managing director with SC&H Capital and has led more than 300 distressed M&A engagements. Previously with Equity Partners, he joined SC&H Capital January 1. Mann has been a speaker and author for TMA, ABI, AIRA, the Florida Bar Association, and the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, and for other trade publications. He was […]

Jennifer E. Mercer is a managing director with FTI Consulting. She has more than 20 years of experience in restructuring communications and has specialized in bankruptcy, transaction, and litigation communications, with a focus on employee communications, executive positioning, investor relations, and longer-term reputation management. Mercer joined FTI Consulting in January 2023, where she focuses on […]

Michael Boudreau, CTP, is a director with Morris-Anderson, a financial consulting firm focused on restructuring and workouts, debt refinancing, performance improvement, CRO and interim management, transaction advisory, and other fiduciary services. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the automotive supply chain as a financial advisor, CFO, and treasurer. Boudreau has also been a […]