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Jeffrey Pielusko is a director with Carl Marks Advisors. He has 10 years of financial services experience working with management teams and stakeholders of companies to improve operating performance and structure solutions that maximize value and position companies for long-term growth. As part of the healthcare team at Carl Marks Advisors, Pielusko works closely with […]

Catherine Gao is a senior analyst in the New York office of Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC, where she provides analytical support on a broad range of strategic advisory, merger and acquisition, capital markets, and restructuring engagements. She can be contacted at cgao@h2c.com.

Jonathan Killion is a managing director with Carl Marks Advisors. He has more than 10 years of financial services experience, working closely with owners, management, boards, and other key stakeholders to identify and execute upon performance improvement initiatives, restructuring, strategic planning, and M&A transactions. Killion has been especially focused on the challenges facing the healthcare […]

Ken Epstein is an investment manager and legal counsel at Bentham IMF, a global commercial litigation funder. He leads the company’s investments in bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters and serves as a resource for debtors; creditors, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and alternative asset managers; bankruptcy estate representatives; and other stakeholders seeking to pursue litigation […]

Thomas R. Califano is a partner and U.S. co-chair of the restructuring practice group in the New York office of DLA Piper. His particular emphasis is on company- and buyer-side representation, and he has extensive experience in healthcare industry restructurings.

Kristin Wainright is a partner at the law firm of Tobin, Carberry, O’Malley, Riley & Selinger in New London, Connecticut. Her practice focuses primarily on corporate acquisitions, often in the distressed context. Her law firm clients include national corporations, Connecticut-based corporations, and local businesses. She, along with Joseph Selinger of her office, acted as counsel […]

Trey Monsour is a shareholder in the Houston office of Polsinelli PC. He has extensive insolvency, restructuring, commercial bankruptcy, and workout experience, and counsels clients on company issues, counterparty issues, lender and financial issues, buyer and seller issues both from a practical perspective and in bankruptcy litigation. Monsour currently represents a large hospital chain in […]

Jon Verbeck is the managing director of Verbeck Associates. The firm provides fractional CFO and business advisory services to companies throughout the United States. Verbeck helps develop strategies and actionable plans that enhance profitability and cash flow for troubled companies, startups, and businesses in need of financial modeling and strategic assistance. He assisted in the […]

Larry Schwoeri is the managing director of American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC). He is responsible for several operating businesses controlled by AIAC. He recommended and led the investment in Vermont Aerospace based on a strategy that he developed with the company’s management and Jeff Sands, CTP. Schwoeri performed due diligence, framed the offer, coordinated the […]

Cathy Reece, moderator, is a partner and chair of the Financial Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Group with Fennemore Craig in Phoenix. A former TMA Global Executive Board member, Reece has been active at both the global and chapter levels and was a member of the TMA Awards Committee that selected the turnaround of Vermont […]