December 2024

More from this Issue

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  Fresh Perspectives

  • Seth Moldoff

  I am pleased to be the guest editor for the December issue of the Journal of Corporate Renewal, with the focus of “Women in Workouts.” I have the good
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  TMA Innovations of Yesterday & Tomorrow

  • Scott Y. Stuart, Esq.

  As I look back on 2024, it was a year of many firsts at TMA—where we again broke new ground, created new opportunities, and celebrated why membership in
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  Reflecting on the Privilege of Serving TMA

  • Jane W. Mitnick

  In an ever-changing economic landscape, our professionals continue to navigate the challenges facing their clients with skill and foresight, driving
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  Women in Workouts

  In a slight departure from its traditional format, the Journal of Corporate Renewal will turn the spotlight from the issues, concepts, and developments
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  Demetra Liggins

  Now a partner in McGuireWoods’ Houston office, Demetra Liggins first became interested in bankruptcy and restructuring as a summer associate. The work
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  Carrie Lee

  Starting her banking career as a bank teller at Home Savings of America (the last savings and loan), Carrie Lee moved from different credit functions in
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  Julie H. Chase

  Timing is an interesting thing. For Julie H. Chase, the start of her banking career took place at a difficult time for the economy, during the severe real
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  Tara J. Schleicher

  Starting her career as a general commercial litigator, Tara Schleicher began practicing in the mid-1990s, when sales of business out of bankruptcy were
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  Renee Fellman, CTP

  Renee Fellman, the first woman to win TMA’s Turnaround of the Year Award, has been interim CEO for 20 companies and an outside consultant to 21. She has
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  Juanita Schwartzkopf

  Many professionals take a circuitous path to the turnaround and restructuring industry. Juanita Schwartzkopf, senior managing director at Focus Management
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  Jana Urion

  Growing up in rural Western Montana, Jana Urion was initially exposed to banking by watching her father work as a loan officer for the local bank. Although
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  Erika Gutierrez

  With more than 20 years of experience in banking, ranging from retail to special assets, Erika Gutierrez jokes that she fell into banking and never left.
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  Sheila R. Schwager

  As Sheila Schwager stood up to teach a bankruptcy class to University of Idaho law students as an adjunct professor, she reflected on her legal career
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  Michele Vives

  Michele Vives is never afraid to say she’s afraid. To that end, she’ll also be the first to admit that sometimes fear is the best motivator. As a woman of
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  Jan Heald Robinson

  While few women would argue about the existence of a glass ceiling in business, some find ways to rise above it. That’s the aim of Jan Heald Robinson, as
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  Monique D. Jewett-Brewster, Esq.

  A partner in the San Jose, California, office of Lathrop GPM LLP, Monique D. Jewett Brewster has advised creditor clients in every aspect of insolvency law
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  Annette W. Jarvis

  When Annette W. Jarvis became a lawyer, she was entering a field still not especially welcoming to her gender—and a position in restructuring and
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  Membership Matters

  Heading into 2025, TMA Global will be introducing a marketing campaign to remind all of us just how much membership matters. Whether it’s for networking
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  Creating Tradition

  Q How did you gravitate toward turnaround and restructuring work? JENNY LEZON NORRIS Fifteen years ago, I was unaware of this industry’s existence. I was
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  Welcome Newcomers

  Ariel Gitman, Alliance Metals Kat Schulzki, Western Alliance Bank Andrew Sclater-Booth, Booth & Company Carter Smith, Arizona State University Seth