Turnaround Management Association established the TMA Chair’s Award in 2001 to recognize individuals who have displayed outstanding leadership by fostering the growth and stature of the association and the corporate renewal industry, as well as having distinguished themselves as prominent professionals in their specific areas of practice. Conceived as a vehicle for honoring individuals at the pinnacle of their careers, this award is one of the highest distinctions that TMA can bestow upon a member.
The TMA Chair’s Award is given at the discretion of The TMA Global Chair and may be given to as many recipients as appropriate or to no one in any given year. The Chair’s recommendations are subject to the consent and approval of TMA’s Operations Committee. The TMA Chair’s Award is presented at the TMA Annual Conference which takes place in the fall each year.
Recipients of the TMA Chair’s Award
2024 – Jeffrey C. Hampton, Saul Ewing LLP
2023 – Judge Mary Jo Heston, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington
2022 – Allen Kadish, Archer & Greiner, P.C.
2021 – Richard Infantino, CTP, Deloitte
2020 – Mark S. Indelicato, Thompson Coburn Hahn & Hessen LLP
2019 – James B. Shein, Northwestern University
2018 – David Bryan, Bryan Mansell & Tilley LLP
2017 – Tom Pabst, HYPERAMS
2016 – Margaret M. Good, CTP, Schneider Downs Meridian LP & Bernadette M. Barron, CTP, Barron Business
2015 – Jukka-Pekka Joensuu, Cinia
2014 – Alan Tilley, Bryan Mansell & Tilley LLP
2013 – Martin I. Katz, Executive Sounding Board Associates LLC
2012 – Sheila T. Smith, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and Robert D. Martin, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
2011 – James B. Matthews, Prime Locations LLC and Gilbert C. Osnos, CTP, CRG Partners Group LLC
2008 – Alan Tilley, Bryan, Tappy & Tilley
2007 – Richard F. McMahon, Wells Fargo Business Credit Inc.
2004 – Peter L. Tourtellot, CTP, ALTMA Group, LLC
2002 – Jay Alix, AlixPartners LLC and Ward Mooney, Fleet Retail Group Inc.
2001 – John Wm. (Jack) Butler Jr., Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Martin J. McKinley, Wells Fargo Business Credit Inc.