Woman of the Year in Restructuring Award (WOYR)
Each year, IWIRC honors a woman for her recent contributions to or lifetime achievements as part of the insolvency and restructuring industry with the Woman of the Year in Restructuring (WOYR) award. She may be an attorney, judge, banker, turnaround manager, academic or other restructuring industry professional. She is actively engaged or recently retired from the restructuring industry - and from anywhere in the world. IWIRC membership is not a requirement to make a nomination, nor to be honored.
Importantly, achievements do not have to be in nationally renowned cases or result in landmark decisions, only exceptional. IWIRC welcomes all entries and are not seeking the most senior woman or the most important case.
Past recipients Include:
| 2011 | Jan M. Hayden, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, New Orleans, LA |
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| 2010 | Melissa Kibler Knoll, Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC, Chicago, IL |
| 2009 | N. Lynn Hiestand, Skadden Arps, London |
| 2008 | Marcia L. Goldstein, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY Hon. Mary Grace Diehl, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Atlanta, GA |
| 2007 | Lisa Donahue, AlixPartners, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Deirdre A. Martini, formerly the U.S. Trustee for Region 2, New York, NY |
