Officers

Chair

Marjorie Kaufman

CFO

Christmas Tree Shops and That!

New England Network

Secretary

Evelyn J. Meltzer

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Delaware Network

Finance Director

Eloise Matsui

Investment Manager

Omni Bridgeway

Hong Kong Network

Vice Finance Director

Tara Schellhorn

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

New Jersey Network

Immediate Past Chair

Jennifer B Kimble

Counsel

Lowenstein Sandler

New York Network

IWIRC Administrative Director

Shari A. Bedker

IWIRC Administrative Director, IWIRC

Armstrong & Associates International, Inc.

Washington DC Network

Directors

Asia Regional Director

Aisling Dwyer

Maples Group

Hong Kong Network

International Programs Director

Valerie Bantner Peo

Buchalter, A Professional Corporation

Northern California Network

International Programs Vice Director

Blanche D Zelmanovich

Senior Managing Director

Teneo

New York Network

Asia Networks Director

Pooja Mahajan

Managing Partner

Chandhiok & Mahajan

India Network

Caribbean Regional Director

Jennifer Fox

Partner

Ogier

Cayman Islands Network

Europe Networks Director

Rebecca Hume

Partner

Gateley Legal

European Network

Europe Regional Director

Kathlene Burke

Lawyer

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

London Network

Latin America Regional Director

Aimee Prieto

Prieto Cabrera & Asociados, Dominican Republic

Latin America Network

Global Networks Director

Joanne Hewitt-Schembri

Managing Director - Insolvency Practitioner

Alvarez & Marsal

European Network

U.S. Networks Co-Director

Rebecca DeMarb

Senior Managing Director

Development Specialists, Inc.

Wisconsin Network

U.S. Networks Co-Director

Jodi Daniel Dubose

Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler, PA

Gulf Coast Network

Member Services Co-Director

Monica Susan Blacker

Partner

Force Ten Partners, LLC & Bax Advisors

Dallas/Fort Worth Network

Member Services Co-Director

BEATRIZ FANECA LEITE DE SOUZA

PARTNER

FANECA ADVOGADOS

Brazil Network

New Network & Regional Development Co-Director

Margot MacInnis

Managing Director

Grant Thornton Specialist Services

Cayman Islands Network

New Network and Regional Development Co-Director

Nyana A Miller

Counsel

Sequor Law, P.A.

Florida Network

U.S. Programs Committee Co-Director

Christina Sanfelippo

Associate

Cozen O'Connor

Chicago Network

Communications Co-Director

Sara-Ann Wilson

Dentons Canada LLP

Ontario Network

Communications Co-Director

Bodie B. Colwell

Preti Flaherty

New England Network

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Co-Director

Melissa A. Hager

Senior Manager, Senior Counsel

Capital One

New York Network

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Co-Director

Pooja Sinha

Partner

Global Legal Solutions (GLS Law)

Singapore Network

Strategic Director

Hon. Mary Grace Diehl

Hon.

United States Bankruptcy Court- ND of Ga.

Georgia Network

U.S. Fall Program Vice Director

Solymar Castillo-Morales

Capital Member

Goldman, Antonetti & Cordova LLC

Puerto Rico Network

U.S. Spring Program Vice Director

Jennifer McConnell

Senior Vice President

AlixPartners

Chicago Network

Regional Programs Vice Director

Amy E Vulpio

White and Williams LLP

Greater Philadelphia Network

Vice Director of Budget

Anne Rasho Vanderkamp

AlixPartners

Chicago Network

Asia Regional Vice Director of Programs

Veronica Chan

Tanner De Witt

Hong Kong Network

Asia Regional Membership Vice-Director

CLAUDIA CHEAH

Partner

Messrs. Skrine

Malaysia Network

Vice Director of News

Jennifer Barker Lyday

Partner

Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

Carolinas Network

Vice Director of Social Media

Sarah Austin

National Director

Hilco Global, Valuation & Industrial Services

Chicago Network

UNCITRAL Committee Director

Carren B. Shulman

New York Network

UNCITRAL Committee Co-Director

Katharina Crinson

Counsel

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

London Network

2022 Rising Star

Sari B Placona

Partner

McManimon, Scotland and Bauman

New Jersey Network

At Large Director

Kate Roggio Buck

Partner

McCarter & English LLP

Delaware Network

At-Large Director

Grainne King

Counsel

Harney Westwood & Riegels

Cayman Islands Network

At Large Director

Tara Elizabeth Nauful

Special Counsel

Best Law, P.A.

Carolinas Network

At Large Director

Aimee Elizabeth Rice

Managing Director

Compass Advisory Partners

Western Pennsylvania Network

At-Large Director

Kelly E. Waits

Burr & Forman LLP

Georgia Network

At-Large Director

Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn

Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge

District of Columbia

Virginia Network

At-Large Director

Debby Lim

Partner

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Singapore Network

At-Large Director

Samantha Martin

Of Counsel

Paul Hastings LLP

New York Network

At-Large Director

Lauren Friend McKelvey

Partner

Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP

Washington DC Network

At-Large Director

Adine S. Momoh

Attorney

Stinson Leonard Street LLP

Minnesota Network

At-Large Director

Morgan Patterson

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Delaware Network

Advisory Council

Bernadette Barron

Barron Business Consulting

Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee Network

Advisory Council

Tinamarie Feil

President, Client Services

BMC Group

New York Network

Advisory Council

Debra I. Grassgreen

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

Northern California Network

Advisory Council

Jennifer Meyerowitz

Chief Growth Officer & General Counsel

SAK Healthcare

Georgia Network

Advisory Council

Nancy A. Valentine

Principal

Miller Canfield

Northeast Ohio Network

Advisory Council

Aruni Weerasekera

Senior Consultant

Grant Thornton

Hong Kong Network

Board of Directors Role Descriptions and Nomination Process

If you would like to serve in either your current or another role on the Board of Directors, you need to self-nominate by September 15, 2023 using the nomination form. At this link you will find a pdf with the governance chart and the descriptions and requirements for each role.

At large directors with terms that expire in 2023 do NOT have to self-nominate.

Annual Conflict of Interest Certification for IWIRC International Board Members (complete by January 31 each year).

One time Code of Conduct Certification for IWIRC International Board Members and Network Chair Members (complete by January 31 the year you start in leadership)

Governance Structure

Please click the links below to view current and past IWIRC Governance Structures:

2023 Governance Structure

2022 Governance Structure

2021 Governance Structure

2020 Governance Structure

2018-2019 Governance Structure

2017-2018 Governance Structure

2016-2017 Governance Structure

2015-2016 Governance Structure

IWIRC Past Chairs

1994-1997 Selinda A. Melnik
1997-2000 Susan L. Rhiel
2000-2002 Sheryl E. Seigel
2002-2004 Janet E. Bostwick
2004-2008 Leslie A. Berkoff
2008-2010 Debra Kuptz
2010-2012 Judith Elkin
2012-2014 Jennifer Meyerowitz
2014-2016 Beth E. Hansen
2016-2017 Nancy A. Valentine
2017-2018 Jennifer McLain McLemore
2018-2019 Carrianne Basler
2020 Michelle Pickett
2021 Lezya Blanco
2022 Jennifer Kimble

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