Officers

Chair

Jennifer B Kimble

Counsel

Lowenstein Sandler

New York Network

Vice Chair

Marjorie Kaufman

CFO

Christmas Tree Shops and That!

New England Network

Secretary

Karen Fellowes QC

Stikeman Elliott

Western Canada Network

Finance Director

Evelyn J. Meltzer

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Delaware Network

Vice Finance Director

Eloise Matsui

Partner

Stephenson Harwood

Hong Kong Network

Immediate Past Chair

Leyza F. Blanco

Shareholder/South Florida Director of Creditors' Rights Group

Sequor Law

Florida Network

IWIRC Administrative Director

Shari A. Bedker

IWIRC Administrative Director, IWIRC

Armstrong & Associates International, Inc.

Washington DC Network

Directors

At-Large Director

Grainne King

Counsel

Harney Westwood & Riegels

Cayman Islands Network

Asia Networks Director

Aisling Dwyer

Maples Group

Hong Kong Network

Asia Regional Director

Stuti Jain

Director, Head of Workout & Recovery Management, Asia Pacific

Deutsche Bank AG

Singapore Network

Canada Regional Director

Kyla Mahar

Partner

Miller Thomson LLP

Ontario Network

Caribbean Regional Director

Margot MacInnis

Managing Director

Grant Thornton Specialist Services

Cayman Islands Network

Europe Networks Director

Joanne Hewitt-Schembri

Managing Director - Insolvency Practitioner

Alvarez & Marsal

European Network

Europe Regional Director

Rita Gismondi

Counsel

Gianni & Origoni

European Network

Latin America Regional Director

BEATRIZ FANECA LEITE DE SOUZA

PARTNER

FANECA ADVOGADOS

Brazil Network

U.S.Regional Director

Tara Schellhorn

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

New Jersey Network

Global Networks Director

Valerie Bantner Peo

Buchalter, A Professional Corporation

Northern California Network

Member Services Director

Alexandra CC Schnapp

Law Clerk to Hon. Wendy Hagenau

US Bankruptcy Court

Georgia Network

New Network and Regional Development Co-Director

Nyana A Miller

Counsel

Sequor Law, P.A.

Florida Network

U.S. Program Committee Co-Director

Rebecca F. Redwine

Partner

Hendren, Redwine & Malone, PLLC

Carolinas Network

U.S. Program Committee Co-Director

Christina Sanfelippo

Associate

Cozen O'Connor

Chicago Network

Communications Co-Director

Amy E Vulpio

White and Williams LLP

Greater Philadelphia Network

Communications Co-Director

Sara-Ann Wilson

Dentons Canada LLP

Ontario 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

Vice Director of Fall Programs

Kimberly A. Brown

Partner

Landis Rath & Cobb LLP

Delaware Network

Vice Director of Spring Programs

Jane Harris Downey

Partner

Moore Bradley Myers Law Firm, PA

Carolinas Network

Vice Director of Regional Programming

Terri Jane Freedman

Chiesa Shahinian Giantomasi, P.C.

New Jersey Network

Vice Director of Budget

Anne Rasho Vanderkamp

AlixPartners

Chicago Network

Vice Director of Member Services

Monica Susan Blacker

Partner

Force Ten Partners, LLC & Bax Advisors

Dallas/Fort Worth Network

Asia Regional Vice Director of Programming

Veronica Chan

Tanner De Witt

Hong Kong Network

Asia Regional Vice Director of Membership

Pooja Mahajan

Managing Partner

Chandhiok & Mahajan

India Network

Vice Director of Social Media

Bodie B. Colwell

Preti Flaherty

New England Network

Vice Director of News

Rebecca DeMarb

Senior Managing Director

Development Specialists, Inc.

Wisconsin Network

UNCITRAL Committee Director

Carren B. Shulman

New York Network

UNCITRAL Committee Director

Tinamarie Feil

President, Client Services

BMC Group

New York Network

Vice Director of Leadership Programming

Stephanie Bramer

Senior Counsel, Vice President

TCF National Bank

Minnesota Network

At Large Director

Jodi Daniel Dubose

Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler, PA

Gulf Coast Network

At Large Director

Rosa J. Evergreen

Partner

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Washington DC Network

At Large Director

Kathryn Lea Harrison

Campbell & Levine, LLC

Western Pennsylvania Network

At Large Director

Rebecca Hume

Partner

Gateley Legal

European Network

At-Large Director

Catherine D'Alton

Senior Legal Counsel

Standard Chartered Bank

Singapore Network

At Large Director

Lauren Friend McKelvey

Attorney

Washington DC Network

At Large Director

Upasana Rao

Partner

Trilegal

India Network

At Large Director

Genevieve Weiner

Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

Southern California Network

At Large Director

Kate Roggio Buck

Partner

McCarter & English LLP

Delaware Network

At Large Director

Solymar Castillo-Morales

Capital Member

Goldman, Antonetti & Cordova LLC

Puerto Rico Network

At Large Director

Sejal Chokshi Kelly

Vice President of Administrative Services

Omni Agent Solutions

New England Network

At Large Director

Tara Elizabeth Nauful

Of Counsel

Beal, LLC

Carolinas Network

At Large Director

Aimee Elizabeth Rice

Managing Director

Compass Advisory Partners

Western Pennsylvania Network

Advisory Council

Bernadette Barron

Barron Business Consulting

Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee 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, 2022 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:

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

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