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Get Ready for the Tequila Tasting at the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop in July
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| After a successful event last year, the ABI Endowment will be hosting a tequila tasting for registrants of the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, being held July 21-24 in Amelia Island, Fla. This event will include tequila flights, margaritas, sangrias and light snacks from 8:30-10 p.m. on July 22 at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. All proceeds benefit the ABI Endowment. Those currently registered for the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop can add this event as an optional event on their online registration.
Thanks go to Donald A. Workman of BakerHostetler (Washington, D.C.), as well as Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, for sponsoring this event. For more information (including details about becoming a sponsor), please contact ABI Endowment Manager Erin Green at egreen@abi.org.
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Silent Auction At Central States Workshop
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| ABI thanks the following members for participating in the silent auction during the Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, held last week in Lake Geneva, Wis. The winners included Leslie C. Behaunek (Nyemaster Goode, P.C.; Des Moines, Iowa), Tracy M. Clark (Steinberg Shapiro & Clark; Southfield, Mich.), Matt Gensburg (Gensburg Calandriello & Kanter, P.C.; Chicago), E. Philip Groben (Gensburg Calandriello & Kanter, P.C.; Chicago), Mitch Ryan (Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc.; Orange County, Calif.) and Hon. Kesha Tanabe (U.S. Bankruptcy Court
(D. Minn.); Minneapolis).
Special thanks also go to those who donated items for the silent auction: American Bankruptcy Institute (Alexandria, Va.), Todd Almassian (Keller & Almassian, PLC; Grand Rapids, Mich.), Tracy Clark (Steinberg Shapiro & Clark; Southfield, Mich.), E. Philip Groben (Gensburg Calandriello & Kanter, P.C.; Chicago), Jim Lodoen (Spencer Fane LLP; Minneapolis) and Claire Ann Richman (Steinhilber Swanson LLP; Madison, Wis.).
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Summer Silent Auctions
The Endowment will be holding silent auctions at the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop (July 21-24; Amelia Island, Fla.) and Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop (Aug. 4-6; Cambridge, Md.). ABI is gladly accepting donated auction items. If you have something you would like to donate, please contact ABI Endowment Manager Erin Green at egreen@abi.org.
Don’t know what to donate? Possible items have been selected and are available for purchase at amazon.com under a special ABI Wish List. Contributing to silent auctions, either through a donation or a generous bid, is a great way to support the ABI Endowment.
Los Angeles Wine Dinner
 After a couple-year hiatus, the L.A. Wine Dinner is back! Get ready for an evening of networking with colleagues this fall in Los Angeles while raising money for the ABI Endowment Fund. Be on the lookout for more information in the coming months, via ABI’s website and e-newsletters. If your firm would like to sponsor this or any other Endowment events, please contact ABI Endowment Manager Erin Green at egreen@abi.org. All proceeds
benefit the ABI Endowment.
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Levels of Support
Millennium Level
Contributions of $50,000 and above
30th Anniversary Circle
Contributions of $30,000 – $49,999
Century Council Member
Contributions of $25,000 – $29,999
Visionary
Contributions of $20,000 – $24,999
Legacy
Contributions of $15,000 – $19,999
Lifetime Member
Contributions of $10,000 – $14,999
Benefactor
Contributions of $5,000 – $9,999
Sustaining Member
Contributions of $2,000 – $4,999
Leadership Club
Contributions of $1,000 – $1,999
Donor
Contributions of $100 – $999
Pledges at the Leadership Club level and up are payable over up to five years.
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Endowment Fund Development Committee
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Vice President—Development:
Christopher A. Ward
Polsinelli
Committee Members:
Steven M. Berman
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Dawn M. Cica
Carlyon Cica Chtd.
Eric J. Fromme
Pacheco & Neach, P.C.
Bradley D. Sharp
Development Specialists, Inc.
Donald A. Workman
BakerHostetler
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Regional Endowment Chairs
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Mid-Atlantic
Chair: Donald A. Workman – BakerHostetler
Charles Forman – Forman Holt
Neil B. Glassman – Bayard, P.A.
Thomas M. Horan – Cozen O’Connor
Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC
Richard M. Meth
James E. Van Horn – Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Midwest
Chair: Lisa Vandesteeg – Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
James A. Lodoen – Spencer Fane LLP
Claire Ann Richman – Steinhilber Swanson LLP
Sheryl L. Toby – Dykema Gossett PLLC
New England
Chair: Jeffrey T. Varsalone – G2 Capital Advisors, LLC
New York Metro
Chair: Elyssa S. Kates – BakerHostetler
Rocky Mountain
Co-Chair: Annette W. Jarvis – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Co-Chair: Lynne Long – Riveron Consulting, LLC
South
Chair: Kristina M. Johnson – Jones Walker LLP
Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC
James R. Irving – Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
Derek F. Meek – Burr & Forman LLP
James E. Smith – Barber Law Firm
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Southeast
Chair: Jerry Markowitz – Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Terri L. Gardner – Gardner Law, PLLC
Neil C. Gordon – Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Jennifer McLemore – Williams Mullen
Jennifer M. Meyerowitz – SAK Management Services, LLC
Edward J. Peterson, III – Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, PA
Lynn Lewis Tavenner – Tavenner & Beran, PLC
Glenn Thompson – Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC
Texas & Southwest
Co-Chair: Jason S. Brookner – Gray Reed & McGraw, LLP
Co-Chair: Scott Van Meter – B. Riley Advisory Services
Jordan A. Kroop – Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
John Penn – Perkins Coie LLP
Thomas J. Salerno – Stinson LLP
West
Chair: Bradley D. Sharp – Development Specialists, Inc.
K. Kevin Otus – Onyx Asset Advisors, LLC
Randye B. Soref – Polsinelli
Travis Vandell – Stretto
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