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Tomorrow is Giving tuesday
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The Endowment Fund was created in 1989 to provide resources for research and education in the restructuring industry. Named after ABI's late Vice President-Development Anthony H.N. Schnelling, the Endowment has awarded more than $3 million in grants, prizes and scholarships since 1990.
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What Does the Endowment Fund?
- Conrad B. Duberstein Memorial Moot Court Competition
- Corporate Restructuring Competition
- Study on the Effectiveness of Financial Education
- Veterans and Servicemembers' Affairs Task Force
- Ethics Task Force
- Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11
- Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy
- Consumer Bankruptcy and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Placebo or Panacea?
- Young Scholars Program at Brooklyn Law School
- Bankruptcy Trauma Study
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Easy Ways to Donate:
- Pledges
- Monthly Giving Program
- Donate Annual Dues
- Planned Giving and Stock Donations
- Silent Auction Donation
- Firm Donation Matching
- Attend or Sponsor Endowment Events
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| Visit www.abi.org/endowment for more information about the ABI Endowment and the projects it funds. If you would like any additional information on ways to get involved, reach out to ABI’s Endowment Manager, Erin Green, at egreen@abi.org. |
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Wining and dining in Los Angeles
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| On Nov. 9, the ABI Endowment held a wine dinner at the Griffin Club in Los Angeles, with proceeds benefiting the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund. The event featured a night of networking at one of the city’s premier social clubs, complete with happy hour, dinner and wine, as well as a wine silent auction. “After three years away, it was amazing to be back in person for the L.A. Wine Dinner,” said ABI Vice President-Development Christopher A. Ward of Polsinelli (Wilmington, Del.). “It was refreshing to have over 130 attendees at a new venue to celebrate the Endowment.” The event raised approximately $12,000 for the ABI Endowment.
Thanks go to all of the silent auction participants. The winners included Eric S. Kurtzman and Travis K. Vandell of Stretto (Irvine, Calif.), Michael Neumeister of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Los Angeles), Victor Owens of East West Bank (Pasadena, Calif.), Lewis S. Rosenbloom of Rosenbloom Advisors (Highland Park, Ill.), Michelle Salazar-Rosenbloom of KCC (Venice, Calif.), Randye B. Soref of Polsinelli (Los Angeles) and Matthew P. Sorenson of Development Specialists, Inc. (Los Angeles).
The ABI Endowment also thanks the following firms for sponsoring this event: Axos Global Fiduciary Banking; BakerHostetler; B. Riley Advisory Services; Danning, Gill, Israel & Krasnoff, LLP; Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc.; Development Specialists, Inc.; DLA Piper; East West Bank; Force 10 Partners; Omni Agent Solutions; Onyx Asset Advisors, LLC; Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; Polsinelli; and Stretto.
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Silent Auction at Winter Leadership Conference
The ABI Endowment will host a silent auction at the Winter Leadership Conference at the La Quinta Resort & Club Dec. 8-10 in La Quinta, Calif. If you are attending, please stop by the silent auction early and often to bid on the great items being offered and support the ABI Endowment. If you are interested in donating for future silent auctions, please contact ABI Endowment Manager Erin Green at egreen@abi.org. Donation ideas and other ways to contribute are available here.
Make a Year-End Donation
With 2022 coming to an end, we know you have many options when it comes to your end-of-year giving. Why not choose the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund? We are using small and large gifts to help provide resources for research and education within the insolvency community (all donations are tax-deductible). For every donation over $100, you will be entered to win a pair of Apple AirPod Pro headphones (winner will be contacted by Jan. 5, 2023). Please visit here, or contact ABI Endowment Manager Erin Green at egreen@abi.org with questions.
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New Donors Recognized
30th Anniversary Circle
Bill Henrich
Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC
Leadership Club
James A. Lodoen
Spencer Fane LLP
(in memory of his partner, Melvin Orenstein)
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.
Kristina M. Johnson
Jones Walker LLP
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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