As we journey into 2023 and meet the challenges that lie ahead in managing through the truest of economic uncertainty in some time, the one certainty we can count on is the wealth of resources and opportunities available through TMA. During the past several months, we have highlighted the meaning...
As we embark on The 2022 TMA Annual, I harken back to a time not so long ago when we were talking about how to be a more forward-facing TMA. It was at a time when the appreciation for what TMA represented was less clear, and the messaging behind what it meant to be a member of this organization was...
Well into autumn, we come closer and closer to the grandness of conference season and the beginning of many positive steps forward with what lies on the horizon for 2023 and beyond for TMA Nation. Led by TMA Global President Jane Mitnick, our Governance Task Force has spent a good part of 2022...
As we round the home stretch of a glorious summer in TMA Nation, all eyes turn to fall and a TMA Annual to be held in Boston, November 1-4, that will dazzle and delight. Our theme this year, “It Starts with One Connection,” highlights the beginning of a journey that speaks to what it means to be a...
As we journey into the second half of 2022, this is a good time to pause and reflect on where we are as an organization and how we continue to improve on what it means to be a member of TMA. When we opened the year, two notable projects were at the forefront. The first was our Strategic Planning...
This issue of the JCR focuses on the restructuring of Puerto Rico. Like the island’s history, the restructuring efforts involving this commonwealth were, in a word, “complicated.” Puerto Rico has a long, rich, and proud history and cultural identity. Before Christopher Columbus set foot on the...
In this issue of the JCR we focus on the cutting-edge topic of mediation, a subject near and dear to me. Having been a mediator and teacher of mediation, I am glad for this opportunity to share my thoughts on this important topic and what it means to the professionals of TMA. Mediation speaks to...
As we enjoy the afterglow of one of most successful and meaningful Distressed Investing Conferences TMA has experienced in recent years, we look at our year of Innovation through Disruption, and we revel in the opportunities that lie ahead. In a year where our membership retention is at historic...
February in TMA Nation is always a gleeful time, with the depths of winter being relieved by the great gathering that our Distressed Investing Conference always promises to be. This year will be no exception and, in some ways, will be even more interesting than ever before. Interesting in that our...
As we close out the year of certain uncertainty, I want to offer a retrospective on where we were to where we have come this past year, along with the story of our reinvention at TMA. The first phase of our reinvention was what we called our “pivot with purpose.” The pivot meant we would have to be...