By Gene Arenson, HYPERAMS On the evening of January 14, more than 140 members and guests gathered at The Grain Exchange in downtown Milwaukee for some post-holiday networking and dinner. In the 1860s, the Grain Exchange invented and utilized the first trading pit in the entire world, an octagonal...
By Anjanette Winners, BMO Harris Bank The TMA NOW Committee hosted a Brown Bag Luncheon on February 11 at the offices of Freeborn & Peters, LLP. This was the first TMA NOW event of the year, and it was a smashing success, with more than 45 registered attendees. The event was titled “Crafting...
Deadline to Submit is May 20, 2022 The TMA Chicago/Midwest Memorial Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its annual scholarship program. Scholarships will be awarded after June 2022. Applicants for the scholarships must be either: (1) a person who is,...
Jesse Ruiz – Effective Leadership Under Fire On January 8, Jesse Ruiz, the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, joined the Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter for its first event of the year. Ruiz regaled his audience with war stories from one of the most combative and highly...
Neema Thachet Varghese, NV Consulting Services While martinis were very popular when the TMA first began hosting its Martini Night networking reception, in its twelfth year it was time to kick it up a notch! On February 25 the TMA served not only martinis, but offered guests a premium scotch and...
Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP announced that Michael Traison has joined its corporate restructuring and creditor’s rights practice as a partner. Traison has been a pillar in the global restructuring community for the past 35 years. His client-centric and leveled approach to solving...
Goldstein & McClintock LLLP : (a) was selected as counsel to the creditors’ committee in the chapter 11 case of HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. and Agri-Fine, Inc.; (b) represented, along with Amherst Partners, the creditors' committee in the sale of substantially all of the assets of...
Michael J. Egan, Monroe Capital LLC Keep it Going! Several years ago I received a call from Tom Pabst, president of Hyperams LLC and then-president of the TMA Chicago/Midwest Chapter. Tom asked me if I would like to get more involved in the chapter's committees and leadership. I must thank Tom for...
John Budyak, Cortland Capital Market Services LLC Christopher Cerimele, Balmoral Advisors LLC Gary Chodes, Raiseco Christopher Draper, A&G Realty Partners Shawn Dubinsky, Richter Consulting Chris Enas, Monroe Capital LLC Michael Frain, Old Republic Title Insurance Daniel Gallagher, The...
Thoughts from Mark Melickian, VP-Communications, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP Lost Links The TMA website contains layers upon layers of information about our organization’s membership (local, regional, and national) and current activities. There is also a smidgen of information about our...
