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WHAT'S INSIDE:
NextGen Rules at Flight Club
Kicking off 2024 with a new Prez & VP
Member News
Save the Dates: Summerfest and Golf
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TMA Chicago/Midwest | March 2024 | Q1 | | |
CHAPTER LEADERSHIP MUSINGS | | |
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Success through Service: Setting a Foundation for the Year Ahead
Jack O'Connor, Chapter President
Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
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It is my sincere honor and pleasure to serve as President of the TMA Chicago/Midwest Chapter for 2024. I am humbled by the Chapter entrusting me with the opportunity to lead us forward in 2024 and to continue building upon the successes of our predecessors. I specifically want to thank Kat Parker of HyperAMS, under whom I served as President-Elect, and who set a high bar for us to meet this year.
As many of you already know, our theme for this year is “Success through Service.” I want each of us to take this to heart in 2024 (as many of you already have!) and maintain our focus on how three pillars of service—to clients, others, and ourselves—are the foundation for our professional, personal, and collective success. Continue...
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Service at a Higher Level in 2024
Kobus van der Zel, CTP Vice President, Communications
MorrisAnderson
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As the new vice president of communications for our chapter, it’s my pleasure to bring you the first TMA Chicago/Midwest newsletter of 2024. This year our chapter President, Jack O’Connor, has challenged us to create “Success Through Service” – to clients, others and to ourselves. Our Communications committee, which includes Heidi Hockberger, Mark Silverman, and Michael Boyer, is already hard at work to communicate this message in various ways. As we enter the 100-day range of this chapter year, let’s ask ourselves how we can each use this theme to make 2024 a memorable year. Continue...
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Balmoral Advisors Managing Partner Chris Cerimele, will speak on capital markets and M&A dynamics in the manufacturing and industrial middle market as a panelist at the 2024 Chicago Manufacturing and Industry Summit, hosted by Opus Connect. | | |
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Turning Point Management Advisors a provider of business recovery solutions, turnarounds and M & A advisory services, appointed Heather Rachel director of business development in the U.S. Rachel has more than 15 years of experience in providing commercial finance and asset-based lending solutions to small and middle-market businesses across the U.S. Based in Minneapolis, Rachel is the current Minnesota chapter president for the Turnaround Management Association, board member of the Minnesota Risk Management Association, and actively involved in the Association for Corporate Growth throughout Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Minnesota. | | |
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CIBC is pleased to announce the promotion of Brandon Barr to Asset-based Lending (ABL) Group Head. In this new role, Barr is responsible for providing strategic guidance on portfolio related matters and evaluating new business segments, in addition to managing the national business efforts for the ABL team. Barr, who joined CIBC in 2011, previously served as head of business development and strategy for the bank’s ABL Group. | | |
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Jeff Vogelsang, of Promontory Point Partners, LLC was interviewed for the podcast “What it’s like to be” – the episode is now available on their website. It is a 30 minute discussion which addresses what is involved in being a Turnaround Consultant. | | |
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Rob Meyers, of Republic Business Credit is proud to announce that it has hired six new people to the team in the past 90 days, bolstering its underwriting, accounting and new business teams in Los Angeles, Houston and New Orleans. Republic Business Credit renewed its Platinum Sponsorship for 2024 of the TMA Midwest Chapter. | | |
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Raines Feldman Littrell LLP (engagement led by Mark Melickian) and Husch Blackwell LLP (engagement led by Michael Brandess) were just selected as co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Trinitas Advantaged Agriculture Partners IV, LLC et al, a chapter 11 case involving nearly 8,000 acres of almond farms pending in the Northern District of California. | | |
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Aaron Hammer joined the bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as a shareholder and partner, following the firm’s combination with HMB Legal Counsel on March 1, 2024. Financial restructuring attorneys Rick Rein, Nathan Delman and Dante Wen joined Aaron in the move to Kilpatrick. The team will continue to focus on its broad domestic and cross-border restructuring and bankruptcy practice, with a continuing emphasis on creditor committees. Per Turnaround & Workouts, Kilpatrick boasts the seventh largest creditor committee practice in the country. | | |
CHAPTER NEWS: TMA OUT N' ABOUT | | |
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December 23: Holiday Party at Untitled
By Jamie Cote, Hilco Global
| TMA Chicago welcomed over 150 members and friends to Untitled in River North for the annual Holiday Party. The venue once again provided a beautiful backdrop to enjoy excellent food and creative cocktails and as always top-caliber networking. For the second consecutive year live entertainment was provided by Adequate Protection, a band comprised of TMA Chicago chapter members, Mark Silverman, Greg Schultz, David Doyle and Jamie Cote and nonmember Eric Nyberg. | | |
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photo credit: Virginia George
On January 19, TMA Milwaukee Programs hosted its annual Post Holiday Party at a new venue this year – the elegant Pfister Hotel.
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February 27: Milwaukee Hosts Breakfast in Brookfield
By Erin West, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
| The Milwaukee Committee hosted a networking breakfast event at the Café Hollander in Brookfield Square on February 27, 2024. Over 35 attendees enjoyed a hearty breakfast spread, coffee, and conversation. The Milwaukee Committee’s breakfast events have proven to be quite popular, attracting new and potential members to connect with our existing membership. | | |
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February 29: Cheers to Peers! Martini Party' Success
By Akash Amin, MorrisAnderson
| The TMA Chicago Annual Martini Event at the RPM Event space was a great success and only keeps getting better each year! TMA Chicago/Midwest had a record turnout this year with over 250 registrants and attendees – the most attendees the event has had in over 10 years. The combination of great company, delicious seafood, and martinis proved to be a pleasant oasis for the city’s industry leaders. The event noticeably had many new faces as well as familiar ones in addition to TMA members from other chapters flying in to attend the event. We look forward to another spectacular event next year! | | |
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March 15: NextGen Bulls Event Another Slam Dunk
By Joe Ford, Wintrust
| For the third year in a row, TMA NextGen Chicago/Midwest took its talents to the United Center to take in some Bulls basketball. After another sold-out year, the NextGen Bulls event is establishing itself as a premier event on the NextGen calendar. In total, 40 NextGen members, as well as TMA leadership – special shoutout to TMA Midwest/Chicago President, Jack O’Connor, for showing his support – gathered at the United Center to kick off St. Patrick’s Day weekend in style. While the product on the court was less than stellar, the lively atmosphere created by the NextGen members in attendance certainly made up for it… and the dessert cart of course. The NextGen Committee appreciates the continued support of the board to make this event possible, and we look forward to hosting the fourth iteration of the event next year! | | | | | |
