ABI/NYIC/GSCA Golf Outing & Tennis Tournament Held in September
ABI and the New York Institute of Credit joined forces with the Garden State Credit Associates for the annual golf outing and dinner, held at the Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club in Livingston, N.J. More than 100 players enjoyed perfect weather. Visit flickr.com to view more photos from this event.
Photos courtesy of the
New York Institute of Credit. 
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Get Noticed at ABI’s Winter Leadership Conference!
Members who pledge or contribute at or above the Sustaining Member level ($2,000 and up) will be recognized during ABI’s Winter Leadership Conference. There will also be an Endowment dessert reception sponsored by Berkeley Research Group, LLC, Rust Consulting, Inc. and Shook, Hardy and Bacon LLP. The reception, which follows the final night dinner, is for new donors at the Sustaining Member level and up and will feature a meet-and-greet with magician Drew Thomas. |
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Magician Drew Thomas
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dinner and fine Wine in Chicago This November
Get ready for an evening of networking with your colleagues while raising money for the ABI Endowment Fund on Nov. 9 at River Roast in Chicago. A huge thank you goes to Richard S. Lauter of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, the late Mark G. Stingley of Bryan Cave LLP and Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP for spearheading this event, as well as event sponsors Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd.; Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC; Birch Lake; Bryan Cave LLP; Conway Mackenzie, Inc.; Development Specialists, Inc.; FrankGecker, LLP; Freeborn & Peters LLP; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Hiltz & Zanzig LLC; Jenner & Block LLP; The Law Offices of Roger Higgins, LLC; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; MorrisAnderson; Perkins Coie LLP; Proskauer; Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP; Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC; Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP; and UpRight Law LLC. Interested in joining us? Contact ABI Marketing Manager Sharisa Sloan at ssloan@abi.org.
Hockey Fans: Support the ABI Endowment in Philly!
Join us at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. for a divisional hockey match-up between the hometown Flyers and five-time Stanley Cup Champions Pittsburgh Penguins. Watch the game from a luxury suite generously donated by Gavin/Solmonese LLC, complete with food and open bar. Thanks also go to McGuireWoods LLP, Polsinelli and Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP for sponsoring this event. Act fast; this event is sure to sell out!

Join ABI in Atlanta for a "Tribute to Service"
More details will be announced in a future Developments e-newsletter, but make sure to leave Jan. 11 open on your calendar: ABI will be hosting a special tribute at the Atlanta offices of King & Spalding to honor Hon. Mary Grace Diehl and Hon. C. Ray Mullins of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, who are both retiring in 2018. Additional information is forthcoming and will be posted at abi.org/events.

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New Donors Recognized
The Endowment Fund recognizes and thanks the following for reaching new levels of giving:
New Leadership Club Members

Gregory W. Werkheiser
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

A. Jeffrey Zappone
Conway MacKenzie
Levels of Support
Millennium Level
Contributions of $50,000 and above
30th Anniversary Circle
Contributions of $30,000 – $49,999
Century Council Members
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
Donors
Contributions of $100 – $999
Pledges at the Leadership Club level and up are payable over up to five years.
Participate in the 2017 Combined Federal Campaign
Contributions to the Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund are tax-deductible. ABI is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. If you have been considering making a donation to the Endowment Fund, you may benefit by making your contribution to Combined Federal Campaign #11391. Your funds will be used to support research and education on insolvency. Please consider contributing during the current campaign season (The 2017 CFC Open Season will run from October 2, 2017, through January 12, 2018.) Contact ABI Chief Financial Officer Kathy Sheehan at (703) 739-0800 or ksheehan@abi.org for more information.
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Endowment Fund Development Committee
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Vice President—Development:
Robert P. Reynolds
Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC
Committee Members:
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Jerry M. Markowitz
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Bradley D. Sharp
Development Specialists, Inc.
Kelly Beaudin Stapleton
Alvarez & Marsal
Christopher A. Ward
Polsinelli
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Regional Endowment Chairs
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Mid-Atlantic
Chair: Christopher A. Ward – Polsinelli
Sam J. Alberts – Dentons
Charles Forman – LeClairRyan, PC
Neil B. Glassman – Bayard, P.A.
Thomas M. Horan – Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin, LLC
Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC
Richard M. Meth – Fox Rothschild LLP
James E. Van Horn – McGuireWoods LLP
Midwest
Chair: Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Reginald W. Jackson – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
James A. Lodoen – Lindquist & Vennum LLP
Claire Ann Resop – Steinhilber Swanson
Scott Y. Stuart – Esquify, Inc.
Sheryl L. Toby – Dykema Gossett PLLC
New England
Chair: Jeffrey T. Varsalone – CBIZ MHM, LLC
New York Metro
Co-Chair: Lisa G. Beckerman – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Co-Chair: Allen D. Wilen – EisnerAmper LLP
Rocky Mountain
Co-Chair: Annette W. Jarvis – Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Lynne Long – Summit Investment
Management LLC
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South
Chair: Kristina M. Johnson – Jones Walker LLP
John W. Ames – Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Richard P. Carmody – Adams and Reese LLP
Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC
James E. Smith – Williams Anderson PLC
Emily Campbell Taube – Burr & Forman LLP
Stephen P. Wheelis – Wheelis & Rozanski, APLC
Southeast
Chair: Jerry Markowitz – Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Terri L. Gardner – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Neil C. Gordon – Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Jennifer McLemore – Christian & Barton, LLP
Jennifer M. Meyerowitz – GCG
Edward J. Peterson, III – Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, PA
Lynn Lewis Tavenner – Tavenner & Beran, PLC
Glenn Thompson – Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC
Texas & Southwest
Co-Chair: Jason S. Brookner – Gray Reed & McGraw, PC
Co-Chair: Scott Van Meter – Berkeley Research Group, LLC
Thomas H. Grace – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Jordan A. Kroop – Perkins Coie LLP
John Penn – Perkins Coie LLP
Thomas J. Salerno – Stinson Leonard Street LLP
West
Chair: Bradley D. Sharp – Development Specialists, Inc..
Matthew Gates – Duff & Phelps, LLC
Scott Gautier – Robins Kaplan
Mitch Ryan – Donlin Recano & Company, Inc.
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