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Giving Tuesday is here!
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We invite you to join this nationwide movement and give today. The generous support we receive from our members and the insolvency community helps us achieve the Endowment’s goal of funding important bankruptcy research and educational activities.
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Contributions to the ABI Endowment are tax deductible.
ABI is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
Support Us When You Shop for Holiday Gifts
 Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support the ABI Endowment every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price
to the Endowment Fund. Just name the American Bankruptcy Institute as your charity.
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New Donors Recognized
The Endowment Fund recognizes and thanks the following for reaching new levels of giving:
Legacy Member
Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (ret.)
Lifetime Member
Irving H. Picard
BakerHostetler LLP
Benefactors
Michael L. Bernstein
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Mitch Ryan
Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc.
Sustaining Members
David K. Bowsher
Adams and Reese LLP
Eric K. Monzo
Morris James LLP
Silent Auction at the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference
A special thank you goes to the Development Committee for the South Region (chaired by Kristina M. Johnson of Jones Walker LLP) for organizing a silent auction at the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference on Nov. 8-9. Items auctioned off included a two-night hotel stay at Margaritaville, a registration for ABI’s 2019 Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, an ABI Membership, a $200 gift card to Koestler Prime and several special pieces of art. Thank you to our generous donors: Craig M. Geno (Craig M. Geno, PLLC; Ridgeland, Miss.), John D. Moore (Law Offices of John D. Moore, PA; Ridgeland, Miss.) and D. Andrew Phillips (Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, PA; Oxford, Miss.).
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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 this December in Scottsdale, Ariz. There will also be an Endowment dessert reception sponsored by Omni Management Group, Inc. and Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP. The reception, which follows the Final Night Dinner Gala, is by invitation only and will include new donors at the Sustaining Member level and up.
Participate in the 2018 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 ABI 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 2018 CFC Open Season runs from Sept. 1 through Dec. 15). Please contact ABI Chief Financial Officer Kathy Sheehan at ksheehan@abi.org or (703) 739-0800 for more information.
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:
Robert P. Reynolds
Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC
Committee Members:
Steven M. Berman
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Jerry M. Markowitz
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Bradley D. Sharp
Development Specialists, Inc.
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
Ryan G. Foley – Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Charles Forman – LeClairRyan, PC
Neil B. Glassman – Bayard, P.A.
Thomas M. Horan – Fox Rothschild LLP
Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC
Richard M. Meth
James E. Van Horn – McGuireWoods LLP
Midwest
Chair: Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
James A. Lodoen – Lindquist & Vennum LLP
Claire Ann Resop – Steinhilber Swanson
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 – All Business Development Solutions, LLC
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South
Chair: Kristina M. Johnson – Jones Walker LLP
Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC
James R. Irving – Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Derek F. Meek – Burr & Forman LLP
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 – Summit Investment Management LLC
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 (US) 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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