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Get Noticed at ABI's Annual Spring Meeting!
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Members who pledge or contribute at or above the Sustaining Member level ($2,000 and up) will be recognized during ABI's Annual Spring Meeting this April in Washington, D.C. There will also be an Endowment bourbon-tasting reception sponsored by Omni Management Group, Inc., Perkins Coie LLP and Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP.
The reception, on April 12, is by invitation only and will include new donors at the Sustaining Member level and up. For more information on how to get involved with the ABI Endowment, visit abi.org/endowment or contact ABI Chief Financial Officer Kathy Sheehan.
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Endowment HOckey Event in Tampa
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On Feb. 7, ABI Endowment supporters gathered at Amalie Arena to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning take on the St. Louis Blues. They networked in a luxury box reserved for the event; the event was held in conjunction with the annual Paskay Seminar in Tampa, Fla. Thanks go to Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP for donating the suite and tickets. All proceeds benefited the Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund. More information on Endowment events will be posted at abi.org/events. If your firm would like to host an event to support the Endowment, please email ABI Marketing Manager Sharisa L. Sloan.
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ABI Endowment supporters enjoyed a private suite to watch the NHL's top team during the Paskay conference.
Loretta C. O'Keeffe (Gibbons I Neuman; Tampa, Fla.) (c) and her husband with Maximillian Amster (VERIDIS; Tampa, Fla.) (l) in the Shumaker suite.
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New Donors Recognized
The Endowment Fund recognizes and thanks the following for reaching new levels of giving:
LIFETIME MEMBER

Hon. Daniel S. Opperman
U.S Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.)
SUSTAINING MEMBER

Nancy J. Whaley
Standing Chapter 13 Trustee
LEADERSHIP CLUB

Melissa Davis
KapilaMukamal, LLP
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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 – Barnes & Thornburg 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
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
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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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