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size='3'>MELISSA KIBLER KNOLL NAMED ABI
PRESIDENT-ELECT
size='3'>April 10, 2009 Alexandria, Va. —
size='3'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Melissa Kibler
Knoll of Mesirow
Financial Consulting, LLC (Chicago) has been
selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President-Elect. She will
become president for a one-year term, beginning with ABI’s Annual
Spring Meeting in 2010. An ABI member since 1996, Knoll has served
as ABI’s Vice President–Membership, as
co-chair of ABI's Inaugural Professional Development Program
and as a member of ABI’s Executive
Committee.
Knoll is a
size='3'>senior managing director at Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC.
Her practice focuses on financial advisory
services to companies, unsecured creditors, secured lenders and other
parties in restructurings and turnarounds.
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size='3'>Knoll is also a member of the Turnaround
Management Association, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring
Advisors, Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, the
Chicago Finance Exchange, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants. A
frequent contributor to the
size='3'>ABI Journal, she was recognized in
2004 in
size='3'>Crain’s Chicago Business '40
Under 40' and received the 2003 CIRA gold medal
award for her work as a certified insolvency and
restructuring advisor.
For a complete list of
ABI’s officers and directors, please visit:
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