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M. Benjamin Jones is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura and the Global Co-Head of the Turnaround and Restructuring practice. He is a recognized leader in the restructuring profession with more than 20 years of experience advising and participating in complex corporate reorganizations.

Ben received his BS from Wake Forest University. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy.

Ankura has been a long-time Gala sponsor and Ben served as a Gala co-chair in 2024.

Ben and his wife Shayna have both lost loved ones to cancer and believe strongly in supporting early detection. In addition, as Shayna is an OB/GYN and functional medicine physician, women’s health is front and center in their household.

Julia Frost-Davies is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig. Julia is past chair of the board of trustees of the Women’s Bar Foundation, and served on the board of editors of the Boston Bar Journal. Julia currently serves as lead outside counsel for New England Law Boston – the first woman to hold this position. Julia received her BA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her JD from New England Law Boston. She was privileged to work with Tina at Bingham as she was launching her legal career. Julia is a founding board member.

Evan R. Fleck is a partner of Milbank LLP and co-practice group leader and co-head of the firm’s global Financial Restructuring Group. Evan has built a successful, peer-recognized practice advising on a wide range of corporate restructurings and bankruptcies. Representing both debtors and creditors in in-court and out-of-court restructurings, lenders and other strategic parties, he has advised key parties in some of the world’s largest and most complex distressed situations.

Evan earned his BA from The University of Pennsylvania and his JD from Georgetown Law. He has been a featured panelist and lecturer at national conferences and law schools on topics involving distressed situations. He is a member of the Complex Case Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and a past member of the Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee of the New York City Bar Association. In March 2023, he was inducted by The American College of Bankruptcy as a Fellow in the 34th Class of the College.

Lisa Donahue is the Global Co-Lead of Turnaround and Restructuring Service at AlixPartners. She guides underperforming companies through complex operational turnarounds in the roles of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, and Chief Transition Officer.

Lisa and the firm have been a Dinner Committee sponsor every year since the foundation’s inception and Lisa has served as a Benefit co-chair since 2015. In 2016, the foundation was honored to present Lisa with the Tina Brozman Mentoring Award at our annual Benefit.

Lisa received her BS from Florida State University and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Lisa was a dear friend to Tina Brozman in the restructuring community.

Jennifer DeMarco is a partner in the banking and finance practice of Clifford Chance specializing in financial restructuring and bankruptcy. Jennifer is a member of the firm’s Partnership Selection Group and a co-chair of the firm’s Women’s Committee. She is also recognized in Who’s Who of American Women. Jennifer received a JD from Fordham University and a BA from Lafayette College. Jennifer is a founding board member.

Tim Coleman, now retired, was a Partner and Global Chairman of the Restructuring and Special Situations Group at PJT Partners, a public spinoff from The Blackstone Group. Prior to the spinoff, Tim worked for twenty-three years at Blackstone serving as a Senior Managing Director and Head of the Restructuring & Reorganization Group. Tim received a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Tim has been a co-chair of the Tina’s Wish Annual Benefit Dinner since 2010 , and was the honoree at the 2015 dinner. In addition to serving on the board of Tina’s Wish, Tim is a member of The Future Project Board of Directors, the Board of Leaders of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Council.