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Tina’s Wish was honored to present to Simon Freakley of AlixPartners, LLP the 2020 Tina Brozman Mentoring Award.

Simon is the chief executive officer of AlixPartners and a member of the firm’s board of directors. In his more than 30 years of extensive experience in advising clients, Simon has played a leading role in the development and implementation of business transformation strategies in many large and high-profile cases. Prior to AlixPartners, Simon was CEO of Zolfo-Cooper Europe from 2008-2015 and previous to this, he was CEO of Kroll Inc., a global risk consulting firm based in New York with revenues of over $1 billion.

Long involved in philanthropic causes, Simon is Chairman of Grange Park Opera, London Music Masters, and the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and was formerly Chairman of Dulwich Picture Gallery. He was also on the Board of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington and the English National Ballet.

Tina’s Wish was honored to present Joele Frank of Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher with the 2021 Tina Brozman Mentoring Award.

Joele Frank is the founder and managing partner of Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher. Founded in 2000, the firm has ranked #1 in M&A since 2013. For more than 30 years, Joele has been a trusted advisor to executive teams and Boards of Directors as they manage through some of the most complex situations in their company’s history. Having played a major role in more than 1,000 special situations, Joele understands the impact of communications on corporate reputation and a company’s ability to achieve its overall business objectives. Joele has been named to PRWeek’s Hall of Fame and Inside PR’s Hall of Fame as an All-Star for Investor Relations, and she has appeared on PRWeek’s PR Power List of the 25 top PR industry leaders.

She is a member of The Committee of 200, the Financial Women’s Association, The Economic Club of New York, and the Board of The Museum at FIT.

Tina’s Wish was honored to present Ricky Mason of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz with the 2022 Tina Brozman Mentoring Award.

Richard G. Mason (Ricky) is a senior partner in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and the chair of the Firm’s Restructuring and Finance Department. Ricky has held leading roles in many of the largest and most complex bankruptcies and out of court restructurings over the past several decades.

Ricky also believes in giving back to the community. A Distinguished Eagle Scout, he is Chair Emeritus of the Boy Scouts of America’s Greater New York Councils and a co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group of the UJA-Federation of New York’s Lawyers Division. Together with his wife Beth and their two children, Ricky founded the Mason Civic League, a 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to providing educational, art and civic support in Hoboken, New Jersey and beyond.

Tina’s Wish was honored to present Dennis Dunne of Milbank with the 2023 Tina Brozman Mentoring Award.

A distinguished restructuring practitioner, author and speaker, Dennis Dunne is the Global Leader for the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group and a member of the Global Executive Committee. Dennis has extensive experience in representing companies and creditors in reorganization cases and out-of-court workouts, acquirors of financially distressed companies, providers of financing, and board of directors of public and private companies. He is a trusted advisor to his clients and draws upon his broad experience across several disciplines to craft practical solutions and build the consensus required to implement those solutions.

Tina’s Wish was honored to present Laura Davis Jones of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones with the 2023 Tina Brozman Mentoring Award.

Laura Davis Jones is a name partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, a member of the firm’s managing committee, and the managing partner of the firm’s Delaware office. She has represented numerous debtors, creditors’ committees, bank groups, acquirers, and other significant constituencies in chapter 11 cases and workout proceedings. Laura was named “Deal Maker of the Year” by The American Lawyer, has been named continuously by her peers as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.” She is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a Chambers USA “Star Individual,” the highest honor a lawyer can receive.