Foundation Officers
Jan M. Hayden Chair
Vincent E. Lazar Vice Chair
Kathryn A. Coleman Secretary
Marjorie Kaufman Treasurer
Foundation Directors Paula Beran Steven N. Berger Jeff Bjork Christopher M. Candon Christine E. Devine Jordi Guso Hon. John Hoffman Eric L. Johnson Michael R. Johnson Laura Davis Jones M. Natasha Labovitz Jayna Lamar Julio( Rick) E. Mendoza Brett Miller Dwayne Murray Felicia Gerber Perlman Caroline A. Reckler Julie B. Teicher Travis Torrence Warren A. Usatine Scott Wolfson
Senior Director Robert J. Rosenberg
Ex Officio Patricia A. Redmond Norman L. Pernick
Executive Director Alexandra“ CC” Schnapp
From the Foundation
Jan Hayden Chair, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation
The Foundation began 2025 celebrating an extraordinarily successful fundraising year for 2024 where we raised over $ 521,000, and, under the guidance of the Grants and Pro Bono Committee led by Norm Pernick, we were able to give well over $ 650,000 in grants this year. As always, I will leave it to Norm to fill you in on the details of all the good work that we have funded throughout the country this year with the money you raised. This year, as is our practice every year, we commenced our fundraising in earnest after the conclusion of the fall meeting in Chicago. Since then, our fundraising team composed of Foundation directors and various volunteers in each circuit has been busy raising the money to fund what we hope will be over $ 700,000 in grants in 2026.
As I write this, we are well into our campaign and your response has been extraordinary, but we do not know our final results. But I am confident that we will do well. When I started this job as the Chair of the Foundation 4 years ago, I was worried that I would not be up to the task of leading our team, but that worry was misplaced. Not because of anything I did, but because of you. Through the years, I have learned that this honorary organization is composed of hardworking and intelligent professionals who are dedicated to improving not only our profession but our communities and nation. Each year we ask and each year you respond generously. So, it is in that spirit we asked you to again help us raise the funds needed to meet our ambitious goals for 2026 and it is that same spirit that gives me confidence that we will do well again.
As we close out this year’ s campaign as well as my term as chair of the Foundation, I cannot help but cherish your generosity which allowed us to expand our mission and outreach. Twenty plus years ago when the Foundation was organized, like most projects, it started small. Initially seeded by funds from the College, by 2011 we raised more than $ 100,000 from our Fellows. After that milestone, each year your generosity grew. By 2016 we hit $ 300,000 a year, by 2021 we exceeded
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