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Officers Melissa S . Kibler Chair Charles A . Beckham , Jr . President Karen A . Giannelli Vice-President Craig Goldblatt Vice-President Jeffrey P . Hopkins Vice-President Elizabeth Tashjian Treasurer Annette W . Jarvis Secretary
Board of Directors Lisa G . Beckerman Agustin Berdeja-Prieto Janet E . Bostwick Robert M . Charles , Jr . Roberta A . Colton Laura Davis Jones Robert J . Keach James T . Markus Taft A . McKinstry Cynthia Nelson Timothy F . Nixon George T . Snyder Berry D . Spears Richard Stern David A . Warfield Richard L . Wasserman
Ex Officio Directors Mark D . Bloom Jan M . Hayden Patricia A . Redmond
Board of Regents Patricia A . Redmond Chair , Board of Regents John J . Monaghan ( 1st Cir .) Kelley A . Cornish ( 2nd Cir .) Natalie D . Ramsey ( 3rd Cir .) Michael St . Patrick Baxter ( 4th Cir .) Deborah D . Williamson ( 5th Cir .) Richardo L . Kilpatrick ( 6th Cir .) Brian L . Shaw ( 7th Cir .) Eric W . Lam ( 8th Cir .) Jennifer C . Hagle ( 9th Cir .) Mark A . Craige ( 10th Cir .) Elizabeth A . Green ( 11th Cir .) Randall S . Eisenberg At Large Clifton R . Jessup , Jr . At Large Robert M . Lawless At Large
Scholar-in-Residence Richard B . Levin
Counsel R . Patrick Vance
Executive Director Shari A . Bedker _________________ College Columns May 2022 Editors Melanie L . Cyganowski Deborah Langehennig Layout Michelle Foster
From the Chair
Melissa S . Kibler , Accordion Chair , American College of Bankruptcy
Greetings to all our Fellows . To those over 230 Fellows who were able to join us in the shadow of the snow-covered mountains in Denver , it was wonderful to see you in person . To those who were not , I will recap a few highlights from the meeting and hope you will be able to join us at another event soon .
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As evening approached , we moved on to our capstone event – the inauguration of new Fellows . Set at the Denver Art Museum with its majestic atria and fluted glass facade providing sweeping views of downtown , the ceremony started with honoring Judge Eugene Wedoff ( ret .) with the Distinguished Service Award , presented by Judge Elizabeth Perris ( ret .). Judge Wedoff spoke eloquently about the “ calls ” he received at various points in his life , including calls to the profession and calls to service . He noted that , “… sometimes we get messages from other people — ” calls ,” if you will — causing us to undertake a job that we hadn ’ t anticipated ….” He concluded by urging Fellows to heed the call to undertake pro bono bankruptcy appeals – to fill a need , advance a better interpretation of bankruptcy law and , in the process , receive personal rewards that often outweigh all else .
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