Amy A. Quackenboss of American Bankruptcy Institute.American Bankruptcy Institute's General Counsel Promoted to Executive Director
Amy Quackenboss said her "role as general counsel was helpful in understanding the inner workings of the organization," and she expected to have an "easy transition" to her next position.
December 02, 2019 at 02:43 PM
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The American Bankruptcy Institute has tapped its general counsel and deputy executive director to step up and serve as executive director of the organization, which has more than 12,000 members.
Amy Quackenboss was appointed as the ABI's first general in 2012, two years after she was hired as deputy executive director. She said she will continue to serve as the organization's top lawyer after she takes over as executive director Jan. 1, "until we have further conversations about the general counsel position with the ABI executive committee."
She spoke Monday with Corporate Counsel about how her experience as an in-house leader prepared her for her next role at the ABI. The Alexandria, Virginia-based organization provides nonpartisan analysis of bankruptcy regulations, laws and trends and is often called on to testify before Congress and analyze proposed bills. Its members include lawyers, bankers, judges, professors, lenders and other bankruptcy professionals.
Quackenboss said her "role as general counsel was helpful in understanding the inner workings of the organization," and she expected to have an "easy transition" to the executive director position.
"As the general counsel, I was in charge of negotiating with third parties. I was in charge of reviewing policies and procedures and any employment issues that we had. So certainly taking a leadership role in those types of high level and critical function matters is something that I worked closely with our executive director on and will continue to do," she added.
Before she joined the ABI in 2010, Quackenboss spent 12 years as a bankruptcy lawyer with Hunton & Williams in Atlanta, now Hunton Andrews Kurth. Quackenboss also has served as president of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers.
ABI president Alane Becket said in a prepared statement that Quackenboss "was selected from among a very distinguished group of candidates as the most qualified to succeed Sam Gerdano," who is retiring after 29 years as executive director.
"Her experience and commitment to the success of the ABI is unmatched and I have no doubt she will be an exceptional leader," Becket added.
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