Speakers

Glenn TiltonGlenn Tilton
Former CEO, United Airlines

Mr. Glenn Tilton was Midwest Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee at JP Morgan Chase from 2011 to 2014. He was Chairman, President, and CEO of United Continental Holdings Inc. (formerly UAL Corporation) from 2002-2010. UAL Corporation and its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy in December 2002, three months into Mr. Tilton's tenure. What would follow would be one of the largest, longest, and most complex bankruptcy cases in American history. Mr. Tilton successfully guided UAL Corporation to exit bankruptcy in 2006.

James H.M. Sprayregen James H.M. Sprayregen
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

James H.M. Sprayregen is a Restructuring partner in the Chicago and New York offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and serves on Kirkland’s worldwide management committee. Mr. Sprayregen is recognized as one of the outstanding restructuring lawyers in the United States and around the world and has led some of the most complex Chapter 11 filings in recent history. Mr. Sprayregen has extensive experience representing major U.S. and international companies in restructurings out of court and in court around the globe. He has handled matters for clients in industries as varied as manufacturing, technology, transportation, energy, media, and real estate. He has extensive experience advising boards of directors, and generally representing debtors and creditors in complex workout, insolvency, restructuring, and bankruptcy planning matters worldwide.

In March 2010, Mr. Sprayregen was selected by The National Law Journal as one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” Mr. Sprayregen was named “Global Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer of the Year” in 2013 by Who’s Who Legal Awards, receiving more votes from clients and peers than any other individual worldwide. In October 2013, Mr. Sprayregen was inducted into the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Turnaround, Restructuring, and Distressed Investing Industry Hall of Fame‎. From 2013-2015, Mr. Sprayregen was appointed to serve a two year term as the President of INSOL International, the leading insolvency association in the world.

Jerry O'BrienJerry O'Brien
President, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, O’Brien-Staley Partners

Mr. O'Brien serves as President, CEO and Chief Investment Officer for O’Brien-Staley Partners and has 25 years of experience. Formerly senior partner and head of global loan portfolios for CarVal Investors. 17 years of experience across all aspects of financial businesses for Cargill and CarVal. Early career with Chemical Bank and DG Investment Bank in New York. MBA from University of Chicago and AB from University of Michigan.

Amir SufiAmir Sufi
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Chicago Booth

Amir Sufi is the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He serves as an associate editor for the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Professor Sufi was awarded the 2017 Fischer Black Prize by the American Finance Association, given biennially to the top financial economics scholar under the age of 40.

Professor Sufi's research focuses on finance and macroeconomics. His research on household debt and the economy forms the basis of his book co-authored with Atif Mian: House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again, which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2014. He earned a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the Solow Endowment Prize for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Research. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 2005.