Professional Background

Suzanne is a Managing Director in Protiviti’s Richmond, VA office. She is responsible for engagements involving troubled companies, litigation, and valuation consulting. She has over twenty-four years of professional experience and has held positions in professional services consulting, public and private companies, and public accounting.

Professional Experience

• Assists debtors, secured lenders, official committees of unsecured creditors, individual creditors, and trustees in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. She represents parties pre- filing, throughout the case, and in post confirmation/liquidation matters. Services include: operations and cash management; identifying and liquidating assets; debt restructuring; formulating Plans of Reorganization and Disclosure Statements; preparing solvency analyses; reconciling and adjudicating claims; preparing cashflow forecasts and variance analyses, asserting or defending preference and other recovery actions; and assisting in valuing and selling debtor entities
• Serves as an expert witness related to financial damages including cases involving breach of contract, employment disputes, fraudulent conveyances, willful misconduct, and contract termination. Assists counsel with discovery, examination of opposing experts, and trial preparation
• Performs business valuations for use in litigation, bankruptcy, loan collateral analysis, and sale / recapitalization of privately-held businesses

Education

• Bachelors in Science, University of Richmond 
• Masters in Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia 

Professional Memberships and Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant(CPA)
• Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) 
• Board of Directors, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors