Grace Auguste is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group in New York. She brings more than five years of transaction experience and has provided buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence services to private equity and corporate clients on transactions ranging from $10 million to more than $5 billion.

James A. Deets is a Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Dallas. He specializes in executive compensation, employee benefits and qualified retirement plans and has served as a consulting expert on employee benefits issues within the context of bankruptcy proceedings.

Kert Dudek is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Dallas. With more than 23 years of IT experience, he specializes in global IT operations and security.

Kathleen Elliott is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Dallas.

Joseph Lauro is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement in Dallas. He specializes in interim Chief Financial Officer assignments, improving financial performance, leading change management activities, including cost reductions and equity increasing initiatives, and corporate finance transactions, including M&A transactions and divestitures.

Andrew Oesterling is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group in Dallas.

Brian Cumberland is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Dallas. He leads the firm's Restructuring Compensation practice.

Tres Evans is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement in Dallas. He specializes in complex engagements with a focus on finance and operations.

Allison Hoeinghaus is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax's Compensation and Benefits practice in Dallas.

J.D. Ivy is Chief Operating Officer for Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Dallas. He serves as Co-leader and Managing Director for the Compensation and Benefits Practice.

Daniel LaMantia is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group in Austin. He specializes in interim management, performance improvement and operations due diligence. With nearly 20 years of supply chain and manufacturing experience, he supports private equity portfolio companies, leading large and complex supply chain and manufacturing performance improvement turnarounds. He has worked with clients in various industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, food and beverage, industrial and consumer products.

Lee Maginniss is a Managing Director and National Practice Leader for Alvarez & Marsal’s Energy practice in Dallas.

Omar Mata is a Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement practice in Dallas. He specializes in developing and executing finance and accounting strategies, implementing digital finance solutions, improving close processes, enhancing management and external reporting, and improving cash flow forecasting and liquidity. Mr. Mata has advised CFOs on finance transformation projects in more than 20 countries, and has worked with clients across various industries including retail, consumer, healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications and technology.

Scott McKee is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Dallas, where he provides accounting, financial and economic damage analysis services to a variety of clients involved in healthcare and complex commercial litigation, fraud investigations and government contract disputes.

Eric Renner is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Transaction Tax practice in Dallas. He has extensive experience working with financial and strategic buyers and sellers in the mergers and acquisitions space.

Jen Schar is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement (CPI) in Dallas. She is also a member of the Executive Committee for CPI. She brings 20+ years of experience in the professional services industry (including five years in professional services operations and 15 years partnering with clients to lead large change management initiatives).

Kristin Shelley is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) Corporate Performance Improvement in Dallas. Her primary areas of concentration are corporate transformation and performance improvement. Ms. Shelley is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and leads A&M’s internal Lean Six Sigma program.

Kevin Smilie is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement in Dallas. He brings more than 30 years of experience as a services leader with a unique perspective from his experience defining and delivering technology strategies and services as an adviser, operator and service provider.