Ms. Gardner is the President, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of the Firm. Ms. Gardner is the Partner in charge of managing the Firm globally, and distressed investing has been the focus of her professional career over the last 34 years. Ms. Gardner is also co-founder of Amroc Investments where she was a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for investing the partners’ capital. There she was active in the review and trading of the debt of hundreds of bankruptcies. Ms. Gardner was the recipient of the 100 Women in Finance 2008 Industry Leadership Award, where she served as the Global Chair of the Board of Directors, and she continues to serve as Chairman Emeritus. She is currently the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), Goodwill Ambassador for Gender Equality in Access to Finance. In her role, she will focus on advocating ways to give women access to economic resources to start and grow businesses, lift their families out of poverty, and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of The Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Client Advisory Board of Citi Private Bank. Ms. Gardner has served and will continue to serve on various other boards of advisors/directors of both for-profit and not-for-profit private companies.Ms. Gardner received a B.A. with Honors in Philosophy from Clark University (1983) and a J.D. from the Cardozo School of Law (1986).