Mr. James M. Lukenda
<p>James M. Lukenda, CPA (New York), CIRA, is the Executive Director of the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA). Over his 45 plus-year career, he has worked in a variety of industries and assisted clients ranging from small privately held businesses to large multinational corporations. His experience spans numerous industry categories, including construction and contracting, communications and publishing, energy, consumer products and distribution, transportation, real estate, hospitality, retail and electronics. From 1989 until undertaking his current role as AIRA Executive Director, Mr. Lukenda worked exclusively with clients in matters related to distressed operating situations, including assistance with operations assessment, debt restructurings, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, fraud investigations and other financial consulting, litigation and workout assignments. In 2001 Mr. Lukenda was one of the founding managing directors of Huron Consulting Group. A long-standing member of AIRA, he had previously served as its president and chairman and as a board member. In addition to being a 35-plus-year member of ABI, Mr. Lukenda is a past director of INSOL and served on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants task force to update the Forensic & Valuation Services Practice Aid, Providing Bankruptcy and Reorganization Services, 2nd Edition. He is a past treasurer for the Association of Corporate Growth,New Jersey Chapter. Mr. Lukenda has been a speaker on issues related to bankruptcy, reorganizations, and financing and accounting matters before such organizations as AIRA, ABI, INSOL, the Foundation for Accounting Education, the New Jersey State Society of CPAs, NYCFMA, The George Washington University National Law Center Government Contracts Program, and The Bank Lending and Banking Law Institutes. He received his BSBA cum laude from Georgetown University School of Business Administration.</p>