Loretta Cross

Loretta R. Cross, CPA, CIRA, CDBV is a managing director in Strategy and Transactions Advisory group at Grant Thornton LLP in Houston, where she specializes in restructuring energy companies. She has more than 40 years of experience in consulting including turnaround, restructuring, strategic, operational, financial and litigation consulting. Ms. Cross has served in management roles for both operating companies and liquidation/litigation trusts. She has been a key business advisor to parties in some of the nation’s largest financial and operational restructurings and has provided expert testimony on a variety of issues. Ms. Cross has been an avid supporter of women in business and has put this support to work, serving in leadership roles for the Executive Woman’s Partnership, Women’s Leadership Council, TexasExecutive Women, International Women’s Forum and the Houston Area Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She is also a frequent writer and speaker. Ms. Cross received her B.B.A. in accounting from theUniversity of Texas at Austin.