Mark D. Podgainy

Mark D. Podgainy, CTP is a managing director with Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC in New York and has more than 25 years of experience in operational roles and turnaround consulting in a variety of industries. His expertise includes operations restructuring, business plan analysis, performance improvement, cash and vendor management, bankruptcy consulting and interim-management services. His clients include companies, secured lenders, boards of directors and creditors’ committees, and he also works with law firms on forensic, litigation support and expert witness assignments. Mr. Podgainy leads the firm’s commercial real estate and hospitality practice, and he advises owners, sponsors and their creditor constituents in a variety of asset classes, including hotel, multifamily, office and industrial, among others. He has extensive experience guiding clients through complicated and contentious workout and restructuring processes, both in court and out of court, throughout the country. Mr. Podgainy has experience in the hospitality industry, including line and management positions at Harvey Hotels, Winegardner & Hammons (Holiday Inn concepts) and Howard Johnson’s Restaurants. He is a board member of the NYC chapter of the Turnaround Management Association; of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc., a nonprofit empowering disadvantaged low- and moderate-income New Yorkers to purchase and preserve affordable housing; and of the 520 West 19th Street Condo Association. He also is a member of ABI and the Cornell Hotel Society, and he has authored thought-leadership articles on real estate, hospitality, education and related topics for numerous industry trade publications. Mr. Podgainy received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and his M.B.A. from Columbia University.