Patrick M. O’Keefe is founder of O’Keefe & Associates Consulting, a boutique financial consulting firm specializing in debt restructuring, turnaround consulting, refinancing solutions, due diligence support, valuation, and litigation support. Patrick has over 18 years experience in turnaround management assignments. He graduated cum laude from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s in accounting and earned his M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from Wayne State University. Patrick has been an operating Chapter 11 trustee as well as a court appointed receiver and has been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice to act as a Chapter 11 operating trustee. He recently received the Small Business Administration’s Financial Services Champion of the Year Award. Patrick is also a member of the International Board of Directors for the Turnaround Management Association (TMA); a member of American Bankruptcy Institute, AICPA and MACPA; advisory board member of University of Detroit Turnaround Management Program; and advisory board member of Oakland University accounting and finance program. His term ends on January 1, 2013.