Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Standing Chapter 13 Trustee Nancy Whaley (N.D. Ga.; Atlanta) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2003, Whaley is a past-chair for ABI’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, has authored many ABI Journal articles and has spoken on consumer bankruptcy topics at ABI events. She will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Whaley is an attorney at law serving as a chapter 12 and 13 trustee for the Northern District of Georgia. She is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the Northern District of Georgia Bankruptcy Court’s Bench and Bar Committee. Whaley has served on the Executive Committee and co-chaired the Community Service Committee for the W. Homer Drake, Jr. Georgia Bankruptcy American Inn of Court. Whaley is a past chair of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section and the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Georgia. She also served as president of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers and its Foundation. Whaley has served on the State Bar of Georgia’s Executive Committee, is a member of its Board of Governors and currently chairs its Finance Committee. She is an active member in the Association of Chapter 12 Trustees and the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, and she is the representative to its Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules. She also serves on the NACTT’s Foundation Board. Whaley retired from the Air Force Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund and is member of Buckhead Church, where she serves in various capacities. She is a Ronald Reagan Scholar from Eureka College and earned her J.D. from Emory Law School.

The complete list of directors and officers is available at https://www.abi.org/about-us/board-of-directors.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.