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Happy Birthday to Loretta Cross!  

Loretta Cross

Now Vice President, Energy and Environment for Charles River Associates, Loretta has built and led a number of practices with specialized consulting expertise and has been responsible for both the growth of mature organizations, along with building practices from the ground up. 

She recently joined Charles River Associates to open their Houston office and to expand the Energy Practice.  Prior to joining Charles River Associates, Loretta led the Grant Thornton, LLP Energy Advisory Services, which encompasses economic, operational and control-related consulting. 

Loretta has more than 30 years of experience including bankruptcy, restructuring, audit, management consulting and financial consulting.  Her key specialization is assisting companies in financial distress with their out-of-court restructures, in court restructures and liquidations.

She has been the key business advisor to parties of interest in some of the largest bankruptcies and restructurings in the United States including, Flying J, Idearc, Calpine, Reliant Resources and Enron Corp.  She has provided expert testimony in numerous courts from Connecticut to Phoenix on issues including plan viability, valuation, use of cash collateral, substantive consolidation, avoidance actions and subordination issues. 

Loretta's awards and recognitions are numerous, including selection as a 2012 Woman on the Move, Texas Executive Women; 2011 Who’s Who in Energy, Houston Business Journal and in 2010 as one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of Texas.