As president of one of the largest and oldest workout firms in West Michigan, Daniel Yeomans has personally handled hundreds of cases during the past 17 years as a court-appointed receiver, adviser in voluntary workouts and property manager. Due to his length of tenure in the industry, Daniel has in-depth experience in handling distressed properties in a number of different industries that sometimes are the result of dips in business cycles and downturns in the economy. For instance, he now is employing his experience as receiver and voluntary workout adviser on scores of condominium developments, mobile home communities, multifamily properties, hotels and shopping centers due to the recent financial crisis and drop in property values. When Michigan was shaken several years ago by the severe decline in manufacturing, Daniel served as court-appointed receiver for the former Detroit Cold Rolling steel mill in Gibraltar, Michigan and other industrial concerns. Daniel and his team of specialized experts also handle the straightforward workout of troubled businesses in the hospitality industry, fueling stations, and retail operations.His experience extends into untangling fraudulent business operations to protect the interests of legitimate stakeholders. For instance, Daniel secured the cash and physical assets of 16 shell entities that made up the Cyberco Holdings scam perpetrated by Barton Watson in Grand Rapids, Michigan that was raided by the FBI and ultimately liquidated. The scam was highlighted on CNBC's American Greed national television show, "Scam in Cyberspace." Even in that fraudulent case where millions of dollars were misappropriated, Daniel was able to recover assets for lenders and investors.

The art and science of effectively negotiating through a workout or receivership has many nuances and hidden potholes where experience will help navigate the course. Daniel has dedicated more than 25,000 hours of his career in turnaround and receivership management.

Daniel holds a master's degree in business administration from Western Michigan University and a bachelor's degree in finance from Loyola University in New Orleans. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) as well as a licensed real estate broker.

In his 30 years of experience as a commercial banker serving West Michigan, William M. Kaluske Sr. has dealt with a number of distressed loans and special asset situations representing a wide range of commerce. That "cradle to grave" experience and skills he has honed as an independent financial consultant have given Bill an in-depth perspective on the goals and objectives of lenders and the impact that a workout or distressed situation can have on a bank's bottom line. For instance, Bill was able to save one local community bank more than $3 million of potential loss through knowledgeable management of a distressed loan. His focus is always to simply: "Get the money."Using his intimate and first-hand experience in workout situations, Bill will develop relationships with local financial institutions, law firms, business owners and debt purchasers for Amicus Management.

Bill holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Grand Valley State University. Additionally, he has served in leadership and board-level positions with numerous community and professional organizations.

As a senior project manager for Amicus Management, Ross Pope has an exceptionally good understanding of the potential opportunities for all stakeholders in a workout or receivership situation because he has acted in those various roles throughout his career. Prior to joining Amicus, Ross developed and built retail properties, condominium and multifamily residential projects. He served as a consultant for local banks  responsible for reviewing development and construction projects, owned and operated fitness clubs, served as the chief financial officer of a development company and launched a specialty manufacturing business.Because he has acted in roles of financial analyst, developer, real estate broker and entrepreneur, Ross sees the vantage points of all stakeholders and uses that perspective to forge workable and fair solutions in a receivership or workout situation. He has in-depth experience in assessing the feasibility and status of projects, probability of outcomes, potential markets, project sites and the viability of ongoing concerns. 

Ross is a Certified Design and Development Professional (CDP) under the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and a licensed real estate broker. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Michigan State University.

Anyone who has been involved in the workout or liquidation of a distressed or real estate owned (REO) property appreciates how critical it is to have an accurate picture of where a project is at the moment and where it will be next month. With more than 15 years experience in real estate transactions and court documentation, Starrla McDonald makes it her business to know the exact status of Amicus projects and communicate that information clearly to all stakeholders including court personnel, attorneys, creditors, plaintiffs and defendants.

Starrla's involvement goes far beyond that of a reporting function. She takes a hands-on approach to preserving and improving value during disposition by working with on-site managers to make sure they have support and adequate resources to effectively manage the assets. At one point in her career, Starrla managed a portfolio of more than 2,000 REO properties spanning seven states. Her involvement in thousands of commercial/residential real estate closings has given her significant expertise in REO property management. That experience has served her well as project manager for multi-family and commercial properties.

She holds a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University.

In her career spanning more than 30 years, Dee Johnson Dufford has accumulated wide-ranging experience in accounting and financial operations, having worked as everything from director of finance for a custom home construction company to finance manager for an audio publishing house. As a project manager at Amicus Management, Dee has a unique ability to communicate both the financial and operational aspects in each project.

While she has a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles and practices, the numbers only serve as a starting point for Dee as she tackles the problems of managing distressed businesses to increase asset value. Dee first analyzes the financial statements of businesses such as retail stores, restaurants, fueling stations and residential communities to identify the key problems in their situations. But she takes that analysis several steps further by dealing with tangible problems, such as locating missing assets and reassuring residents when implementing a new management team.

Dee has attended Davenport University, Great Lakes Christian College and is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

As director of hospitality operations for Amicus Management, Hagen Voelkers has acted as consultant and manager of receiverships, voluntary workouts and bankruptcies of hotels, marinas and other hospitality properties. With his intimate knowledge and training acquired over the past 30 years, Hagen is able to provide exceptional advice in the operations and management of hospitality properties, including both full and limited-service hotels and restaurants located in resorts, airports and urban convention centers.

For instance, Hagen provided wide-ranging leadership during a workout of a Michigan resort hotel and marina that involved all Chapter 11 reporting requirements, including cash flow projections, budgets, and asset disclosure. Hagen reviewed all internal systems, organized sales teams, and coached staff to reduce the property's operating expenses and preserve the asset value during its sale.

Prior to his association with Amicus, Hagen served as general manager, regional director of operations, and director of marketing and sales for hospitality industry companies operating the Sheraton, Ramada, Marriott, Holiday Inn, Howard Johnson’s and Choice Hotel brands.

Voelkers is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and a Certified Food & Beverage Executive (CFBE) since 1980. He received his undergraduate degree in hotel and restaurant management in Hannover, Germany, and pursued graduate studies in economics and finance at St. John’s University, Queens, New York.

With extensive front-line experience in workout situations over the past eight years, John Kaminski brings practical know-how to Amicus Management in his role as a project manager. John has served as a manager and consultant to maintain and improve the asset values of businesses as varied as residential properties to retail locations. He has particular expertise is placing fuel stations on solid financial footing so they can be sold at their highest market values.

John knows the unique challenges inherent in managing stations that sell unbranded and branded fuels such as Citgo, BP, Shell, Admiral, Marathon and Sunoco by applying tried-and-true methods to serving their markets profitably on razor thin margins. After he makes an assessment on the fundamentals of a station, John applies the same principles of just-in-time inventory as used in lean manufacturing to operate it to produce positive financial results. Through the implementation of proven loss-prevention systems and focusing on customer service training, John is able to execute both the quantitative and qualitative business improvement methods.

John has made it a core value to know who the customer is and what the customer expects, regardless of whether the business model is a fuel station, car wash, express lube or manufactured housing community.

As a project manager for Amicus Management, Dom Groenveld puts into practice his experience as a leasing agent and manager for properties ranging from large apartment complexes to single-family residences to build and maintain maximum asset values for the firm's clients.

Dom has experience in all the aspects of property management that can mean the difference between a fully valued asset and a failed venture: effective sales and marketing of properties, successful methods of building customer relationships, and close oversight of contractors and vendors. Dom has served as a leasing agent and property manager for student housing complexes serving Western Michigan University and other properties throughout West Michigan.

He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Grand Valley State University.

With more than 18 years of experience and handling over 19 million in Receivership sales in 2010-12 in the state of Michigan real estate industry. Sherri is knowledgeable in many different scenarios of residential, commercial, condo developments and business properties. Sherri Soltysiak brings a great deal of know-how to Amicus Management in the day-to-day activities of marketing properties, handling due diligence & closings, property and personal taxes,  tenant issues, completing transaction documentation, court hearings, reports, certification of each project and assisting project managers. Sherri's attention to detail and diligence gives clients the peace of mind that properties are being properly managed, marketed and completed under workout and receivership situations.

Having worked for both the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors and national residential and commercial brokerage firms, Sherri is steeped in the most efficient ways and best practices in marketing a particular property to a select group of buyers. Sherri communicates with interested parties on all aspect of project status. Regardless of the tasks ahead of her, Sherri takes pride in her ability to work effectively with all parties involved in a distressed situation.

Sherri is a licensed real estate agent, a Notary Republic in Kent County and holds an associate's degree in business from Davenport University. The Commercial Alliance of Realtors awarded Sherri “Assistant of The Year” in 2008.

With more than 20 years experience in the credit collection business and more than a dozen years as a private investigator, Lou Betten has particular expertise in uncovering the most pertinent facts in the case of a distressed business and acting on them quickly to maintain the underlying value of the asset. Lou’s experience includes 20 years in manufacturing sales and management.

As a project manager for Amicus, Lou will interview and gain the cooperation of key employees to determine the true status of the business, determine appropriate staffing levels, oversee the valuation of real and personal property to be sold, and supervise the sale or liquidation. In the course of his decade of work with Amicus, Lou has performed some or all of these functions in industries including hospitality, retail and manufacturing.

As a private investigator licensed in the state of Michigan and former detective for a local municipality, Lou is exceptionally efficient at collecting solid information on a distressed business and developing an appropriate action plan to protect creditors. For instance, he is credited with securing an entire warehouse of saleable computer equipment and other tangible assets of Cyberco Holdings and its Cybernet subsidiaries. Those sale of those assets generated significant cash available for distribution to creditors and investors.