Mr. Mark A. Gittelman

Mark A. Gittelman has been the managing chief counsel of Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization for PNCBank, NA in Philadelphia and is primarily responsible for providing legal services for PNC Bank?s troubled loan portfolio. Prior to joining PNC Bank in 1992, Mr. Gittelman practiced at Blank Rome, LLP in Philadelphia. Mr. Gittelman is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and District of Columbia bars, has served as vice chair of the Electronic Transactions in Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section, and lectures frequently on bankruptcy and UCC issues and on pro bono participation. He is also the pro bono coordinator emeritus for the PNC Legal Department. Mr. Gittelman is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and is actively involved in the establishment of an Equal Justice Center in Philadelphia. Mr. Gittelman also serves as Treasurer of the board of directors of the Support Center for Child Advocates in Philadelphia. He received his B.A. cum laude from Georgetown University in 1981 and his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1984.