Margaret M. Good, CTP
SPECIAL ADVISOR
Phone: (412) 298-5586

Ms. Good has more than 40 years of experience in management consulting and corporate finance. During her award-winning career she has provided restructuring plans for many corporate turnarounds, acted as court-appointed trustee or receiver in several situations, financed over $600 million in various credit instruments, and successfully negotiated numerous merger and acquisition transactions.

In bankruptcy court, she has acted as Liquidation Trustee for Heartland Steel, Inc., a $350 million cold-rolling steel processing start-up that failed, as well as the Chief Responsible Officer of Glenshaw Glass Company, a 109-year old glass bottle manufacturer. Margaret has also lead teams that served as Federal or State Receivers for a variety of companies including Eichleay Corporation, a $150 million engineering services business. In addition, she has served on the Unsecured Creditors Committee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel.

Ms. Good’s clients have included both lenders and borrowers, of which most famously was a restructuring and refinancing of R. G. Barry Corporation, a publicly-traded company and the largest supplier of slippers to the U. S. market. Ms. Good and her associate, Dr. Von Lehman, jointly won the international 2006 Turnaround of the Year Award - Mid-Sized Company, for the excellent results they achieved with R. G. Barry.

Her industry experience spans transportation, manufacturing, distribution and service businesses with sales ranging from $10 million to $500 million. 40 years ago she left a highly successful corporate career to begin her consulting practice. Since that time, she has built a considerable network and strong reputation throughout the financial community.

Before she established Meridian, Ms. Good was the Vice President of Finance for Bradford Services, Inc., a company with $50 million in revenue and twenty operating units across the United States. Prior to that, she was the Treasurer of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, which at that time was the 17th largest railroad in the U.S. As treasurer of the railroad, she negotiated and implemented a financial restructuring plan that allowed the Railroad to avert bankruptcy after defaulting on $350 million in secured debt obligations.


Memberships and Associations

  • Former President - Turnaround Management Association, Pittsburgh

  • Former President - Financial Executives Institute, Pittsburgh

  • Former President - Association of Corporate Growth, Pittsburgh

  • Former President - Certification Oversight Committee, Global TMA

Education

  • B.A. - Ohio State University

  • M.B.A. - Pace University

Awards

  • 2016 Turnaround of the Year, Medium Sized Company - Global TMA