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Saturday, June 13, 2026, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM

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The Fairmont Century Plaza 2025 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, California 90067

Honorees

Winston Mar

CR3 Partners

Winston Mar photoWinston Mar is a senior managing director and partner at CR3 Partners, LLC, a national turnaround and performance improvement firm. With more than 35 years of experience, he has restructured, managed and guided numerous companies across various industries. Winston is skilled in setting strategic direction and implementing organizational improvements within debtor advisory situations, as well as leading and managing creditor negotiations.

Winston is a true generalist with strong experience across a variety of industries, including advertising and marketing, energy, entertainment, information technology, food and agricultural products, consumer electronics, manufacturing and restaurants. He is a recipient of the Turnaround Management Association’s Turnaround of the Year Award for his work on Pilgrim’s Pride, as well as for the restructuring of Alto Ingredients, Inc.

Winston received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California (USC) and remains a proud Trojan. He received his Master of Business Administration from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

Winston has been married to his loving wife, Vicky, for 35 years and they have two beautiful daughters, Ali and Nicole. Ali currently resides in Boston after earning her undergraduate degree from USC and MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Nicole also graduated from USC and lives in New York. In his free time, Winston enjoys spending time with family and friends. He is an avid skier, an occasional tennis player and a trained sommelier.


Teri Stratton

Hilco Global

Teri StrattonTeri Stratton is executive director at Hilco Global and the head of investment banking of Hilco Corporate Finance. She has nearly three decades of experience advising on distressed sell-side mergers and acquisitions transactions, recapitalizations and restructuring transactions, with significant experience in agriculture, food and consumer products.

Before joining Hilco, Teri worked in the special situations groups of Piper Sandler and Macquarie Capital Advisors. Prior to her career in investment banking, Teri had eight years of experience in corporate banking, serving in both credit administration and special assets.

Teri received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She earned a Master of Business Administration specializing in finance, with honors, from the Anderson School at UCLA. She is a Certified Insolvency Restructuring Advisor and a board member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors.

As a lifelong Girl Scout, Teri remains dedicated to community service, and has been on the planning committee of the Los Angeles Black & White Ball for more than a decade. She volunteers for the Los Angeles Food Bank and supports the Lupus Foundation of America and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Southern California.

Teri grew up in a small town in Northern California, where her family was in the grocery business for more than 80 years. An avid hiker, she also loves to ski, golf and travel to new destinations. Teri’s longtime partner, Hamid Rafatjoo, has been her golf partner for many years. Her daughter, Justin, is a wine expert with a Master of Arts in viticulture and oenology.