Gavin/Solmonese Managing Director Wayne P. Weitz was recently elected to the board of directors of The People’s Emergency Center (PEC), a West Philadelphia agency dedicated to nurturing families, strengthening neighborhoods and driving change in West Philadelphia. 

Weitz was one of four new directors added to the board, and he will serve a three-year term.

He is a senior financial professional with more than 25 years of experience advising clients and executing transactions as a principal in corporate finance and capital structure optimization, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, financial management, and bankruptcy. Weitz was recently named one of the top business professionals making their mark in turnaround, bankruptcy and restructuring by Turnarounds & Workouts (T&W) in its “People To Watch” list for 2014. He began his career as an investment banker and has completed nearly 100 acquisitions, dispositions, and capital formation transactions.

Wayne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and politics from Brandeis University and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.