In our forth Open Forum episode, Alston & Bird’s Anna Nolan talks with Manon Mendez, an inspirational woman who is a principal at Blackstone Credit focused on special situations. Here they discuss the role of a distressed investor in the current volatile market, and some incredibly important topics such as culture cultivation and talent selection, the importance of role models and mentors in the finance industry, work/life balance and having it all, and other topical issues.