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Volunteers are an essential part of the ETA community. Volunteer committees are responsible for driving the development of the association’s core services, benefits and events. A one-year commitment beginning on January 1st of each year is required.
Applications for service are made available to all members each fall. The ETA President selects volunteers based on applications submitted. | | | | | | Standing Committees | Annual Meeting Program Planning | | | The Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee is responsible for guiding the development of general program content and speakers for the ETA Annual Meeting. The committee may also research, evaluate and recommend keynote speakers for general sessions. The committee contributes to development of a speaker profile database for reference in planning future meetings. | | | Chair Gigi Fonteneaux, Discover
Vice Chair Joe Natoli, NPC
Bill Clark, Apriva
Michelle Daughtry, Global Payments
Susie Dawson, Justified Data Security
Brandes Elitch, CrossCheck
Bill Elrick, ACT Merchant Services
Donna Embry, Payment Alliance International
Ross Federgreen, CSRS1
| Anthony Gracia, MasterCard Worldwide
Carrie Hometh, Payvision USA Office
Stephen Kane, Stephen Kane Enterprises
John Kirkpatrick, TransFirst Holdings
Peggy Olson, Strategic Marketing & Services
Janet Sancho, Blackstone Merchant Services
Drew Soinski, Voltage Security
Patty Walters, Hypercom
Jeremy Wing, Payscape Advisors |
| | | | | Awards and Recognition | | | The Awards and Recognition Committee is responsible for the identification, recommendation and implementation of special awards presented at the Annual Meeting’s President’s Dinner. These awards are warranted for outstanding member service or performance. The committee may be called upon to determine other venues or forms of recognition, as needed. | | | Chair Tom Wimsett, J&T Ventures
Vice Chair Rick Pylant, Strategic Processing
Henry Helgeson, Merchant Warehouse
Bob McCullen, TrustWave | Diana Mehochko, DMM Consulting
Joan Mitchell, Moneris
Paul Rasori, VeriFone
Buzz Stryker, POS Portal |
| | | | | Education | | | The Education Committee is responsible for identifying, developing and reviewing program content for seminars, training sessions,workshops and ETA University curriculum. The Committee assists in developing and reviewing all certification programs offered by the ETA University. In addition, the committee recommends delivery methods (e.g. live, distance, audio, etc.) for all educational forums, to include the University. | | | Chair Lori Breitzke, The Strawhecker Group
Vice Chair Mike Cottrell, TriSource Solutions
Elizabeth Pike, EC Suite, LLC
Greg Leos, Trustwave
Todd Little, CrossCheck | Scott Mabry, Total Merchant Services
Ken Rubin, EVO Merchant Solutions
Heather Varian Foster, ControlScan
Steve West
Joe Zahaitis, World Bankcard Services |
| | | | | Exhibitor Advisory | | | The Exhibitor Advisory Committee serves as a liaison and communications conduit between the exhibitors and the association. The committee advises ETA on the development of activities, practices, policies and procedures to enhance the exhibit function at its conferences. The committee also reviews evaluations from both the exhibitors and the ETA board at each ETA event and makes recommendations for improvements or changes. | | | Chair Eric Brown, Data Systems Company
Brenda Boeck, ACI Worldwide
Sara Egan, Sage Payment Solutions
Grace de Fries, Planet Payment
Toni Leathers, First American Payment Systems | Rosie Machado, Charge Anywhere
Travis Powers, CrossCheck
Jacquie Segars, VeriFone
Stacia Smith, Epson
Stuart Taylor, ViVOtech |
| | | | | Government Relations | | | The Government Relations Committee supports the development of ETA’s strategy and activities in the government relations arena. Specifically, it is responsible for identifying, monitoring, and evaluating legislative and regulatory activities at the national and state level and assisting in the communication of issues of importance to members. The committee may also make recommendations on areas for direct advocacy or specific positions that the association should promulgate. | | | Chair Marla Knutson, TransFirst
Vice Chair Kevin Kidd, Waller Lansden
Dorche
Dean Leavitt, Boost Payment Solutions
Thom Aldredge, World Gift Card
Lyndon Christensen, Wells Fargo
Howard Haffner, Elavon
JJ Kieley, American Express
Kevin Lambrix, EVO Merchant Services | Jill Miller, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss
Howard Morof, North American Bancard
Randy Salenfriend, CrossCheck
Phillip Smith, Trustwave Holdings
Vicki Strayer, TSYS
Jeff White, Mastercard
Mark Wingate, FirstView |
| | | | | Industry Relations | | | The Industry Relations Committee is responsible for identifying, communicating and recommending to ETA’s leadership positions on industry related issues concerning the electronic payment industry. It develops strategies to maximize the communication, image, influence and advocacy of ETA to the card companies, other industry entities and key publics. | | | Chair Greg Cohen, Moneris
Vice Chair Eddie Myers, Payment
Processing
Chuck Harris, Net Spend
Mary Dees, Preferred Health Technologies
Kim Fitzsimmons, First Data
Heidi Goff, Heartland Payment Systems
Glenn Goldman, Capital Access Network | Theresa Gongora, TSYS
Howard Herndon
Jim McKenzie, Network Merchants Inc.
Mike Passilla, Elavon
Jay Reeve, The Reeve Law Firm
Peter Valle, ACCELERATED Payment |
| | | | | ISO Practices | | | The ISO Practices Committee is responsible for identifying, developing and promoting effective practices pertaining to the distribution and sale of electronic payments-related products and services to merchants and businesses. The committee plays a specific role in recruiting and engaging sales organizations to the ETA community of practice; promoting model practices/procedures through creation of white papers, publications and other products and services; and promoting exemplary business standards through advancement of ETA’s education and credentialing efforts. | | | Chair Henry Helgeson, Merchant Warehouse
Vice Chair Hiram Hernandez Jr., First Capital Payments
Amit Chhabra, TranSEND Integrated Technologies
Deidre Cohen, Wells Fargo
Mark Courchane, Wind River Financial
David Leppek, Transaction Services
Bill Lodes, Payment Processing | Dawn Murray, Payment Alliance International
Steve Norell, US Merchant Services
Scott Stangeland, Royal Group Services
Damian Tanenbaum, Pivotal Payments
Sarah Weston, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss
Cody Yanchak, First American Payment Systems |
| | | | | Member Engagement | | | The Member Engagement Committee informs ETA’s strategy for recruiting, engaging, and retaining members in the association and increasing participation in its forums of activity. The committee plays a specific role in obtaining new members from current/new markets and in conducting personalized outreach in order to retain existing members. In addition, the committee supports initiatives to more fully engage ETA members in the community of practice (e.g. live and virtual networking; web-based information and knowledge exchange, etc.). | | | Chair Curt Hensley, Impact Payments Recruiting
Vice Chair Timothy Dunn, Vantiv
Gary Alloy, National Benefits Program
Fadiid Cheikha, US Alliance Group
Chris Hirth, Intuit
Kathleen Houseman, TASQ Technology
Michael Leone, Sage Payment Solutions | Todd Little, CrossCheck
Mark Lorimer, Capital Access Network
Andy Meadows, SignaPay
Ajit Prasad, First Data
Jeff Rosenblatt, EVO
Christine Ziegler, Total Merchant Services |
| | | | | Research and Information Resources | | | The Research and Information Resources Committee oversees identification and collection of relevant information to guide the creation of ETA's communications products. It provides high-level editorial direction for Transaction Trends magazine, all electronic publications and the ETA website. This involves environmental scanning for emerging trends, issues, and developments in the industry and the broader business arena; identifying existing research or recommending new research to be undertaken by ETA of importance to members; and overseeing the broad content plan for association communications to ensure the informational needs of members and the industry are fully addressed. | | | Chair Mike Strawhecker, The Strawhecker Group
Vice Chair David Fisher, Mercator Advisory Group
Rick Allen, Payment Processing
Charles Corbett, Rockwall Capital
J.T. Driscoll, CSH Consulting Inc. | Matthew Gauer, Element Payment Services
Mia Hyun, Global Electronic Technology
Kevin Jordan, Discover
Todd Linden, EVO Merchant Services
David Reap, Capital Access Network
Rich Running, Security Metrics |
| | | | | Risk and Fraud Management | | | The Risk and Fraud Management Committee examines and recommends ETA's role in working on behalf of the industry to reduce fraud and the associated risk to the industry. This includes strategies for promoting cooperation with various law enforcement bodies at the national and/or state levels (i.e. secret service, FBI, etc.) and with other industry organizations (e.g. MAC). | | | Chair Deana Rich, Rich Consulting / MAC
Vice Chair Kathy Baker, TSYS
Howard Falcon, Lighthouse Software Development
Robert Cortopassi, ACCELERATED Payment
Kristin Hoyne Gomes, American Express
John J. Brady, MasterCard | Lance Rich, ProPay
Kelly Shelton, Trustwave
Jekabs Sliede, Max Payments
Ralph Spencer Poore, Cryptographic Assurance
Melissa Sutherland, CardReady
Valerie Vizena, Visa |
| | | | | Strategic Leadership Forum Program Planning | | | The SLF Program Planning Committee is comprised of industry thought leaders who guide development of program content, networking activities, and the overall event experience for ETA's exclusive executive conference. | | | Chair Jim Oberman, NPC
Vice Chair Barry McCarthy, First Data
Kurt Strawhecker, The Strawhecker Group
Robert Cameron, ACI Worldwide
Tom Dailey, 2Checkout.com | Doug Dwyre, Mocapay
Will Graylin, ROAM Data
Tom Layman, Global Vision Group
Afshin Yazdian, iPayment Inc. |
| | | | | Technology | | | The Technology Committee is responsible for identifying current and emerging technology-related issues and assisting with communication on these issues to the membership. The committee provides information on technology trends and applications to ensure that ETA is established as a valued information source for members and the industry. The committee uses appropriate methods to disseminate information related to new products,services and payment applications. | | | Chair Sarah Owen, First Data
Vice Chair Chris Lee, NPC
Avin Arumugam, PayPal
John Arato, MagTek
Steve Chu, GSI
Frank Fatras, AdvanceMe
Scott Goldthwaite, Planet Payment
Carrie Hart-Jackson, Preferred Health Technologies
Kishalay Kumar Anal, ISTS Worldwide
Dale Laszig, Castles Technology
Bill Lodes, Payment Processing | Patrick McGregor, Trustwave
Vinod Nair, Comdata Corporation
Carmen Paraschiv, PAX Technology Inc.
Greg Pesci, Propay
Bill Pittman, SoundPOS
Dan Rogers, Transaction Services
Greg Stone, PAX Technology
Damien Tanenbaum, Fifth Third Processing
Joe Villamil, POS Portal
Glenn Witt, ACCELERATED Payment |
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ETA Timeline |
1990 | Bankcard Services Association (with fewer than 20 people from the industry gathering to discuss ways to develop a credible voice within the industry) was born. | | | 1996 | Changed its name to the Electronic Transactions Association. | | | 2001-2002 | ETA is now an international association with more than 500 member companies from seven different countries. | | | 2003 | ETA headquarters moves to Washington, DC. | | |
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