Advisory Board
Doug Arfman
Vice President
Arrow Financial Services LLP
Doug has been in the financial services industry for over 20 years and is based in Chicago. He is Vice President of Sales for Arrow Financial Services, a division of Sallie Mae (the student loan giant). His focus is primarily on purchasing a wide range of receivables in the U.S. and Canada. As one of the nation’s largest debt buyers, Arrow is engaged in many different asset classes and with large lending institutions. Prior to joining Arrow, Doug worked for GC Services and directed their sales efforts for pre and post charge-off outsource programs. Doug also has extensive management experience with TRW, which is now known as Experian.
Pat Carroll
President & Chief Executive Officer
Nationwide Credit, Inc.
Pat joined Nationwide Credit, Inc. (NCI) on August 5, 2003 as Executive Vice President with responsibility for defining and setting strategic marketing direction, as well as serving as the key contact and relationship manager for the company's top clients.
Mike Ginsberg
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kaulkin Ginsberg Co.
Mike spearheads all of the firm's advisory business practices, leading a team of professionals that has completed over 120 transactions ranging from minority sales to complete buyouts. Clients served include many middle market businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies such as GE Capital and Deluxe Corporation.
Steve Leckerman
Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President - Global Services Organization
NCO Group, Inc.
Mr. Leckerman has overall responsibility for the direction, management, and performance of NCO's operations. Since joining NCO in 1995, his comprehensive knowledge of the business process outsourcing industry has been essential in the rapid growth of NCO. Among his accomplishments are the successful implementation and management of programs for several top-tier clients, including the U.S. Department of Education, and the development of companywide performance monitoring methods and procedures.
Thomas A. Lee III
Managing Partner
Becket & Lee LLP
Tom is a Managing Partner in the Malvern, PA, firm of Becket & Lee LLP, which specializes in nationwide representation of creditors and the servicing of their accounts in bankruptcy matters. Having represented creditors for over 20 years, Tom is a frequently requested speaker on creditors' rights and bankruptcy issues.
Sean McVity
Managing Partner
Garnet Capital Advisors
Sean McVity is a managing partner of Garnet Capital Advisors, LLC, a New-York-based financial-services firm providing in portfolio-sale and capital-raising advisory services in the distressed debt market.
Brian Reiss
Managing Director – US Practice
Bridgeforce, Inc.
Brian has spent most of his career helping leading organizations develop and manage cutting-edge consumer financial service products and services. Leveraging a solid foundation in consumer lending & technology received at MBNA, Chase Manhattan Bank and Ernst & Young Consulting, Brian helped design some of the first mass consumer internet banking, investment and customer acquisition/service programs.
Darren Waggoner
Editor
Collections & Credit Risk Magazine
Darren Waggoner is Chief Editor of Collections & Credit Risk magazine. He has more than eight years experience covering the industry and has launched several publications for SourceMedia. He is a graduate of Indiana University and a winner of more than a dozen Associated Press writing and editing awards during his 17-year career in journalism.