ETA Introduces 2022 Young Payments Professionals Scholars

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 24, 2022 – The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) today announced the selection of nine young professionals to participate in the 2022 ETA Young Payments Professionals Scholars (YPP) Program. The program, sponsored by Discover Global Network, provides ETA YPP scholars with mentors from leading payments companies, complimentary access to ETA industry events, and networking and knowledge exchange opportunities with members of the payments industry.

ETA’s 2022 YPP Scholars class of payments professionals represent compliance, marketing and sales, and product management from various finance, payments and technology firms that are ETA member companies.

“ETA YPP Scholars represent the future of the payments industry,” said Jodie Kelley, CEO of ETA. “We are excited to bring this class of scholars and mentors together to bring their perspectives to the forefront for our members and the industry.”

The 2022 ETA YPPs scholars are:

  • Ryan Ahern, Head of Retail Solutions and Support, North America, Ingenico
  • Regina Chien, Director of Product Enablement, Margeta
  • Candra Radar, ERP Sales Executive, Repay
  • James Eik, Marketing Content Specialist, PayTrace
  • Ellen McGuffog, Chief Compliance Officer, Boost Payment Solutions, Inc.
  • Megan Mountain, Director of Product, Paya
  • Brooke Turner, Senior Product Marketing Manager, POS Portal, a ScanSource Company
  • David Deveney, Principal Product Delivery Manager, Discover Financial Services
  • Lacey Frenzl, Director of Product and Partner Development, First American by Deluxe

Now entering its sixth year, the year-long program is designed to identify and cultivate the next generation of payments leaders. YPP Scholars are matched with top industry leaders to serve as their mentors throughout the duration of the program. Additionally, they meet monthly, produce projects with their peers, and receive complimentary registration to ETA events, and free educational courses.

About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the global trade association representing more than 500 payments and technology companies. ETA members make commerce possible by processing more than $7 trillion in purchases in North America and deploying payments innovations to merchants and consumers.

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MEDIA CONTACT
Laura Hubbard, ETA
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