Transaction Trends

January 17, 2018 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) today announced the chairs and vice-chairs for its 2019 member-led committees and councils. ETA’s committees enable members to participate directly in high-level discussions that have major impacts on the future of the payments industry.

“ETA committees are a critical platform for advancing industry priorities, keeping our stakeholders informed and engaged on our top priorities, and bringing together subject matter expects and executive decision makers,” said Amy Zirkle, Vice President of Industry Affairs, ETA. “Our membership is well represented within our committee leadership, which includes executives representing technology companies, major acquirers, sales channel innovators, FinTechs and payment facilitators. I look forward to working with the leadership to drive forward payments innovation in 2019.”

“Volunteer leaders and advocates from across the breadth of our membership are ETA’s most important advocacy tool in the halls of government,” said Scott Talbott, ETA Senior Vice President of Government Relations. “I look forward to working with them to advocate for policy that supports payments growth and innovation.”

In 2019, the committees will focus on key areas of growth in the industry like payment facilitators, independent software vendors and fraud detection and prevention. A full list of committee and council members can be found here.

• Awards and Recognition
  • Chair: Drew Freeman, Net Element
  • Vice Chair: Mike Strawhecker, The Strawhecker Group
• Canadian Executive Council
  • Chair: Angela Brown, Moneris
• Communications
  • Chair: Rebecca Walden, First American Payments Systems
• ETA CPP Credentialing
  • Chair: Georgia Stavrakis, Global Payments
• Government Relations Council
  • Co-Chair: Kim Ford, First Data
  • Co-Chair: Tom Gannan, Mastercard
• International
  • Chair: Serena Smith, FIS
• Lawyers Council
  • Chair: Deron Hicks, TSYS

• Member Engagement
  • Chair: Natalia Leonardis, Cardflight
  • Vice Chair: Margot Langsdorf, Homebase
• Mobile Payments
  • Chair: Lauren Copland, Apple
• Payment Facilitators
  • Chair: Kevin Harris, RunSignUp
  • Vice Chair: Mike McGirr, Adyen
• Payment Sales & Strategy
  • Chair: Cleveland Brown, Payscout
  • Vice Chair: Ajit Prasad, TSYS
• Retail Technology
  • Chair: Jenn Reichenbacher, Paysafe
  • Vice Chair: Russ Palay, BillingTree
• Risk Fraud & Security
  • Chair: Domenic Cirone, EVO Payments
  • Vice Chair: Sam Pfanstiel, Coalfire
• State Issues Council
  • Chair: Michael Dameron, TD Bank
• Technology
  • Chair: Alicia Roisman-Ismach, Amaryllis Payment Solutions
  • Vice Chair: Kevin Shamoun, Zeamster

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 $21 trillion in purchases worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.

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