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ETA inducted its first class of ETA Hall of Fame honorees last week at the Strategic Leadership Forum in a special ceremony sponsored by Visa. During the ceremony, recipients gathered with friends, family, and industry colleagues to be lauded for their formative impact on the modern payments industry.

The inaugural class of the ETA Hall of Fame included:

• Chuck Burtzloff, founder of CardServices International
• Diane Faro, CEO of JetPay
• Paul Garcia, former CEO of Global Payments Inc.
• Dee Hock, Visa founder and first company CEO
• Joe Kaplan, former CEO of Paya
• Ed Labry, a long-time executive and leader at the First Data Corporation, as well as founder of Concord EFS Inc.
• Frank McNamara, founder of Diners Club International
• Debra Rossi, executive at First Data

ETA is proud to recognize the tremendous achievements of these eight payments industry visionaries. Read more about the inaugural class of ETA Hall of Fame inductees here. Read more about the ceremony here.

Complete inductee biographies and coverage from the ETA Hall of Fame ceremony will appear in the upcoming Winter edition of Transaction Trends magazine, the official publication of the Electronic Transactions Association.

See our full photo coverage from the ceremony below:

ETA Hall of Fame inductees, from left to right. Back: Ed Labry, Paul Garcia, Brandon Kaplan and Danielle Kaplan (accepting on behalf of Joe Kaplan). Front: Chuck Burtzloff, Diane Faro.

ETA Hall of Fame selection committee member and former ETA President Holli Targan introduces Diane Faro, CEO, JetPay and inductee.

Robin Leidenthal (left), Vice President of Merchant Sales and Solutions, Visa (left), accepts the award from ETA CEO Jason Oxman (right) on behalf of Dee Hock, Visa founder and first CEO.

Hall of Fame inductee Chuck Burtzloff (center), Card Services International founder, is joined by ETA Hall of Fame selection committee member John Barrett (right) and ETA CEO Jason Oxman (left).

First Data’s Dan Charron (right) accepts the award on behalf of ETA Hall of Fame member Debra Rossi, lauded payments executive and First Data Vice Chairman of Payments.

Hall of Fame inductee Paul Garcia (center), former CEO of Global Payments, Inc., is joined by current Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan (right) and ETA CEO Jason Oxman (left).

Hall of Fame inductee Ed Labry (center), founder of Concord EFS Inc. and longtime executive at First Data, is joined by JPMorgan Chase President of Merchant Services’ Corporate & Investment Bank President Kim Fitzsimmons (right) and ETA CEO Jason Oxman (left).

ETA SLF attendees in the ceremony audience.

Danielle Kaplan (right) and Brandon Kaplan (center), with ETA Hall of Fame member Diane Faro (left). A scholarship honoring their late father and ETA Hall of Fame member Joe Kaplan was announced during the ceremony.