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| Early Bird Attendee – Member (2 Delegates) | $850 |
| Early Bird Attendee – Member (3 Delegates) | $1175 |
| Early Bird Attendee – Member (4 Delegates) | $1475 |
| Early Bird Attendee – Member (5 Delegates) | $1775 |
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Tony Pampena - Conference Chair
President, CBV Collections Services Ltd & FrontLine Group Inc. Tony is a seasoned Executive who has displayed an incredible passion and commitment to the receivable industry for the past 25 years. Tony’s experience falls in all areas of the Receivable Management including Operations & Business Development. Tony’s innate ability to build high-performance teams, including his strategically selected executive management staff, has served as a growth catalyst and infused productive energy into the workplace. His pragmatic management style has been his greatest strength and can be characterized as an outside the box thinker who challenges the status quo. Winning is everything. Tony has been married for 25 years and is a father of 2.
Kevin Pretty - President
Strategic Account Executive with Equifax Canada Co.
Kevin’s experience spans more than 20+ years in the credit bureau industry servicing all industry verticals both in Canada and the US. Kevin’s experience lies in helping customers in the financial and collection industries to solve problems and grow their businesses. Kevin’s expertise lies in his customer solutions in data analytics, fraud, collections, consumer and commercial risk management.
Mark Daprato - Past Conference Chair
Starting as Chief Marketing Officer and now, as Chief Commercial Officer at Canaccede Financial Group, Mark oversees revenue generation, agency and delinquency management, and marketing. Mark has over 25 years of experience in marketing, brand management, operational leadership and executive advisory roles. Most notably, he has held senior positions as Chief Marketing Officer and later, Executive Vice President, General Manager at SHOP.CA, Cara Operations, as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Rogers Wireless, Telus and led advertising development for numerous businesses at ad agencies, Taxi and Young & Rubicam. Mark has a BA (Hons) from Queen's University.
Jordan W. Charness - Communications Chair
Charness Charness and Charness D.C.S., B.A., L.L.L., Barrister and Solicitor, Senior Partner Listed in Canadian Who’s Who, he has been practicing law since 1985. Now senior partner of one of Canada’s oldest law firms, Charness Charness and Charness LLP founded by his grandfather in 1925. The firm is proud to be a creditors rights law firm that specializes in recovering both secured and unsecured debt. Based in Quebec, the firm provides legal services right across Canada and employs lawyers licensed to practice in every province in the country.
He has experience on the boards of several institutions and currently is serving as a Member of the Board of the Shriners Hospital for Children where he is vice chair of Finance.
Often called upon to speak to small and large groups, Mr. Charness explains the law in a way that you can understand. His method was perfected during more than 18 years of giving legal advice live on a weekly basis on Montreal’s top radio stations. He was on air legal analyst appearing live at the anchor desk of both CBC and CTV television. For 21 years he wrote a weekly column in The Montreal Gazette, Canada’s oldest daily newspaper and is the author of hundreds of published articles and a bestselling book.
He is also a pilot of his Piper Warrior, Motorcyclist, Boater and Sports Car enthusiast driving a Corvette Grand Sport when Montreal weather allows!
Jayson Millson - Conference Communications
Jayson (Jay) Millson is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Your Voice Global Technologies Inc. headquartered in the city of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Jay has over 26 years of experience in both debt collection and unified/multi-channel communication technologies. His experience further spans into the areas of data management and analytics, insight driven strategy and optimization, automated communication, self-service optimization, and workforce effectiveness.
Throughout his career, and within his present role, Jay has maintained his relationships within the accounts receivable industry through collection agencies, legal firms, their respective clients and industry related organizations, by developing and supporting key technologies used to communicate with consumers across the entire customer lifecycle. Jay is an active member of the CWTA {Canadian Wireless & Telecommunications Association) MCC (Mobile Content Council).
Sarah Peleshok - Board member
With over two decades of industry experience, Sarah stands out as a seasoned professional, excelling as a Vendor Relationship Manager in Credit and Collections. Notably, she has dedicated over 10 years to Rogers Communications, showcasing her commitment to the organization. In her current role, Sarah is tasked with the responsibility of overseeing 17 agency vendors, managing the intricate relationship and coast to coast performance between Heritage Shaw and Rogers Communications. Sarah continually demonstrates an innate aptitude for identifying opportunities to enhance performance and is consistently elevating KPI metrics to drive successful outcomes. Her skill set spans portfolio management, reporting analytics, and credit collections, and possesses general proficiencies in navigating the intricacies of the financial landscape. As an ambitious and goal-driven individual, Sarah adopts a proactive approach in all her professional endeavors.
Lindsay Kirk - Past President
Lindsay Kirk is a creditors' rights lawyer with 15+ years' experience. Lindsay is called to the Bar in Ontario and has appeared at all levels of court in the province. Lindsay is currently Associate Director, Legal Services with Canaccede Financial Group Ltd., a founding member of the RMA, having previously worked as a Bankruptcy and Insolvency and Commercial Litigation Lawyer for a mid-size firm. Lindsay manages internal and external legal programs across the country in various asset classes from unsecured loans to secured auto recovery efforts, and advocates on behalf of a variety of stakeholders in the marketplace.
Lindsay has been a board member of the RMA since 2018 and was elected as the first female President of the association in 2022.
Blair Wettlaufer
Day Job: Managing Partner Kingston Data & Credit
Blair Wettlaufer has worked in the credit and collections field for 25 years. He is the managing partner and COO for Kingston Data & Credit, and has trained over 300 collection agents, registered an agency under ISO 27001, and worked with a number of companies as a partner and advisor to help them build a better business. He has also tried to treat consumers who owe debt with respect and courtesy, helping to remove themselves from collections, and better their financial situation.