Members of the California Association of Collectors gathered earlier this month for two days of educational insights, networking and important advocacy discussions.
10/30/2023 10:00 A.M.
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The California Association of Collectors Inc. (CAC) convened its annual conference earlier this month in Long Beach, California, bringing more than 80 attendees together for two days of learning, networking and important advocacy discussions.
Session topics at the conference included:
- The Heat Map: The Communication Channels with Consumers, the Risks and the Law and Mastering the Art of Email and Text Communications to Revolutionize Your Business
- Best Ideas and Burning Issues Roundtable
- CAC Legal Panel
- Managing Remote Employees, Including Offshoring
- Using Social Media Data to Enhance Skiptracing
- What Does it Mean to Be a Collector in California?
- And more!
In addition to these exciting educational opportunities, CAC also announced its 2023/24 officers:
- President: Maryrose Diaz, Grant Mercantile Agency, Oakhurst, California
- Treasurer (returning for another term): Shawn Suhr, Continental Credit Control, Santa Barbara, California
- Secretary: Rick Minton, Action Professionals, Paso Robles, California
The CAC extends a special thanks to Chris Schumacher, president and CEO of Optio Solutions LLC, for serving the last two terms as the CAC president.
The conference raised significant amount of money from attendees, with over $11,000 going to the CAC PAC fund and over $3,000 directed to the CAC Educational Scholarship Foundation program.
Additionally, this year’s Educational Scholarship Foundation scholarship winners were announced during the Annual Installation Dinner.
Here are the 2023 winners:
- First place: Ava Reckers from Fair Oaks, California
- Second place: Matthew Wren from Castro Valley, California
- Third place: Dylan Sham from Pomona, California
The CAC extends its thanks to this year’s conference sponsors:
- AI
- Collective Solution, LLC
- Prodigal
- REPAY
- TCN
- TEC Services Group
More information on the California Associations of Collectors can be found here.
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