Mark Your Calendars for the 2020 GLCCA Annual Conference! GLCCA is excited to announce the dates and location of our 2020 Annual Conference! GLCCA’s 4th Annual Conference will be held May 13-15, 2020 at the Marriott Minneapolis Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota (near Mall of America). After holding our first three meetings in Wisconsin, this will…
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Get to Know GLCCA Board Member Ben Mauch When it comes to the collection industry, it is a family affair for one of GLCCA’s newest board members, Ben Mauch. Ben, who is Vice President of Certified Services in Gurnee, Illinois, followed in the footsteps of his father, who purchased the business in the early 1980’s,…
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Get to Know GLCCA Board Member Ryan Matrisch Ryan Matrisch has held many roles prior to his position as Director of Business Development at Pro Com Services, but he considers coming on at the agency the career move that brought him back home. In his younger years in central Illinois, Ryan watched his mother Connie’s…
DetailsGLCCA Gives Back to The Chicago Ice Hockey Classic At GLCCA, we believe that our role is to provide benefits for the greater good of our association members as well as our community. With this in mind, we were thrilled to be a sponsor at the recent Chicago Hockey Charity Classic, which took place on…
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Benefits Abound at the GLCCA Annual Meeting Being a member of the Great Lakes Credit and Collection Association comes with numerous benefits. In addition to being an excellent resource for networking with other industry professionals, we also place a high value on the educational benefits for our members. The GLCCA Annual Meeting is one of…
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Meet GLCCA’s Executive Director Harry Strausser In the summer of 2018, the GLCCA was given the amazing opportunity to be managed by ACA International. This new arrangement marks the first of its kind involving ACA and one of its national units. As part of the management arrangement, Harry Strausser, ACA’s Education & Development Director, took…
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Join us for the GLCCA Annual Conference! Given the ever-changing nature of the credit and collection industry, the Great Lakes Credit and Collection Association strives to keep our members up to date on what’s happening and how it might impact them. Our goal is to provide the tools to help our members make appropriate decisions…
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Get to Know GLCCA Board Member Sjorn Lundquist When Sjorn Lundquist joined the staff of Professional Services Bureau in 1999 as a collector, there were only eight individuals employed at the organization. Today the medical and educational collection agency has a staff of over 100. While his tenure with PSB began as a collector, he…
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ACA to Manage GLCCA – Still Offering Same Great Member Benefits In a continuing effort to provide our members with the very best opportunities for success within the credit and collection industry, we are thrilled to report that ACA International took over the management responsibilities for GLCCA at the beginning of this year. In essence,…
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Get to Know GLCCA Board Member Michael Klutho As an attorney, Michael Klutho has a unique perspective with regard to the credit and collection industry. He sees the things that get agencies into trouble and desperately wants to help them avoid these mistakes. His desire to educate professionals in the collection industry began over 25…
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