Leslie Bender, IFCCE, CIPP/US, CCCO, is an articulate corporate executive with over 30 years of experience handling compliance, regulatory, transactional and legal matters for hospitals and financial services companies. Recognized as a national expert on HIPAA and other information privacy and security laws, she was one of the first privacy officers internationally accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Professional. In addition to being an attorney and government/regulatory relations specialist, Leslie is an experienced mediator. Ms. Bender is a frequent motivational speaker and compliance educator and has been honored for her contributions to the consumer financial and healthcare industries by several credit, collections, healthcare and banking associations as well as the US Small Business Administration. ACA International recently honored Ms. Bender as its 2016 instructor of the year.
Leslie is a Past President of ACA International, the international trade association of credit and collections professionals. Leslie served as ACA's President in 2013-14, and as an officer of its Board of Directors from 2011-2015.
ACA International held its annual Council of Delegates meeting Thursday as part of the 2016 Convention & Expo in Denver, where it elected four people to the Board of Directors. Joining the Board for a three-year term are Kevin Baich, Pam Kirchner, Eric Mock. Dan Russell was re-elected to serve another term.
Baich is Vice President at Day Knight & Associates in Grover, Mo. Kirchner is CEO of BCA Financial Services, Inc. in Miami. Mock is the owner of Medical Business Bureau in Park Ridge, Ill. Russell is CEO and owner of CollectionCenter Inc. in Rawlins, Wyo.
"The men and women on ACA's Board of Directors have the leadership skills and forward-thinking mindsets that will help the association thrive for many years to come,"" said ACA International CEO Patrick J. Morris.
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