ACA International Selects Scott Purcell as New CEO

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — ACA
International, the world’s largest trade association for the accounts
receivable management industry, has named Scott Purcell as CEO effective on
Jan. 1, 2022.

“The Board of Directors conducted a rigorous search and is
confident Scott is the right person to fill the CEO role at this critical time
for the industry,” said ACA President Kevin Baich. “He has all the right
qualities and passion to lead ACA forward.”

Purcell is president of Professional Credit in Springfield, Oregon.
He served as 2020/21 ACA president. He succeeds Mark Neeb, who will retire as
CEO effective Dec. 31, 2021.

“I’m grateful for the incredibly hard work Mark has done to so
effectively structure ACA in a way that truly Helps Members Succeed!” Purcell
said. “Mark started that motto and I intend to continue it. ACA is an
incredible organization whose members are making a real difference in the
quality of life for every American family by helping make our credit-based
economy work as it should. My leadership and insight as the leader of a very
successful agency, my passion for the industry, and my recent experience as ACA
president, enables me to effectively represent the voice of the industry to our
legislators and regulators. The team at ACA is full of talent and I look
forward to being an integral part of this amazing team.”

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Purcell graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s
degree in accounting and worked as a CPA and chief financial officer for
several organizations. He joined Professional Credit as its chief operating
officer in 2010 and was promoted to president in 2015.      

He is an enthusiastic supporter of the accounts receivable
management industry, as well as ACA’s leading-edge education and insights. He participated in
ACA’s Level Up leadership event for the last several years and was twice
honored with ACA’s Warren Siem Award for innovation.      

He has presented at several ACA events, volunteered with
multiple ACA committees—chairing ACA’s Budget and Audit Committee—and earned
the Fellow, Scholar, Healthcare Collection Management and Professional
Collection Specialist designations. He was elected to the ACA Board of
Directors in 2017 and served as 2018/19 treasurer and 2019/20 president-elect.    

Neeb served as CEO since Feb. 12, 2018. Before
that, he was president and CEO of neebEDU, a debt recovery company serving the
student loan market he founded in 2014, and president and CEO of The Affiliated
Group, a nationally licensed receivables management firm.

“Scott will do a fine job
leading our association,” Neeb said. “His industry experience, knowledge
of how ACA’s leadership and governance works and financial acumen will be a
huge benefit to all members.His compassion and even-handed approach when it
comes to balancing the needs of our businesses with those of consumers will be
an added advantage in our advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., and across the
country. Also, in my opinion we have the finest staff at ACA in our history and
I’m sure great things will follow. As for me, I want to express my appreciation
for the opportunity to be ACA’s CEO over the past four years and look forward
to seeing how our association flourishes.”

ACA is the largest membership
organization in the accounts receivable management industry. Founded in 1939,
ACA brings together third-party collection agencies, law firms, asset buying
companies, creditors and vendor affiliates representing industry professionals.
ACA produces a wide variety of products, services and publications, including
educational and compliance-related information; and articulates the value of
the accounts receivable management industry to businesses, policymakers and
consumers. www.acainternational.org.