About NCUCA

 

Mission Statement

To be a premier credit union industry organization providing information
on up to date credit union related issues. We will be sharing best practices, facilitating communication and networking nationwide.

Pre-Conference TopGolf Event

April 2, 2024

Testimonials

NCUCA Concept

Learn from credit union experts regarding topics such as:

  • Management
  • Risk Management
  • Collections
  • Recovery
  • Litigation
  • Bankruptcy
  • CFPB Matters
  • Skip-Tracing
  • Industry Best Practices
  • Networking

NCUCA Board Members

  • Art Sookazian, NCUCA President
    Los Angeles Federal Credit Union
  • Vantage West Credit Union
  • Alta Vista Credit Union
  • FirstCity Credit Union
  • Credit Union of Southern California
  • Texas Bay Credit Union
  • Credit Union of Denver
  • California Credit Union

Expand your credit union collections network
to include nationwide peer credit unions

Presented By

Texas Bay Credit Union
First City Credit Union
Vantage West Credit Union
CUSC
California Credit Union
Sooper Credit Union

Agenda

AGENDA COMING SOON

NCUCA Speakers

Art Sookazian / President of National Credit Union Collections Alliance (NCUCA)

Art Sookazian serves as the Vice President of Special Services and Risk Management for Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU). In addition, he is the President of the National Credit Union Collections Alliance (NCUCA). The NCUCA is a nationwide collections organization for credit unions providing networking, best practices, and educational services. He oversees collections, recoveries, litigation, repossessions, and remarketing at LAFCU. He has twenty years of experience in collections at both captive finance and credit union industries. Art has worked at some of the leading captive finance companies including Toyota Financial Services, Lexus Financial Services, and Isuzu Motors Acceptance Corp. Prior to his time at Los Angeles Federal Credit Union, Art served as the Vice President of Collections at Xceed Financial Credit Union. Art has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Virginia. In 2016, Art was awarded the CU Times Trailblazer 40 Below award for his success overseeing collections programs at credit unions while forming the NCUCA.

Bruce A. Pearson / Senior Partner, SW&M

Bruce Pearson is a senior partner at the law offices of Styskal, Wiese & Melchione, LLP (“SW&M”). SW&M has been involved in the financial institution movement since 1936 when its founding partners began practicing law. Bruce has over twenty-four years of experience representing the industry. He provides clients with results oriented, practical and strategic legal and business advice focusing upon corporate governance, insurance coverage, operations and regulatory matters. Bruce’s past credit union work experience provides the firm’s clients with a valuable “in the trenches” perspective.

Bruce received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois where he majored in Russian, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated Cum Laude in 1985. While working for a credit union, he attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1992. He is licensed to practice in the state of Arizona, California, New York, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

Bruce is a frequently requested speaker and teacher at credit union industry meetings and events; he is on the faculty of Western CUNA Management School and regularly trains senior management and volunteers on fiduciary duties and responsibilities, vendor contract negotiations and is a main speaker at SW&M’s annual legal update seminars.

Interested in becoming a Speaker for the 2024 conference?

About the 2024 NCUCA Venue

Bellagio Las Vegas

Location
3600 S Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Directions
Contact
888-987-6667

Book Your Hotel Room – COMING SOON

Limited Room Block: $169/night + resort fee & room tax
BUSINESS PARTNER VENUE DETAILS

Hotel reservations can also be phoned in by calling 888-987-6667

Limited Room Block: $169/night + resort fee & room tax
In order to receive the group rate, reserve here or call the number above and identify your affiliation with NCUCA.
Attendees need to be registered for the conference in order to be eligible for the NCUCA group rate. *

We do NOT call attendees to book accomodation.

We have been made aware of organizations approaching our guests promising lower priced accomodation. Some claim to be official representatives of ourselves or the venue. However, they are NOT working with us and we recommend you to NOT do business with them. If you are approached by anyone attempting to book hotel rooms, inform us immediately here.

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