Lauren Valenzuela, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of TrueML Products, is a thought leader in the fintech industry. Having served in multiple legal and compliance leadership roles within organizations and in private practice, and serving on various industry committees for over a decade, Lauren is known as a creative collaborator and is a recognized compliance expert in the ARM space.  She has presented and/or written compliance commentary for insideARM, ACA International, AccountsRecovery.Net, California Association of Collectors (CAC), Receivables Management Association International (RMAI), and Receivables Info.   Lauren was recognized as a Top 50 Receivables Professional and a Top Women Leader in Accounts Receivable in 2019 by Receivables Advisor; and recognized as a “Move Maker” in 2023 by Women in Consumer Finance. She is also a Certified Receivables Compliance Professional by RMAI. 

David Weimer is the Chief Compliance Officer of Kramer & Frank, P.C.   NARCA's first president, Don Kramer, started the firm in 1975.  K&F exclusively represents creditors in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas.  David joined the firm in February 1988.

In addition to his involvement in NCBA, David has been active in his state creditors bar association, Missouri Creditors Bar, Inc., since its inception in 2010.  He has served as an at-large board member, twice as Vice President-CLE, and twice as the President.  He has participated in the NCBA SCBA Forum since 2016. 

As K&F’s Chief Compliance Officer since June 2010, David drafted all of the firm’s policies and is responsible for approval of all of its procedures and work instructions, as well as its internal and external audit functions and the training of firm personnel. He advises the firm’s Management Committee on needed and contemplated policy changes. As a practitioner, he has tried hundreds of debt-collection and related lawsuits, and has defended both law firms and collection agencies in consumer-protection lawsuits.