Merchant Risk Council Elects Board of Directors

Those named as board directors are:

• Tom Sullivan – Senior Director, eCommerce Risk, Expedia, re-elected as chair
• Susan Grajek – Assets Protection Manager, CompUSA, re-elected as secretary
• Michael Long – Director of Fraud Solutions, eFunds, re-elected as treasurer
• Perry Dembner – Vice President, Marketing, CyberSource
• William Lambson – Senior International Treasury Manager, Adobe
• David Sessions – Managing Partner, Sterling Consulting International
• Ronda Sifford – Loss Prevention/Finance Manager, Costco.com
• Brad Craig – Director, Security & Risk Management, Discover Network
• Dave Moriarty, Director of Data Mining, Apple

Those named as board advisors are:

• Tim Laudenbach – Credit Risk Manager, Best Buy
• Mark Michelon – Director, E-commerce Risk and Revenue Protection, Orbitz Worldwide
• Julie Fergerson – VP of Emerging Technologies, Debix, Inc. and Co-founder of the MRC
• Karl Hebert – Director of Global Commerce Group, Microsoft Corporation
• Amy Munk – Fraud Prevention Manager, Hewlett-Packard
• Pete Pouridis – Director, Loss Prevention, Neiman Marcus

“We are pleased to have such a talented board of strong merchant, vendor, credit card, and industry leaders that will help catapult the MRC to a higher level of service and influence in preventing online fraud,” said Tom Donlea, executive director of the MRC.

The board is currently preparing for the 5th annual Card Not Present Fraud Prevention Conference at the Wynn in Las Vegas March 12-15. This year’s theme is “Partners for Change: Strengthening Risk Management.” To find out more or sign up for the conference, go to http://www.merchantriskcouncil.org/conference.