Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed a pair of industry professionals to represent the accounts receivable management industry on the state’s Collection Practices Board. The two new appointees — who must be confirmed by the state’s Senate — will replace Thomas Oldani and Thomas Matonican, whose terms on the board expired on June 30.
Gov. Whitmer nominated Gregory Meyer, a collection agency manager from American Profit Recovery, and Mickey Putman, II, the president of Central Professional Services, to be on the board, which licenses and regulates collection agencies in Michigan. The state has 713 licensed agencies and 525 collection agency managers, according to an release announcing the new appointees.
Meyer has spent more than two decades working in the collection industry. He graduated from Canisius College in Buffalo. Putman has spent nearly three decades in the industry, all of them at Central Professional Services.
The Collection Practices Board works with the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. The Board meets twice a year.
Both Meyer and Putman, if confirmed, will serve terms through June 30, 2025.
If confirmed, the pair will join Garret Angelo of J.J. Marshall and Associates, Kirstin DeMaio of Paramount Collection Service, and Mike Hiller of American Profit Recovery, as the industry representatives on the board. The terms of Angelo and DeMaio are due to expire next year, and Hiller’s term is due to expire in 2024. The board also includes three individuals who represent the general public, and one consumer attorney.
