Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies (AICCCA)

Press Release

AICCCA 17th Mid-Winter Conference Features Experts To Address Critical Personal Financial Issues

January 20 -22, 2010 - Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort - 4600 North World Drive - Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

AICCCA, the largest nonprofit association of consumer credit counseling agencies, will provide its conference attendees a unique, exclusive opportunity to hear speakers address consumer credit counseling issues. Sessions include: Status of Consumer Protection Financial Agency; Efforts to Enhance Consumer Protection from Debt Relief Scams; How Financial Legislation Affects the Big Economic and Investment Picture; The Future of the Credit Card, Including the New Provisions of the Credit CARD Act; Will New Laws Help or Hinder Nonprofit Credit Counseling?; Reverse Mortgage Panel

Fairfax, VA - January 7, 2010 — The 17th annual Mid-Winter Conference of the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies (AICCCA) will be held in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. January 20-22, 2010 at Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort. Credit counselors from across the nation will meet to learn the latest news about critical issues facing the credit counseling industry today.

Continuing the tradition of providing experts who address the issues facing the credit counseling industry that no other industry conference provides, the AICCCA Mid-Winter Conference will again feature speakers with intimate and valuable knowledge of the current consumer credit counseling climate. Sessions will include:

Congressman Alan Grayson, Florida 8th District-D (Invited) - Status of Consumer Protection Financial Agency

Elizabeth Starr, Bureau Chief, Economic Crimes Division, Office of the Attorney General - Florida Attorney General's Office Efforts to Enhance Consumer Protection from Debt Relief Scams

Charles A. Gabriel, Jr., Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners, LLC - Financial Legislation and How it Affects the Big Economic and Investment Picture

Gerri Detweiler, Credit Advisor, Credit.com - The Future of the Credit Card, Including the New Provisions of the Credit CARD Act

Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Esq. and Jonathan L. Pompan, Esq., Venable LLP - Will New Laws Help or Hinder Nonprofit Credit Counseling? A Look at the Legal Opportunities and Challenges Confronting the Credit Counseling Industry

Daniel Fenton, Housing Director, Money Management International, Michael Keene, Executive Director, National Housing Counseling Association, George Roe, Vice President of Operations, National Foundation for Debt Management - Reverse Mortgage Panel

For more information on the AICCCA Mid-Winter Conference, visit www.aiccca.org or call (703) 934-6118.

Founded in 1993, Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies (AICCCA) is a national membership organization, established to promote quality and consistent delivery of credit counseling services. AICCCA and its members are focused on improved creditor relations, efficient processes and advanced technology to best serve clients and creditors. AICCCA members are independent nonprofit agencies that advocate for debtors, counsel millions of consumers annually nationwide and provide debt management services to consumers with excessive unsecured debt. For more information or to contact an AICCCA member office call 866-703-TRUSTAICCCA (866-703-8787) or visit www.aiccca.org.