DBA International Announces Team Expansion

DBA International, the voice of the debt buying industry, today announced the addition of Helen Mac Murray as its attorney general consultant and Perry Communications Group, Inc. (PCG) as its new public affairs agency.

A founding member of the highly regarded law firm Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster, LLP, Mac Murray is a government relations and litigation expert who will work with DBA International to educate state attorneys general and their staff on issues of concern to the association and its members. Prior to joining MPS, Mac Murray served as Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section. During her tenure, the section was named the “National Consumer Protection Agency of the Year.”

DBA International has also retained PCG, an award winning, full-service strategic communications firm. Under Kassy Perry’s leadership, PCG will develop strategic communications, public affairs and media relations strategies for DBA International and its members. PCG has extensive experience working with trade associations managing complicated issues affecting the public, regulators and lawmakers

“We are committed to setting the standard for consumer protection within the debt buying industry,” said Jan Stieger, Executive Director of DBA International. “Helen and Kassy are well respected as experts and will guide us as we expand our efforts to educate the public and policymakers on the significant role the debt buying industry plays in the U.S. credit-based economy.”

About DBA International

DBA International (DBA) is the nonprofit trade association that represents companies that purchase performing and nonperforming receivables on the secondary market. Founded in 1997 by a small group of companies to provide a forum to advance best practices within the industry, today DBA has grown to represent over 550 companies. DBA provides its members with networking, educational, and legislative advocacy opportunities through an annual conference, an executive summit, regional seminars, state and regional committees, newsletters, webinars, teleconferences, and other media. DBA maintains a code of ethics and a national certification program which debt buying member companies must comply with in order to maintain membership that promotes uniform industry standards based on best practices. DBA is headquartered in Sacramento, California.

About Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster

Mac Murray, Petersen, and Shuster is led by a former Ohio Attorney General and four former Assistant Attorneys General, who together have more than thirty years of experience managing state consumer protection initiatives and other important programs. With this experience, MPS provides clients with compliance counseling from the unique perspective of a regulator involved in state and national initiatives.

About Perry Communications Group

Perry Communications Group (PCG) is an independent, full-service strategic communications firm specializing in public relations and public affairs. We work at the center of issues that matter and give new perspective to the issues and events making headlines today. As well as those that will in the future. We shape ideas, opinions, decisions and social change. The bottom line for us is always the same – we’re invested in the cause and our clients’ work. For more information, visit PCG at www.perrycom.com or call (916) 658-0144.