Meet Our New President: Eric J. Ellman
The National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA) is thrilled to announce that it has selected Eric J. Ellman as its next president. Until last fall, Ellman spent nearly 27 years with the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), where he rose to serve as the Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Legal Affairs. Ellman also served two tours as the interim CEO of CDIA. Ellman has a long-standing, successful track record on public policy matters, member recruitment, non-dues revenue generation, and people management.
“Eric has deep experience in association management, the consumer reporting industry, and the laws and processes that govern that industry,” said Heather Russell-Schroeder, NCRA’s chair of the board. “Eric is the right person for the right job at the right time,” she added.
Founded in 1992, the National Consumer Reporting Association is a national trade organization of consumer reporting agencies and associated professionals that provide products and services to hundreds of thousands of mortgage lenders and property managers who use consumer reports for housing decisions.
Ellman’s work for CDIA was highlighted on the front page of the USA Today Money section in June 2007. In that article, he was called a “warrior” who is “always well-prepared for battle”. Eric was also a featured guest on several podcasts and has spoken at conferences on almost every continent. Eric has testified over 100 times before state legislative committees and appeared in many national and local media stories, including the New York Times and Politico.
Ellman is a member of the Board of the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington, a nonprofit providing financial assistance to people in need, and sits on the Patient and Family Advisory Committee at Suburban Hospital/Hopkins Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Eric served on the Board of Directors of Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland, and was the Vice Chair of the Board of Credit Builders Alliance, an organization dedicated to financial empowerment.
Ellman has a B.S. from American University in Washington, D.C., and a law degree from the University of Baltimore. Eric is a member of the bars of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and he is CIPP/US certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).