Mr. G. Scott Purcell

Mr. G. Scott Purcell

CEO ACA International

3200 Courthouse Ln
Eagan, MN 55121-1585
UNITED STATES

(952) 926-6547

G. Scott Purcell is president of Professional Credit in Springfield, Oregon. He currently serves as ACA’s past president as well as ACA’s incoming CEO. Purcell graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and worked as a CPA and chief financial officer for several organizations. He joined Professional Credit as its chief operating officer in 2010. Purcell is an enthusiastic supporter of the ARM industry, as well as ACA. He participated in ACA’s LevelUp event for the last several years and was twice honored with ACA’s Warren Siem Award for innovation. He has presented at several ACA events, volunteered with multiple ACA committees—chairing ACA’s Budget and Audit Committee—and earned the Fellow, Scholar, Healthcare Collection Management and Professional Collection Specialist designations. He was elected to the ACA Board of Directors in 2017 and served as 2018/19 treasurer and 2019/20 president-elect. Purcell believes all agencies can engage with their legislators, especially at the state level. He played an integral role in the Institute for Collection Leadership’s development of the “Collect the Truth” campaign (www.collectthetruth.org) and believes agencies of all sizes can use this resource in telling the story of the significant impact the collection industry has, especially to legislators. He strongly believes if we don’t educate our legislators on the important role the ARM industry plays in the credit-based economy, no one else will, and then we’re at risk of rules that will hurt our businesses, consumers and the clients we serve.