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EFTA appoints EBT vets to new Emeritus Committee

August 28, 2003

HERNDON, Va. -- The Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) has appointed five past chairmen of its EBT Industry Council to the Council's recently created Emeritus Committee.

The appointees are: Tom McLaughlin, senior director of Citicorp Electronic Financial Services and chairman from 1993 to 1997; Walt Patterson, managing director, Georgia Health Partnerships and chairman from 1997-1998; Arthur W. Burger, executive vice president, Burger, Carroll & Associates and chairman from 1998-1999; John Pfeuffer, vice president, Citicorp Electronic Financial Services and chairman from 1999-2000 and 2001-2002; and Bob Bucceri, general partner, Chaddsford Planning Associates and chairman from 2000-2001.

"Creation of the Emeritus Committee will allow the EBT Industry Council to tap a body of expertise that dates to the earliest days of the EBT industry," said H. Kurt Helwig, EFTA's executive director and a member of the Council's executive committee, in a news release.

The Emeritus Committee will advise Council officers on issues facing the industry and assist the current chairman in setting the Council's business objectives each year, Helwig said.