RECOVERY AGENTS BENEFIT FUND - Key Persons
Dana Loan has worked with Ed Marcum since 1997 where she has learned a deep respect for the repossession industry and the struggles that owners and the employees face. She volunteers her time and services as a director for the Recovery Agents Benefit Fund to assist in the administrative duties of the fund, including web content, disbursements and assisting Ed Marcum and Diane Kirzl, the fund's accountant in any way. Dana is also working with industry associations and vendors to promote industry wide knowledge and acceptance of the fund.
Ed Marcum is better known as the Chief Executive Officer for Recovery Specialist Insurance Group, but prior to his position with RSIG, Ed was a repossession agency owner himself. He has dedicated over 30 years of his life to the repossession industry and has endeavored over the years to educate and professionalize the industry at every level and to strengthen the image of the recovery industry.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Founder
- Vice President
Bud Wilkins is a founder and director of the Recovery Agents Benefit Fund and gives freely of his time with no monetary compensation. He has long shared Ed Marcum's dream of a single place where the industry can come together to help each other in their most desperate times of need.
Bud founded Omni Recovery in Birmingham, AL in 1989 and has served on the Board of Recovery Specialist Insurance Group since 1995. He has held and currently holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Membership Committee Chairman and also serves on the Education Committee.
Harvey C. Altes, 87, quietly passed away on March 9, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was born on March 3, 1928, and served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan. He married Joan Marie Kinney, and moved to Dayto na Beach in 1951. For many years, Harvey was the Constable on the beachside in Volusia County, as well as a Special Investigator for the State Attorney's office and an investigator for Daytona Beach Shores. There are countless colorful stories about his law enforcement career here in Daytona back in the 1960's. Altes also founded a private investigation and auto recovery agency, Falcon International, which has operated here for 60 years. His investigation clients included many area attorneys, banks and businesses, as well as CBS Television's "48 Hours". He also operated a trade association, Time Finance Adjusters, co-authored a book ("Manhunt"), presented a series of seminars by the same name.