NACBA - National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

NACBA Staff

Executive Director

Barbara Andelman
Cleveland, OH

barbara.andelman@nacba.org
3636 Sutherland Road
Cleveland, OH 44122
Phone: (216) 491-6770

Barbara joined NACBA as Executive Director in January 2007. Her primary focus is on supporting NACBA's critical mission to advocate on behalf of consumer debtors and to support its members. Her work also involves issues such as membership recruitment and development of membership services, support for committee work, enhancement of the website, planning of NACBA's educational programs, and administrative support for NACBA's legislative programs. Prior to joining NACBA, Barbara served for 20 years as Associate Dean at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland, OH), with primary responsibility for admissions, financial aid, strategic planning, marketing, and public relations. In addition, she served as the Dean of Students for a student body of around 600 students. Barbara served on the Boards of the Law School Admission Council, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland, and the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, and was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Joint Task Force on Gender Fairness. Prior to working at Case Western she had experience in private practice and also worked as a staff member in the Ohio legislature. She is an honors graduate of Cornell University and received her law degree from The Ohio State University, where she was managing editor of the law review and was given several awards for leadership. Long before joining NACBA, Barbara was familiar with NACBA and its mission through her husband, NACBA member Richard Nemeth, State Chair for the Northern District of Ohio. Barbara invites you to contact her with any questions or concerns.

Administrative Director

Candace Lambrecht
San Jose, CA

admin@nacba.org
1501 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: (408) 350-1173
Fax: (202) 331-8535

Candace started working with NACBA in March of 2005 when BAPCPA was in the final stages of passing Congress. By the April 2005 convention, the new legal landscape was a grim and frightening reality for NACBA members. NACBA membership surged as NACBA presented two Workshops that July and September. There was much to do establishing effective customer service for the crush of new members in the newly created Administrative Director's Office, as we worked with then-Executive Director, Maureen Thompson to assist the membership and Board.

Candace came to NACBA with expertise in marketing and direct mail from many years spent in public relations and political consulting firms. She was involved in electing local officials, working on Presidential and Congressional campaigns and various public policy accounts as well as many Silicon Valley Fortune 500 companies. When Norma Hammes was NACBA President in 1998, NACBA hired the political firm where Candace was Creative Director to design the NACBA logo, and subsequently create and produce direct mail programs. She followed the progress of BAPCPA since that time, as the political and social justice goals of NACBA were a natural fit for Candace. Event management had also been a large part of her previous work experience and was a necessary skill for our growing organization. A fortunate confluence of events led to Candace being available when NACBA needed full-time staff in 2005.

Regarding the last three years with NACBA, Candace says "It is most rewarding to assist such a worthy organization during its growth and expansion as a major voice for consumers. It seems to be a natural segue from electoral politics to working to support a group dedicated to the creation fair public policy."

Legislative Director
Maureen Thompson Arlington,VA maureent@nacba.org 1901 N. Fort Myer Drive Suite 1012 Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: (703) 276-3251 Fax: (703) 841-9327	We do not have a bio on record for Maureen.

Webmaster
Mark Whitehouse Pittsburgh, PA markrobot@gmail.com	Mark has filled the position of Webmaster for NACBA since the beginning of 2006. Even before this, Mark was involved in NACBA's utilization of technology. You may remember that at the Chicago workshop in 2005, NACBA introduced a new computerized system for checking in attendees. Mark was largely behind the design and implementation of this system. Presently, Mark manages most aspects of NACBA's technology footprint, including the public website, the members' area, and a large administrative database that members never see. Mark was born in Vallejo, CA in 1984 and grew up in the Napa Valley, where his father is a winemaster at a local vineyard, Trefethen Vineyards. While Mark has always been drawn in the direction of technology, his passion becomes most noticeable with his involvement in robotics programs, which saw much success during his high school years and leading into the first half of his tenure as an undergraduate. As an undergraduate, Mark studied at San Jose State University in CA. He began his studies there as an engineering student, but gradually and increasingly felt something was missing. In his third year he changed his major to Philosophy, where he found he felt most at home. He spent much of his time studying the philosophy of mind. Mark graduated from SJSU in the spring of 2007 with a B.A. in Philosophy and a Minor in Humanities. Mark is continuing his education as a Masters student in the Philosophy department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is in the second year of his studies toward an M.S. in Logic and Computation. His research is aimed at the statistical models used in causal inference, with an emphasis on machine learning. Mark feels as though he has finally found a balance that incorporates his salient interests, but mildly laments finally having to grow up.