About NEAA

Built by Payments Professionals, for Payments Professionals.

For four decades, the Northeast Acquirers Association has been the place the industry comes together to learn, connect, and grow.

Our Story

The First Regional Acquirers Association. Since 1985.

The Northeast Acquirers Association was founded in 1985 as the first regional acquirers association in the United States. For over forty years, our volunteer Board of Directors, people who work in this industry every day, has been committed to making NEAA the go-to organization for education, networking, and innovation in merchant acquiring.

What began as a small workshop has grown into the Northeast's premier payments event, drawing industry thought-leaders, MLS veterans, and newcomers alike.

Our annual conference is built on one simple truth: when you put the right people in the same room, remarkable things happen.

We understand the issues, concerns, and challenges you face, because we face them too. That shared perspective is what keeps the industry coming back, year after year.

1,000+
Payments Professionals
120+
Exhibiting Partners
40+
Years Strong

Leadership

Run by the People in the Room.

NEAA has no paid staff. Everything you experience at the conference is planned and run by a volunteer board of payments professionals, who do this on top of their day jobs because they believe in the industry.

The NEAA Board of Directors
The NEAA Board of DirectorsPhoto by Ebacher Photography

For four decades, this group has shown up year after year, building the event that the Northeast's payments community counts on. When you attend NEAA, you're being hosted by people who do exactly what you do.

President
Alan Forgione
VP & Treasurer
Nancy Austin

Board of Directors

Pete PhilomeyDonna EmbryRuth GorskiCarl Cotto

Advisory Board

Melanie CabelloLisa BrooksLiz EverettTom FalconeMelissa ChristensenPhilip WebbRosie Machado

In Good Company

Our Sister Associations.

NEAA is part of a national network of regional acquirers associations serving the payments industry across the country.

SEAA

Southeast Acquirers Association
MWAA

Midwest Acquirers Association
WSAA

Western States Acquirers Association

NEAA 2027

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