Rebekka Rea_Experience Advocacy & Press
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This document provides an overview of Rebekka Rea's industry experience, including leadership positions held with various industry associations such as the Retail Gift Card Association, Incentive Gift Card Council, and Gift Card Network. It also lists advisory board roles, presentations and publications, as well as media interviews and articles in which she has been featured or quoted.
Rebekka Rea_Experience Advocacy & Press
- 1. Industry Associations RGCA-Retail Gift Card Association Co-Founder(2008) Executive Director(2009-2014) IGCC-Incentive Gift Card Council IGCC Board of Directors: VP,Education (2006-2008) IGCC Board of Directors: VP,Membership(2004-2006) http://www.rkincentives.com/pdf/stronger_membership_article.pdf MembershipCommittee EducationCommittee IMA-Incentive Marketing Association IMA Board of Directors: Directorat Large (2015 to Present) SummitPlanningCommittee(multiple years) StrategicPlanningCommittee (multiple years) Education Committee (multiple years) http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.incentivemarketing.org/resource/resmgr/imported/Collabora tion%20In%20Action%20-%202013%20Summit%20Presentation_WEB.pdf Membership Committee (multiple years) SilentAuction Chair(2005) SilentAuction (Committee multiple years) Mentor Committee (multiple years) GCN-Gift Card Network Global Committee:Co-chair(2014-Present) VendorCommittee:(2014-Present) Digital Committee:(2014-Present) Industry Awards Recipientof 2013 Paybefore IndustryRecognitionawardforleadershiponbehalf of the RGCA to create coalitiontobattle NJescheatlaw (whichwasrepealedthis year). Industry Advisory Boards: Retail GiftCard Association: 2009-2013 Foundingmember/Executive Director PlasticJungle: 2009-2011 PrepaidExpo: 2009-2012 NBPCA FraudGroup: 2011-2013 PaymentseXchange : 2014-2015 https://www.paymentsexchange.ca/advisory-board/ Money2020: 2013 APEX: 2013-2015 GiftCard Network: 2013-2015 Rebekka Rea: Industry Experience, Advocacy & Press
- 2. Representation: Moderator, Panelist, Speaker Money2020 moderator(2014) http://www.money2020.com/speaker/rebekka-rea APEX/PrepaidExpo-panelist,roundtable participant,andadvisor (2009-2015) IMA Summit-panelist,roundtablemoderator,sessionleader.(2000-2013) UK Giftcard & VoucherConference,UK(2010) PlasticJungle UserConference-moderator&advisor(2009, 2010) PaymentseXchange-speaker(2014),panelist(2014) Prepaid&PaymentsAwards(2013) Judge PrepaidCardCongress(2013) Speaker http://www.slideshare.net/iPayStation/fw11006-prepaid-card Sample of News Articles: Interviews & Quotes FeaturedInterviews: Paybefore-featured interview. http://paybefore.com/north-america/qa-with-rebekka-rea-rgca- fall-2011/ Daily Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK http://newsok.com/most-popular-retail-gift-cards-can-be- used-just-like-cash/article/3637547 Articlesauthoredor co-authored: LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141121192411-6439199-the-gift-that-doesn-t- keep-on-giving-the-gift-card HRManagement: Recognition: Your Key To Enterprise Success Legislative Issues: Chuck Shumer: http://votesmart.org/public-statement/659151/letter-to-matthew-shay- president-and-ceo-national-retail-federation-and-rebekka-rea-president-and-executive- director-retail-gift-card-association#.VRxS01xYXdk Unclaimed Property.Gov: http://www.unclaimedproperty.nj.gov/pdf/UPA_ProposedRegs.pdf Jdsupra.com http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-jersey-sales-tax-revenue-losses-fall- 27724/ NJ101.5: http://nj1015.com/chris-christie-not-worried-about-gift-card-companies-leaving-nj- audio/ Nations Restaurant News: http://nrn.com/archive/new-rules-gift-cards-go-effect Bankrate.com : http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/what-the-new-rules-mean-for- gift-cards.aspx Merchantsupplydepot.com: http://merchantsupplydepot.com/jan-13/bill-targets-gift-card- fees-expiration-dates/ BizJournals.com/KansasCity: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print- edition/2012/03/09/us-treasurys-new-money-laundering.html?page=all
- 3. Quotes/Referenced: Incentive Magazine: http://www.incentivemag.com/Gift-Cards/Retail/Study--Majority-of- Consumers-Use-Gift-Cards-for-Necessities/ Money2020: http://www.money2020.com/speaker/rebekka-rea SellingPrepaid.com: http://www.sellingprepaid.com/emagazine.php?story_id=451 Selling Prepaid.com: http://www.sellingprepaid.com/emagazine.php?story_id=407 NBCnews.com http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45214771/ns/business-holiday_retail/t/latest- trends-gift-cards-are-virtual-mobile/#.VRxWO1xYXdk Bankrate.com http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/sell-gift-cards-online-1.aspx Greensheet: http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?flag=display_story&id=20354 Public.cq.com: http://public.cq.com/docs/weeklyreport/weeklyreport-000004190818.html Fox Business News: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/five-reasons-why-gift-cards- are-a-great-last-minute-holiday-choice---just-know-the-rules-80065417.html Retail Touch Points: http://www.retailtouchpoints.com/topics/mobile/tag/Rebekka%20Rea Yahoo: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/5-tips-safely-selling-gift-brn-1763507857.html: Creditcards.com: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/gift-card-survey-2011-ecards- digital-1271.php Bankrate.com: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/7-questions-to-ask-before- buying-a-gift-card-2.aspx Bankrate.com: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/getting-a-gift-card-here-s- what-to-know.aspx Bankrate.com: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/4-easy-ways-to-buy-gift-cards- for-less-1.aspx Prepaidpress.com: http://www.prepaidpress.com/features/e-gift-cards-breathe-life-into- closed-loop-market.html Ingify: http://blog.ignify.com/2013/09/30/the-rise-of-gift-cards-promoting-your-gift-card- offerings/ Biz Report: http://www.bizreport.com/2013/06/survey-gift-card-giving-spending-on-the- rise.html 12News, Washington: http://www.12newsnow.com/story/28222694/gift-card-101-the-first- chapters-released-to-gift-card-network-members intechdirect: http://www.intechdirect.us/gift-card-weekend/