Management
Jeffrey Tulchin
Chairman & President
Jeff Tulchin’s background is in collections, law and finance. A member of the founding family of STA (New York 1955), Mr Tulchin is a graduate of Hamilton College and has a law degree from Emory University. He is a member of the bar of the state of NY (status retired). Following law school, Mr Tulchin worked with several New York City law firms specializing in bankruptcy reorganization. In 1989, he joined the family’s private equity firm, Reprise Capital Corp., whose mission was to invest in financially and operationally troubled companies. Reprise managed several successful turnaround situations, involving both privately and publicly owned companies, including debt restructurings and transitions within senior management.
In 2005, Mr Tulchin returned to STA, operating our debt purchase subsidiary and was appointed Chairman and President of the parent company in May 2007. To email Jeff please click here
Joseph Lonetto
Chief Operating Officer
Joe Lonetto has been active in the credit management industry for over forty years, 33 of which have been at STA International. He has previously served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of STA. Mr Lonetto is an active member of the Business Executive Group, the Progressive Credit Group, the 475/Toppers, the Decorum-Manhattan Credit Group, and the Turn Around Management Association, and many other such organizations. He is also a member of the Executive Council for the Eastern District of the Commercial Law League of America. He formerly served as President of both the Executive and Progressive Credit Groups, and as Secretary of the Long Island Lumber and Building Materials Credit Association.
Peter Lyons
Senior Vice President, National Director of Sales
Peter Lyons recently joined STA as our senior US sales and marketing executive. Peter has a broad 25 year background in both insurance and collections sales and marketing. Mr. Lyons began his career in the insurance industry, within the property and casualty insurance market, most prominently with Cigna. He has been in the collections industry for the past 10 years with experience with several commercial agencies. Mr. Lyons has extensive experience in commercial and outsourcing engagements with clients in multiple vertical markets including insurance, transportation, publishing, yellow pages and telecommunications.
For the past three years, Mr. Lyons managed his own business, providing his clients with best-in-market credit and collections support, throughout their order-to-cash cycle.
Residing in suburban Buffalo, NY with his wife and three children, Peter can be reached at 716-655-9870 and via email.
Pat Conetta
Regional Manager, Los Angeles office
Pat Conetta has been in the collection business for over 30 years. As Manager of STA International’s Los Angeles office, she has responsibility for some of STA’s most highly specialized collection projects. Mrs Conetta and her team are adept at handling complex disputes, legal cases, and high-value debts that frequently arise in the insurance industry. Mrs Conetta and her husband are devoted LA Dodgers fans, and help to coordinate Dodgers’ stars personal appearances, and hospital visits for terminally-ill children through the Starlight Foundation.
Arthur Gillis
Regional Manager, Chicago office
Arthur Gillis joined STA International in 1996. He heads up STA’s team in Chicago, which is known for its exceptionally close relationships with its clients, and an extremely good debt liquidation rate.
Mr Gillis’ approach embodies the courteous, assertive philosophy of collections that is so highly valued by STA clients. A native Chicagoan, he has worked in collections for most of his career.
Arthur and his wife enjoy weekends at their summer cottage, and doting on their dachshund.
Edward Howard
Regional Manager, Atlanta office
Edward Howard is a proud STA employee of almost 20 years service. Mr Howard started with STA International as a collector, was eventually promoted to Collection Manager, and then to his present position of Regional Vice President. He has twenty-six years in the collection industry, all of it in Georgia, where he was born. Edward is an avid tennis player and skier. 2007 marked the birth of his 6th grandchild.
Walter Lockhart
President and Chief Executive Officer, Asset Source International, Inc.
Walter Lockhart joined STA International in 2005 and is President and Chief Executive Officer of Asset Source International, STA’s subsidiary providing world class investigative skip tracing and asset location services to the credit and collection industry. A graduate of Rutgers University, Mr. Lockhart has been active in the collection industry since 1995 with sales and executive management positions at the commercial law lists, The Forwarders List of Attorneys and The Commercial Bar. Mr. Lockhart is an active member of the Commercial Law League of America, serving as an Executive Council Member in both the Eastern Region and Young Members Sections.
Walter can be reached by email and at 800-782-7297 x3026.
Colin Thomas FICM FCIM
Managing Director - STA Graydon
Colin is MD, and he joined STA Graydon in 2001 from sister company Graydon UK. He has over 25 years’ credit management experience including 10 years at D&B prior to 13 years at Graydon. Colin is a fellow of the Institute of Credit Management (FICM) and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM).
