Collectors’ Council

Steve Kreitlow
Educational Facilitator • CU Recovery & The Loan Service Center

Steve Kreitlow is the Continuing Education Facilitator for the CU Recovery Education Department. He was on the ground floor of the Loan Service Center start-up in 1997.  Starting his career as a collector, Kreitlow has grown with the company, wearing many hats including; managing, overseeing and training Account Service Representatives. 

Kreitlow has a broad knowledge of repossessions, bankruptcy, and experience working with over 50 different collection platforms in over 200 different collection departments. He is uniquely qualified to facilitate CU Recovery’s Building the Foundation Collection training.

His personal goal is to teach collection skills that will make an immediate difference in collection department efficiencies.

Bryan Moffitt
Vice President of Business Development • CU Recovery & The Loan Service Center

Bryan Moffitt manages the Business Development department for CU Recovery and The Loan Service Center, and has been with the company since 2003. The Business Development department is responsible for developing new business from credit unions, with the focus on opening new markets as well as working within established markets. He also provides management assistance and relationship expertise to the Client Service Department which is responsible for maintaining existing credit union relationships. Over the past 16 years, Moffitt has visited thousands of credit unions to gain valuable knowledge and experience within the collection industry. CU Recovery has worked with over 2,700 Credit Unions nationwide since 1990.

Moffitt is passionate about building relationships with clients and has a genuine interest in helping credit unions manage delinquency and maximize the recovery of charged off accounts.

Margot D. Seitz
Shareholder • Farleigh Wada Witt

With a background in economics, Margot Seitz is able to quickly apply legal principles to the business world, conduct cost-benefit analysis, and simplify complex issues for her clients. She is a rare mix of analytical and compassionate, so is able to maintain a broad practice that encompasses bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, litigation, and estate planning.  
 
Seitz has a diverse debtor-creditor practice representing all types of parties in all types of insolvency matters. She regularly advises banks, credit unions, other financial service providers, creditors, trustees, and receivers in bankruptcy and receivership proceedings.  Her business intellect and creative problem solving help craft practical solutions to difficult issues. Additionally, Seitz is a member of the Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Executive Committee and the Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee.
 
She has an equally broad litigation practice where she represents companies and individuals in state-court litigation. Her experience includes real property disputes, construction defect claims, business dissolution disputes, commercial collections, contract disputes, and estate dispute litigation. Seitz’s economics, business, and debtor-creditor experience all come together to help her analyze what potential claims are truly worth.
 
In her estate planning practice, Seitz focuses mainly on estate and trust administration, probates, and conservatorships. She became an attorney to help people and enjoys serving as a strong advocate for her clients.