About AffiniPay for Associations

Our Story

AffiniPay integrates with most AMS solutions; is trusted by over 50,000 professionals; offers PCI level 1 compliance; and has 150 plus strategic partnerships, including the ABA and AICPA.

We started AffiniPay for Associations with a singular goal: to create a simple, secure online payment solution that association professionals love.

Our proprietary payment technology was developed specifically to meet the needs of professional societies, nonprofits, associations, and association management companies. Not only does our solution work seamlessly with the tools you use every day, it exceeds all standard security requirements, ensuring your association and your members are protected.

Message from Our Founder

Over the last 15 years, we have partnered with thousands of organizations to assist in their transition to a modern payment solution. Through these partnerships, our team has gained valuable experience and knowledge regarding the unique nuances of running a professional organization.

No matter how you manage your organization, AffiniPay can help organize and facilitate your payments. Above all else, our real job is supporting you, your staff, and your members to ensure your organization is a success. Thank you for trusting us with your transactions.

— Amy Porter, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Our Team

Dru Armstrong is the CEO, bringing over 17 years of experience in consumer and product technology development and management. She is a proven high growth leader with a history of creating strong customer experiences while fueling technology growth and market expansions. Armstrong leads with innovation, diversity and inclusion, and verticalized software.

Dru Armstrong

Christian serves as the company's chief financial officer, overseeing all accounting and finance activities and team members. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the payments industry to the team.

Christian Fadel

Greg Haney is VP of Operations at AffiniPay and brings 24 years of experience in electronic payments and banking operations to the company. Greg is responsible for scaling and optimizing operational efficiencies to ensure clients are provided with the best product and experience possible.

Greg Haney

Greg leads our talented in-house software development team. His team created our proprietary AffiniPay application, which provides a modern, simple, and user-friendly interface developed specifically for professional services industries.

Greg Kattawar

James is responsible for the architecture of AffiniPay's platform and applications. For the past 19 years, he has specialized in building large scale, mission critical software for the telecommunications and financial services spaces, where security and data privacy are of paramount importance.

James Sparrow

As the VP of People Resources, Erin focuses on all aspects of our recruitment, retention, staff development, and FUN. She has been with AffiniPay for over ten years and she works hard to make our culture diverse, inclusive, and Surprisingly Great for everyone on our team!

Erin Brooks

Stephen leads our Business Development team which is responsible for creating partnerships with third party software companies that would like to make their products and solutions available to the LawPay user base. The team promotes our technology and ensures it is used to its fullest potential by our partners.

Stephen Perez

Tracey leads our Affinity Programs team, creating and promoting AffiniPay member benefits programs to national, state, and local associations. Tracey’s team supports more than 150 partnerships and endorsements, and works closely with our events team to coordinate more than 200 events every year.

Tracey Gavin

Mike leads the support team to ensure your association has an exceptional AffiniPay experience. This group includes: New Client Services, Technical Support, and Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance. The support team is currently responsible for over 50,000 clients and growing every day.

Mike Mitchell

Amber works hand in hand with all departments throughout the company to drive revenue and growth. In addition, she leads the AffiniPay account management team who consult and advise new clients on the AffiniPay Solution.

Amber Bonander

Abby manages event marketing for all AffiniPay brands spanning across 300 industry events and 20 company-wide events a year.

Abby Drake

With 39 years of law practice and Board Certifications in Civil Trial and Civil Appellate Law, Claude serves as an industry liaison and our director of education. In addition, he is past Chair of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as well as the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

Claude Ducloux

Amy leads our Talent Acquisition Team with the goal that every candidate has a Surprisingly Great experience with AffiniPay. She is responsible for ensuring that we have a competitive strategy for attracting the best and brightest talent from a variety of different backgrounds and sources.

Amy Funk

Melissa joined the LawPay team in 2009 and works with clients and potential clients to help them manage payments and grow revenue in their firms. In 2019, she was appointed as a member of the PDAC committee for the Association of Legal Administrators.

Melissa Chambers

Alon serves as the company’s Controller and is responsible for settlement and all other accounting functions. He is a Certified Public Accountant, bringing more than 30 years of accounting and 15 years of payment card experience to the team. Prior to joining AffiniPay, Alon held various senior accounting and financial leadership positions with EVO Payments, Hallmark Entertainment and NY Mets.

Alon Kindler