Our Team

The Vehicle Protection Association (VPA) is composed of industry members including marketers, administrators, payment processing companies, insurers, and software providers.

The organization is professionally managed by Larry Hecker, CAE, who has several decades of association experience, including the formation and direction of 12 different industry groups which developed standards and certification programs. He was most recently President of the Automotive Maintenance and Repair Association and the Motorist Assurance Program.

Helen MacMurray, the former Chief of the Consumer Protection Section of the Ohio Attorney General’s office serves as legal advisor. She has worked with several industry groups dealing with issues similar to those facing the automotive service contracts industry and will be in charge of managing the activities of the VPA's new Consumer Protection Working Group.