People

The people of the NTCA

Officers, founding members, and industry figures. Each bio is stored in SQL and uses the original legacy photographs.

Craig Lloyd

Founder, National Trading Card Association

Craig Lloyd founded the National Trading Card Association out of a lifelong passion for collecting and a belief that the trading card community deserves a strong, independent national organization representing collectors, businesses, professionals and the hobby as a whole.

Eric Garrison

Technology Officer, National Trading Card Association

Eric Garrison started his corporate career at Impel Marketing / SkyBox Trading Cards in Durham in 1993. Back then CEO Frank O'Connell, VP Jay Ladd and CFO Tommie Smith were a dream team of growth.

Jay Dudley

First Official Member, National Trading Card Association

Jay Dudley started out collecting when he was 6 years old. He is now 54 and loves collecting more than anything. He has been a police officer for the last 27 years and will be retiring next year.

Industry figures

Gary Vaynerchuk

Entrepreneur; VeeFriends founder; Topps Chrome VeeFriends licensee

Public hobby figure who licenses VeeFriends character IP to Topps, appears at the National Sports Collectors Convention and New York Comic Con, and regularly points collectors to local card shops. Research current as of 2026-10-22.

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