2017 Wegner Award Winners Announced

By Palash Ghosh October 06, 2016, 10:30 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

The National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) has unveiled the winners of the 2017 Herb Wegner Memorial Awards.

This year’s honorees are:

Outstanding Program: The Cooperative Trust
Outstanding Individual Achievement: Stan Hollen, retired present and CEO of CO-OP Financial Services
Outstanding Individual Achievement: Maria Martinez, president and CEO of Border FCU in Del Rio, Texas.

The awards will be presented at a special dinner hosted by NCUF at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C on Feb. 27, 2017, in conjunction with the Credit Union National Association’s Governmental Affairs Conference.

Palash Ghosh

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