The Polk County (Florida) Business Journal featured John Santarpia, CEO at Community First CU in Mulberry, Fla. in a Q&A. In the interview Santarpia talked about his life and how he came to credit unions. He urged those hoping to enter the field to get a degree in accounting or finance, and said he got his own start working with a newspaper route at age 13.
Many of Massachusetts‚ state chartered credit unions were highlighted in a report in the Worcester (Mass). Business Journal, including an interview with Allcom Credit Union CEO Deb Guiney. The story profiled the challenges that the credit unions have faced, including a dwindling membership as primary sponsors have disappeared or declined in size. "But AllCom-like many state chartered credit unions-didn't take the prospect of extinction lying down. Instead, it got active," the story reported, going on to site how AllCom Credit Union's expansion to a broad community charter as helping to fuel new growth. The newspaper also quoted Rick Johnston, treasurer of Worcester Postal Credit Union and Neil Crean, CEO of Lynn Postal District Employees Credit Union.
