MADISON, Wis. and WASHINGTON — CUNA Tuesday announced a restructuring of its senior leadership team in order to streamline the association.
Rather than making distinctions between internal departments and between the association's Washington and Madison offices, the unified structure and team, now known as 1CUNA, will be focused on understanding and meeting the needs of CUs in order to help them better serve their members, CUNA said in a statement. The new structure is intended to improve and streamline communication and collaboration among CUNA staff.
According to CUNA President & CEO Jim Nussle, the new structure helps move the organization forward "with a strong and forceful agenda to advance our shared vision that Americans choose credit unions as their best financial partner," Nussle said in a statement. "CUNA will become even more responsive to the needs of our members. To do that, we'll continue to work on our three priorities: removing barriers, creating awareness and fostering service excellence for credit unions."
Many longtime CUNA executives have been named to new positions, including:
- Bill Hampel — Chief Policy Officer
- Susan Newton — Chief Engagement Officer
- Ryan Donovan — Chief Advocacy Officer
- Todd Spiczenski — Chief Products & Services Officer
- Brian Nelson — Chief Financial Officer
- Susan Parisi — Chief Legal Officer
- Richard Gose — Chief Political Officer
- Kathy Thompson — Chief Compliance Officer
Rich Meade will also serve as Chief Operating Office, and Jill Tomalin as Deputy Chief Operating Officer.
CUNA has also eliminated two positions as part of the reorganization. General Counsel Eric Richard and VP of Communications Pat Keefe will not be with the organization after this week. Bill Hampel — who spent much of 2014 serving as interim CEO — will serve as interim Chief Strategic Communications Officer.
Mary Dunn will report to Ryan Donovan as part of the advocacy team.
