WASHINGTON – Dan Mica may be scheduled to retire as president and CEO of CUNA next January, but he’ll go whenever the CUNA Board wants him to.
Mica said as much last week when asked about rumors he will leave the $2 million-a-year job in the next 90 days, and not wait another 12 months before exiting. "It’s up to my Board," Mica told The Credit Union Journal during an interview last week. "Frankly, if they come to me and say they’ve found somebody else for the job and he can start next week, then I’ll go. And if they ask me to stay on past that date I will."
He apologized about the clumsy way he announced his exit, an unheard-of almost 16 months in advance, saying his contract with the CUNA Board requires a year’s notice. "I suppose we could have done it a little differently," he said.
Mica, now in his 14th year at CUNA, said he hasn’t finalized plans for his next move, but he expects it to have something to do with government, probably as a lobbyist/consultant. But, he said he was intrigued by someone’s suggestion that he teach a college course. And last week it was rumored that Mica’s representatives had inquired about the CEO vacancy at the Motion Picture Association of America, one of the most visible lobbying jobs in the capital.
Because the CUNA Board has yet to start its formal interviews for a Mica successor, the departure probably won’t be any time soon.
Most likely whatever Mica does will be in Washington, where the former five-time congressman from Florida and his wife Martha have made their home for more than 30 years. Three of their grown children live in the area, the fourth and the Mica grandchildren live in California.
I like to think I have another 10-year stint in me somewhere," said the 66-year-old Mica.
