* 1965-CU volunteer, Colorado
* 1968-1975-Field rep. supervisor, CUNA Mutual Insurance Group
* 1975-1976-Service Corp. General Manager, New York State CU League
* 1976-1978-First director of political action in CUNA's Washington office
* 1978-1980-President, Alaska CUL
* 1980-Led efforts to pass Alaska State Credit Union Act
* 1980-1988-Senior vice president, Alaska USA FCU
* 1986-Received the Alaska League's Horace Bremner Award
* 1988-1989-Appointed by President Ronald Reagan to NCUA Board
* 1989-1991-Executive director, Filene Research Institute, Madison
* Participated in the creation of the Center for Credit Union Research at the University of Wisconsin
* Helped convince Alaska's legislature to allow the state's Department of Revenue to deposit funds with CUs
* Vice chairman of CUNA's World Affairs Committee
* Member of Credit Union Advisory Committee for the California Department of Financial Institutions
* Advisory board, Center for Cooperatives at the University of Calif.-Davis
* Board of Trustees of Freedom From Hunger, an international economic self-help organization
* Instrumental in extending CU services to Native Americans in one of the most remote areas of the U.S.
* Graduated from Stanford University's Executive Development Program for CU professionals
* 1991-Worked with financial cooperative leaders in Hungary, and Central and Eastern Europe to form CUs
* 1991-Presented World Council of Credit Unions' Silver Award
* 1991-President, California league
* 1992-Founded league's Shapiro Group. Sits on the boards of Western CUNA Management School, O'Rourke Career Connections, and CU West Mortgage Corp.
* 1992-1993-Vice chair, CUNA System Structure Planning Committee
* 1993-Traveled to Eastern Europe/Poland to lobby and help craft CU legislation
* 1995-1996-Steering Committee member, CUNA's Renewal Project
* 1996--President and CEO, Nevada CU League
* 1997-Recipient of the individual Herb Wegner Memorial Award
* 1998-CUES Hall of Fame inductee
* 1999-2005-Director, WOCCU
* 2000-Chairman, WOCCU "Challenge 2000" Task Force
* 2004-Recipient of the American Association of Credit Union Leagues' Eagle Award
* 2005-Honored with the Eugene H. Farley League Leadership Award for his innovation in products and service, serving smaller credit unions, political advocacy, financial literacy, professional education, and serving the Hispanic community
