BOULDER, Colo. - Bill Sterner, the well-respected CEO of Elevations CU and a long-time credit union activist, died following a heart attack he suffered March 28. Sterner, 66, joined the CU, then known as University of Colorado CU, in 1997 as VP and became CEO in 2000, more than doubling the size of the CU to $790 million since then. He became a CU activist in the 1960’s while working to set up financial cooperatives in South America for the Peace Corps. Throughout his career he held executive positions with the World Council of CUs, CUNA, the California and Kansas CU Leagues and was chairman of the CU Association of Colorado at the time of his death.
Sterner is survived by his wife, Patricia Brownell, the former director of the National CU Foundation.
