BOULDER, Colo. – Bill Sterner, the well-respected CEO of Elevations CU and a long-time credit union activist, died yesterday following a heart attack he suffered March 28.
Sterner, 66, joined the credit union, then known as University of Colorado CU, in 1997 as vice president and became president and CEO in 2000, more than doubling the size of the credit union to $790 million since then.
He became a credit union activist in the 1960's while working to set up financial cooperatives in South America for the Peace Corps. Throughout his credit union 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, who is the former director of the National CU Foundation.
