Former NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson announces retirement

JoAnn Johnson, superintendent of the Iowa Division of Credit Unions and a former NCUA chairman, has announced she plans to retire at the end of this month.

JoAnn Johnson, outgoing superintendent of the Iowa Division of CUs and former NCUA chairman (2004-2008)

Johnson was a state legislator in the Hawkeye State before being elected to the Iowa Senate in 1994. In 2002 she was appointed to the NCUA Board by President George W. Bush, and served as NCUA Chairman from 2004 to 2008. She was succeeded as chairman by Michael Fryzel. In 2011, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad named Johnson to the position of superintendent.

In a statement on the governor’s website, Branstad called Johnson “a tremendous asset to Iowa credit unions,” adding that she “has used her experience at the national level to provide a safe regulatory climate for credit unions to operate and succeed.”

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