EL PASO, Texas – GECU, the former Government Employees CU, said this afternoon that Harriet May is retiring as CEO of the $1.8 billion credit union and will be succeeded by Crystal Long, its chief operations officer.
May is the second CEO of a billion-dollar-plus credit union to announce a retirement in as many days, following yesterday’s announcement of Gary Oakland retiring as CEO of $10 billion BECU.
May, who worked at GECU for 38 years and currently is chairman of CUNA, will serve as a senior advisor to Long until her March 31 retirement.
Long has been with GECU for 32 years, and previously served as the executive vice president and chief operations officer.
CUNA said this afternoon that May will continue to serve as CUNA Chairman until her two-year term expires at the Government Affairs Conference in March.
