Kampen Out At U.S. Central

LENEXA, Kan. - (08/04/05) -- U.S. Central CU said its long-timepresident and CEO Dan Kampen has resigned. The reason for Kampen'sdeparture was not disclosed. Kampen, 45, headed the corporates'corporate credit union since December 1997. He worked as anexecutive for U.S. Central until 1994, when he left to become CEOof Corporate One CU, Columbus, Ohio. According to a notice ofKampen's departure sent to U.S. Central members, the board hascreated a search committee comprised of Ed Fox, head ofMid-Atlantic Corporate FCU, Kathy Garner, Northwest Corporate CU,and Bob Siravo, head of WesCorp FCU, to find a successor to Kampen.David Dickens, U.S. Central's senior vice president ofasset-liability, will serve as interim CEO until a permanentsuccessor is hired.