PUEBLO, Colo. – Minnequa Works CU has named Jim Barber, its chief financial officer since 1992, as the new president and CEO of the $160 million credit union.
Barber will succeed John McDowell, who retired the end of the year after a 40-year career with the credit union.
During McDowell’s 18-year tenure as CEO the credit union, chartered in 1937 to serve employees of the CF&I Steel Company, it grew from $55 million in assets.
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