NAFCU Renames Cornerstone Award To Honor Late Staffer, Robin Johnston

WASHINGTON-NAFCU has renamed its Cornerstone Award to the Robin M. Johnston Cornerstone Award for Excellence in honor of former NAFCU employee Robin M. Johnston, who died of breast cancer earlier this year. She was the publisher and managing editor of NAFCU's magazine, The Federal Credit Union. Johnston was instrumental in establishing the award in 2005, which provides members of the African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) with the opportunity to attend, free of charge, one of three NAFCU conferences or the NAFCU Regulatory Compliance School. Officials select the award winners based on a written essay about how attending the meeting will benefit them and take the financial status of the credit unions for which they work into account. "The Cornerstone Award was an idea Robin had to promote opportunity and excellence among all members of the credit union community," said NAFCU president Fred Becker.