ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz announced this afternoon the hiring of Buddy Gill, the long-time political director for the Texas CU League, as senior strategic advisor.
Gill will work closely with Matz and NCUA’s Public and Congressional Affairs team to design strategic messages and execute communication initiatives. He will also serve as a liaison to the credit union industry and related stakeholders, advising the chairman regarding how regulations are working at the credit union level, and how NCUA can better help credit unions serve their mGill joins NCUA after serving seven years as the chief advocacy officer and senior vice president of the Texas League. Prior to that, Gill ran his own strategic communications consulting firm, with CUNA as a core client, and Gill was a principal strategist and architect behind the public relations efforts to pass HR 1151, the CU Membership Access Act of 1998.Gill will assume his new duties at NCUA July 5.
