McCormack, Oakland Win Wegners
MADISON, Wis.-Pennsylvania CU Association President Jim McCormack and BECU CEO Gary Oakland are being honored with the 2014 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement.
McCormack, who will soon retire from the PCUA, is a 40-year veteran of credit unions and has led numerous initiatives during his career, incuding PCUA's Better Choice Program, the iBelong awareness campaign, credit card processing, and much more.
Oakland is the long-time CEO of BECU, formerly known as Boeing Employees' CU, and has been a leading advocate for state-chartered CUs. Under Oakland's direction, BECU provided aid for more than a dozen low-income credit unions to help keep them afloat and even helping to found two LICUs.
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Free Symposium Set For Sept. 24
MADISON, Wis.-CUNA Mutual Group one-day, complimentary symposium on credit union member centricity Sept. 24 in Tampa, Fla. Headlining the free "Battle for the American Consumer: A Symposium on Member Centricity" event will be Don Peppers, one of the world's leading authorities on customer centric strategies. Also presenting will be Michelle Eten, VP-Digital Marketing at REI, and CUNA Mutual's John Lass on how credit unions can win the battle for their members' business. For info: catie.shannon@cunamutual.com or (608) 665.8374.
New CEOs, President Are Named
APPLE VALLEY, Minn.-United Educators CU has named Paul Dammann as its new president/CEO. Dammann has more than 25 years expereience in CUs, including previous terms as president of a credit union. Dammann replaces the retiring Delbert Danielson. In Phoenix, $126-million Canyon State CU has named Jane Dobbs as president/CEO to replace the retiring Steve Dunham. Dobbs was most recently interim CEO at CPM FCU. In Yuba City, Calif., Ron Sweeney has been named president of Sierra Central CU. Sweeney was previously COO. John Cassidy remains CEO.
Two CEOs To Fed Council
WASHINGTON-Michael J. Castellana, president/CEO of SEFCU, Albany, N.Y., and Glenn D. Barks, president/CEO of First Community CU, Chesterfield, Mo., have been named to the 2014 Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) of the Federal Reserve.
Golf Tourney Scores $380K For Kids
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The 13th annual Dave and Dan Celebrity Golf Tournament sponsored by First Tech FCU raised a whopping $380,000 for Credit Unions for Kids. The tournament, formerly the Hank and Moose Open, was held at the Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha, Ore. Over the last 13 years, the event has contributed more than $2.5 million in support of CU4Kids.
More Mergers Are Announced
LIVONIA, Mich.-Co-op Services CU is absorbing Rivers Edge Community CU via merger. The combined institution will have more than $500 million in assets. In Dubuque, Iowa, the $1.1-billion Dupaco Community CU is absorbing the $85-million Community CU, Cedar Rapids, via merger.
White Paper On Turf Fights
MADISON, Wis.-The CUNA Lending Council has released a new white paper called "Fighting for our Turf: Threats to Credit Union Small Loan Markets." This paper focuses on how credit unions can regain these lending opportunities and make the portfolio viable. For info: go to the white paper section of www.cunacouncils.org.
15 Named To Filene's i3
MADISON, Wis.-The Filene Research Institute has added 15 new members to its i3 program: Laurie Butz of Community First CU; Scott Coe of CoastHills FCU; Douglas Ebner of First West CU; Kathi Goodell of NorthCountry FCU; Mark Hamid of Fort Lee FCU; Jeremy Hayes of Assemblies of God CU; Rachel Langtry of Credit Union 1; Rob Lefkowicz of Side FCU; Evelyn Royer of Purdue FCU; Terese Selanders, of Affinity CU; Jennifer Sider of Duke University FCU; Matt Vance of Salal CU; Suzanne Weinstein of Orlando FCU; Jennifer Wolfe of Partners FCU and Brett Wooden of Cy-Fair FCU.
CUNA Mutual, Veridian Offer $105K
CEDAR VALLEY, Iowa-CUNA Mutual Group and Veridian CU have pledged to contribute $105,000 to the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber's Leader Valley initiative to further implement The Leader in Me program, which is based on Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."
EFCU Goes Old School With New HQ
ERIE, Penn.-Erie FCU, which moved into the old Glenwood Elementary School in February, has announced plans to spend $8 million to renovate or raze the old school building for a new HQ. The $380-million EFCU has hired Pittsburgh-based Momentum for the design and build.
