October 24th, 2022484DULUTH, Ga. October 21, 2022 -- Raising awareness about hunger in our communities while helping to keep shelves stocked at select local food charities for more than a decade, Georgia United Foundation’s 2022 Can Hunger food and donation drive is providing more than 28,000 meals for families, children and seniors in need.
Almost 4,000 canned and nonperishable food items, weighing in at more than 3,200 pounds, were collected from Georgia United Credit Union branch locations and a total of $6,476 (representing approximately 25,800 meals) was collected and distributed to local food bank partners.
This year’s drive, conducted throughout...
October 20th, 2022289Alabama ONE is excited to announce two strategic moves within the Alabama ONE TEAM. These Leadership changes lay a solid foundation to transition Alabama ONE into a large, multi-branch, multi-region Credit Union that serves Members in 57 Alabama counties, well prepares Alabama ONE for its planned future growth, and ensures the very best service to our Members.
Shelby Grantham appointed as Senior Director of Operations
Tuscaloosa, AL: Alabama ONE announced Shelby Grantham has been appointed as Senior Director of Operations, reporting to CEO, Bill Wells. In her prior role, Grantham served as the credit union’s Controller leading...
October 19th, 20224325October 19, 2022, TAMPA – Following an extensive search, the Board of Directors for floridacentral Credit Union has selected Linh Dang as its next President/Chief Executive Officer. Dang will replace retiring President/CEO, Laida Garcia, and will join floridacentral on November 1, 2022.
Board Chair Margaret Spurrier said, “Linh’s leadership experience within the credit union industry and in the community were deciding factors in the selection. We are thrilled to welcome her as our President and CEO. Linh is a passionate credit union leader and very enthusiastic about leading our floridacentral team.”
Dang stated, “It is a...
October 18th, 2022151Birmingham, Ala. – Avadian Credit Union announces the expansion of its Business Services Lending Team to strengthen its ability to serve its business members with their lending needs.
The team will be led by Larry J. Uptain, who was promoted to Commercial Lending Manager, and include Blake Watkins, Clint Phillips and Quintin Milton.
In creating the team, Watkins was hired as Senior Business Loan Officer and Phillips as Business Loan Officer while Milton was promoted to Business Loan Officer.
“The additions to this team reflect Avadian’s focus on growing its service to the business sector, and, specifically, business...
October 17th, 2022259Lake Mary, Fla. (October 17, 2022) – Addition Financial is proud to welcome Qing Lu as the credit union’s new Chief Financial Officer.
With more than 18 years of financial experience, Qing previously served as the EVP/CFO at Farm Credit West in Rocklin, California, and as CFO at Northwest Community Credit Union in Eugene, Oregon. She has also worked in public accounting, healthcare and investment institutions, and is both a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).
“I love the collaborative and innovative corporate culture at Addition Financial,” said Qing. “Addition Financial is a...
October 17th, 20220121The Board of Directors of TVA Community Credit Union is pleased to announce that Sammy Clements has been chosen as its new Chief Executive Officer. Sammy Clements has worked in the financial services area for the past twenty five years. Thirteen of those most recent years of service have been with TVA Community Credit Union as its Executive Vice President. “We look forward to continued success under Sammy’s leadership. We will continue to work hard to enhance our member experience and grow our credit union. We are confident that Sammy will lead the way in making TVA Community Credit Union truly Everybody’s Credit Union”,...
October 14th, 2022154Marietta – October 14, 2022 – Credit Union of Georgia is hosting a local coat drive to collect clean gently worn or new coats. The last day to donate items will be Wednesday, November 9th at 5:00pm. Area residents are invited to make a difference in our local community by donating to the coat drive, helping Credit Union of Georgia and MUST Ministries keep our community and neighbors warm this winter! Coat donations can be dropped off at your nearest Credit Union of Georgia location.
“We are excited about our upcoming coat drive and invite the community to participate and support our efforts. All sizes and styles of winter coats are...
October 13th, 20221106Madison, Wis. – In late 2021, Filene fielded a system-wide analytics readiness survey to baseline and benchmark the readiness and maturity of credit unions’ data analytics and business intelligence capabilities. The analysis surfaced six critical drivers of readiness to help credit unions make sound investments in the people, processes, and technologies of data analytics.
It may come as a surprise to learn that of the six levers identified, the most critical lever to focus on to drive value from data analytics is one that is a low-cost but critical investment—changing the culture of your credit union to create a truly data-driven...
October 13th, 2022392Tampa, FL – October 13, 2022 – Zachary Churchill, vice president of finance at USF Federal Credit Union (USF FCU), was recently named 2022 Emerging Leader by the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES).
Churchill was selected to participate in the CUES Emerge program earlier this year, ultimately competing against other young credit union leaders for the prestigious award. Churchill’s winning business case was titled: The Case for a Data Analytics Team.
Churchill has 16 years of experience in the credit union industry in various leadership positions including: manager of internal audit, manager of consumer lending, manager of...
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