Kansas City, MO (February 25, 2025) |
Members Development Company (MDC), a future-focused network dedicated to accelerating credit union success, is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished industry leaders to its board of directors: Kyle Markland, Brandon Riechers, and Brian Kaas. The new board appointments represent a continued commitment to MDC’s values and an embrace of new leadership embodied by new CEO Ned Tobey.
Each of these leaders brings decades of experience in the credit union industry, along with a deep understanding of financial services, strategic growth, and community impact:
- Kyle Markland, CEO of Municipal Credit Union (NYC), boasts over 40 years of experience in the credit union movement. A Credit Union Times Trailblazer CEO of the Year (2012), he also serves on the boards of the National Credit Union Foundation, Municipal Credit Union, and Ronald McDonald House NYC Metro.
- Brandon Riechers, President & CEO of Royal Credit Union (MN and WI), has played an active role in shaping the industry and his communities through board service with the Wisconsin Credit Union League, UW-Eau Claire Foundation, Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce, and the Pablo Performing Arts Center. Named a Trailblazer Under 40 by the Credit Union Times (2014), he is a key participant in many MDC initiatives, including ModernFi, AI Studio, North Star, and NextUP.
- Brian Kaas serves as the senior vice president of corporate development at TruStage and as president and managing director of TruStage Ventures LLC, TruStage’s venture capital division. Kaas graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School before serving as a partner at Foley & Lardner.
“Our organization has always relied on the expertise of credit union industry veterans to guide us, and the appointment of these three individuals underscores that commitment,” said Ned Tobey, CEO of MDC. “We are confident that Kyle, Brandon, and Brian’s know-how will be instrumental to our continued collaboration with financial technology developers with the ultimate goal of helping our credit unions compete and grow.”