At its December 12, 2017 meeting, the National Credit Union Foundation (the Foundation) board of directors elected Robert Cashman, President/CEO at Metro Credit Union in Chelsea, Mass.; Timothy Kovac, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Business Compliance & Regulatory Leader for Legal Operations at CUNA Mutual Group in Madison, Wis.; Samantha Paxson, EVP & Chief Marketing and Experience Officer at CO-OP Financial Services in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; and Brett Thompson, President/CEO at the Wisconsin Credit Union League in Madison, Wis. to the Foundation board.
Cashman was elected to the board seat recently vacated by Laida Garcia, President/CEO of floridacentral Credit Union in Tampa, Fla.; Kovac was elected to the board seat recently vacated by Christopher Roe, SVP of Corporate & Legislative Affairs at CUNA Mutual Group in Madison, Wis.; Paxson fills the seat that Sarah Bang, EVP of Industry Relations at CO-OP Financial Services in Rancho, Cucamonga, Calif. held before retiring last year; and Thompson was elected to the board seat recently vacated by Patrick La Pine, President/CEO of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions in Tallahassee, Fla.
Also, at the board meeting, the following were re-elected:
- Bill Cheney, President and CEO of SchoolsFirst FCU in Santa Ana, Calif.;
- David Mooney, President and CEO of Alliant Credit Union in Chicago, Ill.; and
- John Sackett, Board Treasurer at Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis.
In addition to the aforementioned, the members of the Foundation board are:
- Jim Nussle, President/CEO of the Credit Union National Association in Washington, D.C. (President);
- Angela McCathran, President/CEO of People’s Trust Federal Credit Union in Houston, Texas (Chair);
- Pat Wesenberg, President/CEO of Simplicity Credit Union in Marshfield, Wis. (Vice Chair);
- Kathy Garner, President/CEO of Catalyst Corporate FCU in Plano, Texas (Treasurer);
- Courtney Moran, Executive Director of the Cornerstone Credit Union Foundation in Plano, Texas (Secretary);
- Teresa Halleck, President/CEO at San Diego County Credit Union in San Diego, Calif.;
- Larry Middleman, President/CEO of CU Business Group, LLC in Portland, Ore.;
- Winona Nava, President/CEO of Guadalupe Credit Union in Santa Fe, N.M.;
- Jeff York, President/CEO of CoastHills Credit Union in Lompoc, Calif.;
- Carlyn Roy, President/CEO of TAPCO CU in Fircrest, Wash.; and
- Howard Spencer, Board Member at Northland Area FCU in Oscoda, Mich.
Robert Cashman
Timothy Kovac
Samantha Paxson
Brett Thompson