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Alana Listoe is an award-winning journalist who joined the Montana Credit Union Network to help spread the good word about the credit union movement. She has been a credit union member for nearly 20 years, holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations and photojournalism from the University of Oregon making her a die-hard Oregon Ducks fan. Listoe is an eloquent writer with an eye for composition and has ability to get to the heart of the matter to deliver meaningful messages. She builds relationships with broadcast, print, radio, and trade media representative by bringing attention to the credit union philosophy of serving people and earning media coverage. MCUN is based in Helena, Mont. and exists to promote and enhance a thriving credit union community.
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Listoe earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations and photojournalism from the University of Oregon and is a die-hard Oregon Ducks fan. She was on the board of the Public Relations Student Society of America and was photo editor of Influx, an award-winning student produced magazine.
Listoe is an eloquent writer with the ability to get to the heart of the matter to deliver messages. She builds relationships with broadcast, print, radio, and trade media representative by bringing attention to the credit union philosophy of serving people and earning media coverage.
MCUN is based in Helena, Mont. and exists to promote and enhance a thriving credit union community. Its three entities support this mission. The Montana Credit Union League provides dues-supported services that protect, advocate, and inform. The League Service Group provides quality business services for Montana’s credit unions. The LSG Advisory Council helps in this task. Montana Credit Unions for Community Development implements programs through credit unions that improve the social and economic well being of Montanans.
Montana currently boasts 56 credit unions, with 120 branches in communities across the state. Those credit unions currently serve more than 392,000 Montanans — who are members. As financial cooperatives, credit union are owned and controlled by their members.
Financially, this means that — on average — credit unions provide lower loan rates and higher dividends than most for-profit financial institutions in the state. In fact, the Credit Union National Association estimates that Montana credit unions provided more than $20.8 million in direct financial benefits to their members in 2011. Members know this and use their credit unions: total savings in Montana credit unions grew 3.8% to $3.57 billion in 2011 and credit union assets in the state topped $4 billion.
