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Credit union CEOs and senior executives from around the country are gathered here today to kick off NAFCU's 2017 CEOs and Senior Executives Conference, which runs through Friday and will provide participants the latest on emerging business development opportunities, successful credit union strategies for overcoming top-of-mind challenges and the opportunity to network with other credit union executives.

"Credit union CEOs and senior executives are facing mounting competitive and regulatory challenges, and this conference will deliver powerful resources and extraordinary knowledge to help them excel in this climate," said NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger. "This conference will allow attendees to learn new leadership tactics for improving operational efficiencies and give them a fresh look at how the current economy impacts their credit unions."

Berger will provide welcome remarks to attendees Thursday. Later, he and NAFCU Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and General Counsel Carrie Hunt will provide a Washington and Industry Update focusing on advocacy and trends affecting credit unions. NCUA Board Member Rick Metsger will update attendees on the latest regulatory developments at the agency.

Keynoters for this year's conference include Kevin Brown, professional speaker/motivational storyteller with Kevin Brown Enterprises, LLC., and Drew Dudley, founder and chief catalyst at Day One Leadership. Both presenterswill address developments in leadership tactics and provide practical insights on how successful leaders create cultures of leadershipwithin their organizations.

Last week, NAFCU along with Allied Solutions and OnApproach, teamed up with renowned data scientists at Deep Future Analytics to outline some of the key qualities and trade-offs for a variety of models for implementation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard. Find out more about the CECL study here.

NAFCU's 2017 CEOs and Senior Executives Conference Signature Sponsor is CUNA Mutual Group. Other conference sponsors include Affinion Group and Q2.

A complete schedule of events can be viewed online athttps://www.nafcu.org/executiveagenda/. For up-to-the-minute information on the conference,follow the #CreditUnionExecshashtag on Twitter.