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June 23, 2015

2015-16 NAFCU Board officers named

NAFCU announced the newly elected and continuing members of its 2015-2016 Board of Directors during the association's annual business meeting yesterday, which was held in conjunction with NAFCU's 48th Annual Conference and Solutions Expo in Montreal.

Reelected to serve as officers for the 2015-16 term were Ed Templeton, president and CEO of SRP Federal Credit Union in North Augusta, S.C., as chair; Richard Harris, president and CEO of Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union in La Canada, Calif., as vice chair; Jeanne Kucey, president and CEO of JetStream Federal Credit Union in Miami Lakes, Fla., as treasurer; and Debra Schwartz, president and CEO of Mission Federal Credit Union in San Diego, Calif., as secretary.

Schwartz won reelection to an at-large post in this year's board elections. Joining the board this year are Gary Easterling, president and CEO of United Federal Credit Union (St. Joseph, Mich.), who was elected as Region I director; and Robert Fisher, president and CEO of Grow Financial Federal Credit Union (Tampa, Fla.), who was elected as an at-large director. All three were elected to three-year terms.

"I look forward to working with NAFCU's officers and board members in continuing to help the association and its members grow by providing the best in federal advocacy, education and compliance assistance," said Templeton.

There are 11 NAFCU Board members in all. The remaining five are:

  • Martin Breland, Region II Director - president and CEO of Tower Federal Credit Union (Laurel, Md.)
  • Thomas DeWitt, Region IV Director - president and CEO of State Farm Federal Credit Union (Bloomington, Ill.)
  • Jan Roche, Director-at-Large - president and CEO of State Department Federal Credit Union (Alexandria, Va.)
  • Rod Taylor, Director-at-Large - president and CEO of Barksdale Federal Credit Union (Barksdale AFB, La.)
  • Daniel Weickenand, Director-at-Large - CEO of Orion Federal Credit Union (Memphis, Tenn.)

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