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WASHINGTON – The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) announced its 2021-2022 Board of Directors following its Annual Business Meeting. The board elected Thomas W. DeWitt, President and CEO of State Farm Federal Credit Union, to serve as NAFCU’s Board Chair.

“I am honored to serve as NAFCU’s Board Chair,” said Thomas W. DeWitt, President and CEO of State Farm Federal Credit Union. “It is a privilege to work to advance the interest of an industry that took immediate action to help their members during the pandemic. I look forward to working with the entire Board of Directors to continue to advocate for a regulatory and legislative environment that benefits credit unions and their 125 million members.”

NAFCU officers for 2021-2022 are:

• Thomas W. DeWitt, chair and Western Region Director;
• Gary A. Grinnell, vice chair and Eastern Region Director, president and CEO of Corning Federal Credit Union in Corning, N.Y.;
• Brian T. Schools, treasurer and Eastern Region Director, president and CEO of Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Va.; and
• Karen Harbin, secretary and director-at-large, president and CEO of Commonwealth Credit Union in Frankfurt, Ky.;

Other board members are:

• Frank Mancini, director-at-large, president and CEO of Connex Credit Union in North Haven, Conn.;
• Melanie Kennedy, Southern Region Director, president and CEO of Southwest Financial Federal Credit Union in Dallas, Texas;
• James A. Kenyon, director-at-large, president and CEO of Whitefish Credit Union in Whitefish, Mont.;
• Lonnie Nicholson, Southern Region Director, president and CEO of EECU in Ft. Worth, Texas;
• Jan N. Roche, director-at-large, president and CEO of State Department Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Va.;
• Lisa A. Schlehuber, director-at-large, CEO of Elements Financial Federal Credit Union in Indianapolis, Ind.; and
• Keith Sultemeier, Western Region Director, president and CEO of Kinecta Federal Credit Union in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

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The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions is the only national trade association focusing exclusively on federal issues affecting the nation’s federally-insured credit unions. NAFCU membership is direct and provides credit unions with the best in federal advocacy, education and compliance assistance. For more information on NAFCU, go to www.nafcu.org or @NAFCU on Twitter.