Breland joins NAFCU board of directors

August 20, 2012

Breland joins NAFCU board of directors

NAFCU announced Monday that it has named Martin Breland, president and CEO of Tower FCU, as Region II director on the NAFCU board of directors.

Breland replaces retiring board member Charlie Thomas, who stepped down concomitant to his resignation as a member of the board of Mid-Atlantic FCU. In accordance with NAFCU's bylaws, Breland may serve in his appointed capacity until the association's annual business meeting in 2013.

Breland joined Tower FCU, headquartered in Laurel, Md. in 1988, and became president and CEO in 1994. Tower FCU has experienced significant growth since Breland took the reins, increasing its assets from $660 million in 1995 to $2.6 billion in 2012. Over that same time period, Tower's membership has increased fromroughly 94,000 members to over 125,000 members. Tower FCU is the largest federal credit union in Maryland, with 16 branches spanning four counties.

In making the announcement, NAFCU Chair Mike Parsons, president and CEO of First Source FCU said that Breland's "decades of experience as a credit union leader and his ardent dedication to advancing the industry make him a valuable asset to the NAFCU board."

Brelandsaid joining NAFCU's board is an honor, and he noted that the association continues to be "a strong voice for the credit union industry." He added that he is looking forward to working with his fellow board members, NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker, and association staff"to achieve the association's goals for our great industry and the millions of members they serve."

Breland holds a degree in finance from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, where he graduated at the top of his class. He also completed post-graduate work at Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking and earned a master's in business administration from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.

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