RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.—CO-OP Financial Services has announced eight featured speakers for its THINK 15 conference.
The speakers will focus on “how an unprecedented convergence of social and technological advances has made 2015 the critical year for credit unions to gain consumer loyalty,” according to CO-OP.
The THINK 15 speakers will include:
- Sara Critchfield, founding editorial director of Upworthy, deemed by Fast Company as the “fastest growing media company of all time.”
- Nir Eyal, contributing writer for Forbes, and bestselling author of “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.”
- Lisa Gansky, founder and chief instigator of Mesh Labs, a leader in shaping the evolution of the sharing economy.
- Christopher Gavigan, co-founded and helped build the Honest Company’s values-based business to provide safer, more effective products to parents.
- Ido Leffler, co-founder and CEO of Yoobi, the company that made selling school supplies a cause that touches classrooms across the nation.
- Nilofer Merchant, bestselling author on innovation and collaboration who has worked with industry leaders ranging from Apple and IBM to GE and Google.
- J.B. Straubel, co-founder and chief technical officer of Tesla Motors, Inc., directly responsible for operations of nearly one quarter of the company.
- Darcy Winslow, CEO/managing partner/co-founder of the Academy for Systemic Change, who spearheads Nike’s efforts to ensure its social responsibility and environmental-friendliness matches its world-renowned brand of athletic-wear.
“The THINK 14 Conference unveiled our ‘Empowering People. Amplifying Dreams’ initiative to help Millennials develop greater financial literacy, including education on credit unions,” said Stan Hollen, president/CEO of CO-OP. “We believe our movement fulfills both the values and services that most consumers, especially Millennials, now demand; and credit unions offer the kind of financial support they are seeking right now in their lives. The theme is ‘Seize the Now’ and our speakers will help us seize the great opportunity we have with this modern consumer by turning today’s trends into enduring competitive advantages.”
THINK 15 is being held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. For info: www.co-opthink.org.
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