MADISON, Wis.—CUES announced it is now accepting nominations for its 2017 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec.
The program for the industry’s emerging leaders is powered by Currency and sponsored in part by DDJ Myers.
CUES said its Next Top Credit Union Exec program challenge searches for emerging credit union leaders age 35 and under. Participants pitch a current project or program they are working on at their credit union, or an idea to advance either their credit union or the credit union industry. The challenge features more than $50,000 in prizes and will award the title of CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec to one evolving leader in the credit union industry.
“As the CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec challenge enters its eighth year, we’re eager to see the pool of talent the applicants and entrants display,” said John Pembroke, CUES president/CEO. “This contest embodies CUES’ mission to bring the finest in talent development opportunities to the industry, and I look forward to seeing the project ideas, as well as the presentations and crowning of the ultimate winner at CUES CEO/Executive Team Network in October.”
Nominations are being accepted through May 12 at www.ntcue.com. Any young leader may apply by completing an application form, and submitting a short video and blog post about their project idea during the application phase of May 15 to June 26, 2017, CUES said.
The public will then be able to view the application videos and blog posts and then vote for their favorite. Voting takes place June 28 to July 10, 2017. The 10 applicants with the most votes will move on to the Top 15 phase, along with five additional applicants chosen by a special panel of CUES members and past Finalists.
Each member of the Top 15 will submit an additional blog post, updating his or her project or idea. The second judging phase then begins with the judging panel of two CUES members and Deedee Myers, CEO of DDJ Myers, evaluating and scoring each member of the Top 15.
The five highest-ranking applicants from the judges’ scores will be named Finalists and move on to the Finalist phase. The Finalists will contribute one additional video prior to their final presentations at the CUES CEO/Executive Team Network (www.cues.org/cnet) Oct. 10-12 in Las Vegas.
“To provide additional value to the competition experience, the Top 15 will receive executive coaching sessions from DDJ Myers,” CUES said. “The five Finalists will receive additional coaching, airfare, accommodation and registration to CUES CEO/Executive Team Network. The winner will receive further coaching, airfare, accommodation and registration for two CUES CEO Institutes, a total prize package valued at