MADISON, Wis.—CUES has announced the judges for its 2017 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec competition.
The judges are Deedee Myers, CEO of DDJ Myers, which is a NTCUE Challenge sponsor; Dan Rader, president/CEO, SCE Federal Credit Union in Ontario, Calif.; and David O. Brock, president/CEO of Community Credit Union in Melbourne, Fla.
After a public vote and a judging panel of previous CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec participants reduced the original applicants to a Top 15, Myers, Rader and Brock evaluated and scored each member of the Top 15. Judging was based on their original application video, their two blog posts and the value their project brings to their credit union and to the credit union industry as a whole. The five highest-ranking applicants were named as Finalists.
According to CUES, judges are responsible for keeping up-to-date on the projects each of the five Finalists are reporting on at NextTopCreditUnionExec.com(www.nexttopcreditunionexec.com), and for viewing the final presentations with a critical eye toward the criteria of creative thinking, content/idea, and style. Each finalist will be given seven minutes to recap their project in a presentation face-off event at the CEO/Executive Team Network in Las Vegas, Oct. 10-12.
“The Next Top Credit Union Exec challenge is a favorite of mine every year,” said Myers. “It’s exciting to watch the growth of the five finalists throughout the challenge. Each one brings a project idea that is unique, yet always applicable to the other credit unions.”
Rader added, “I’m excited about the diversity of ideas from this group of finalists. They have obviously put a lot of thought and effort into their applications and blog posts, and I’m looking forward to their final presentations in Las Vegas.”
The judging panel is just one of the ways the Finalists’ presentations on Wednesday, October 11, will be evaluated. Audience members at the conference will be able to vote for their favorite on the spot, and the public will also be able to vote online on Oct. 11. The Finalist with the highest score based on audience votes, online votes, social media interaction, as well as the judging panel results, will earn the title of 2017 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec.