MADISON, Wis.–Forty-seven credit union professionals became Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs) after graduating from the Credit Union Development Education (DE) Training from the National Credit Union Foundation (the Foundation).
The DE training was held at the Lowell Center in Madison, Wis.
DE Training provides critical lessons in cooperative principles, credit union philosophy and international development issues while incorporating challenges credit unions face today. During the recent week-long program, participants were involved in group exercises, field trips, discussions with speakers from around the credit union system, and are required to complete team projects proposing solutions for credit unions to help alleviate or eliminate challenging situations in any given area.
For this class’ final case studies, participants worked through and presented solutions to critical issues that included student loan debt, board development and recruiting including the debate over compensation, building microfinance programs in developing countries, credit union solutions to predatory lending, the increasing issue of homelessness in America, and rejuvenating a stagnant credit union, according to the Foundation.
The graduating class included representatives from across the U.S, as well as representatives from the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, The Gambia, Kenya, and St. Michael.
Graduates are: Candice Bain, Bahamas Co-operative League Ltd in the Bahamas; Amanda Basel, Christian Financial CU in Michigan; Cindy Beauregard, Heart of LA FCU in Louisiana; Jim Brisendine, Resource One CU in Texas; Timothy Cannon, Alliance CU in Florida; Valerie Curtis, Coastal FCU in North Carolina; Jamie Dedmon, Northwest CU Association in Washington; John Douglas, COPOS CU Co-Operative Society Limited in Trinidad and Tobago; Diana Dykstra, California/Nevada CU Leagues in California; Bryce Farmer, Unity One CU in Texas; Leah Friedenberg, Pima FCU in Arizona; John Graham, Kentucky Employees CU in Kentucky; Rachael Graham, Bayer Heritage FCU in West Virginia; Jennifer Grinder, Resource One CU in Texas; Lisa Grossman, GTE Financial in Florida; Brenda Halverson, CUNA Strategic Services in Wisconsin; Michael Hartman, Suncoast CU in Florida; Tammie Harvey, CUNA Mutual Group in Wisconsin; Hally Haynes, Barbados Police Co-op CU Ltd in Barbados; Lynette Hazelton, Heart of LA FCU in Louisiana; Bill Herring, retired from Cincinnati Central CU in Ohio; James Hossfeld, SchoolsFirst FCU in California; Stephanie Jackson, Peach State FCU in Georgia; Elizabeth Jasper, PSCU in Florida; Baboucarr Jeng, National Association of Cooperative CU of The Gambia in The Gambia; Darlyne Keller, Central City CU in Wisconsin; Paul Kirkbride, Ent CU in Colorado; Tommy Lenhart, Fairfax CU in Virginia; Carol Luebke, Cornerstone CU League in Texas; Brandon Luetkenhaus, Nebraska CU League in Nebraska; David Mategwa, Kenya Police Sacco in Nairobi; Michelle Merkley, Keystone FCU in Pennsylvania; Pamela Miley, Pyramid FCU in Arizona; Nathan Moenck, CUNA Mutual Group in Wisconsin; Patricia Neighbors, Community CU in California; Antoinette Olivas, Guadalupe CU in New Mexico; Tom Olney, PSCU in Florida; Michelle Randall, Metropolitan District ECU Inc. in Connecticut; Crystal Rocchio, Long Reach FCU in West Virginia; Jason Ruiz, Resource One CU in Texas; Christie Smith, Neighborhood Housing Services of Richmond, Inc in Virginia; Jessica Smith, Peoples Trust FCU in Texas; Dana Stillwell, SOCU in Illinois; Patsy Van Ouwerkerk, retired from Travis CU in California; Lesley Vaughan, Coastal FCU in North Carolina; Megan Veech, CUNA in Wisconsin; Mario Vega, Guadalupe CU in New Mexico.
Remaining DE Trainings in 2016 are sold out. For info on 2017 DE Trainings, visit ncuf.coop.