ORLANDO–The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) has seated the new members of its Regulator Board and its Credit Union Advisory Council. The new members were seated at the NASCUS Summit here.
NASCUS Regulator Board: Re-elected to the Board were John Kolhoff, Director, Office of Credit Unions, Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services, and Mary Ellen O’Neill, Director, Financial Institution Division, Connecticut Department of Banking. Both were elected to three-year terms and Kolhoff was elected chairman for the 2018 – 19 term by the Board. Bryan Schneider, Secretary, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation was elected vice chairman, while Steve Pleger, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Department of Banking & Finance was elected Secretary/Treasurer.
NASCUS Credit Union Advisory Council: Re-elected to a three-year term were Patty Idol, President and CEO, Mountain Credit Union, Waynesville, N.C.; Cathie Tierney, President and CEO, Community First Credit Union, Appleton, Wis.; and Mike Williams, President/CEO, Colorado Credit Union, Littleton, Colo.
For the 2018-19 term, Richard Stipa, CEO, TruMark Financial Credit Union, Trevose, Penn., has been elected chairman; Williams was elected vice chairman; and Jason Boesch, Manager, Energize Credit Union, Oklahoma City, Okla. was elected secretary/treasurer.
Members of the NASCUS Credit Union Advisory Council are elected by credit union members of the Council, which are mostly state-chartered credit unions from across the nation. The council advises the Regulator Board on issues of importance to credit unions.