ANAHEIM, Calif.— “Finance stars” within the credit union movement have been recognized during an CUNA Finance Council. The Council presented its Recognition Awards for outstanding collaboration and leadership during its recent annual meeting.
"Finance professionals continue to experience new challenges at their credit unions and yet continue to do amazing work for their CUs as well as the industry as a whole,” said Michelle McClelland, CUNA Finance Council Awards & Recognition committee chair and chief financial officer at Prospera Credit Union. "It’s amazing to see the good work done by our three award winners and how they are working to make this industry stronger every day.”
The Winners
This year’s award winners include:
- Professional of the Year Award: Alicia Hallam, VP & controller, Mid-Hudson Valley FCU
- Rising Star Award: Kenyadda Jones, analyst, University of Michigan Credit Union
- Top Community Contributor Award: Jeff Chelius (winner for two consecutive years), chief financial officer, Riverfront FCU
Credit Union Winners
During the event Council also recognized several credit unions for the “exceptional savings they provide members.”
Recognized as the top credit unions by asset group and the annual savings they provide:
- Less than $300 million: New York University Federal Credit Union ($569); Upward Credit Union, Burlingame, Calif. ($449)
- $300 million to $1 billion: Heartland Credit Union, Madison, Wis. ($680); On Tap Credit Union, Golden, Colo. ($657)
- More than $1 billion: Star One Credit Union, Sunnyvale, Calif. ($3,460); Dow Credit Union, Midland, Mich. ($1,214)