MADISON, Wis.—CUES has announced the 2019 recipient of a scholarship to attend its prestigious CEO Institute program. Ted Pahl, CEO of Tignish CU in Prince Edward Island, Canada has been named as the winner of the award.
CUES said CEO Institute is a challenging academic and leadership program tailored specifically for credit union executives. It is held over three years at three of the nation’s most respected business schools and includes:
- CEO Institute I: Strategic Planning, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- CEO Institute II: Organizational Effectiveness, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
- CEO Institute III: Strategic Leadership Development, UVA Darden Executive Education, Charlottesville, Va.
The scholarship provides one-third of the registration fee for all three years of the institute. Active CUES members who are full-time paid credit union executives committed to attending the entire program are eligible to apply.
Since 1995, 938 credit union executives have completed all three segments of the CEO Institute program, CUES reported, with executives who complete all three years of the CEO Institute program and two post-segment projects eligible to become Certified Chief Executives.