RALEIGH, N.C.– Coastal Credit Union’s VP of Corporate Affairs, Creighton Blackwell, has been honored by the Triangle Business Journal in their inaugural Corporate Philanthropy Awards.
The publication selected winners from a pool of nominees, and winners include individuals, nonprofits and corporations. Blackwell was recognized for his individual contributions to the community, many of which stem from his role with the credit union. Blackwell’s responsibilities include management of Coastal’s community engagement department, and he is directly involved in spearheading Coastal’s support of local nonprofits. Among his recent notable accomplishments is the mortgage lending partnership between Coastal and Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, in which the credit union pledged $3 million in low rate loans for Habitat homeowners.
Additionally, Blackwell is a member of the Coastal Federal Credit Union Foundation board of directors, and was instrumental in creating the Power of Sharing Gala, an event designed to showcase various local nonprofits’ impact in the community and bring together Coastal’s business partners for an evening of awarding sizeable grants. The 2016 event helped Coastal earn a Dora Maxwell Award for Social Responsibility from the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation.
Blackwell is also heavily involved in community efforts outside of Coastal, including board roles with the North Carolina Council for Economic Education, Morrisville Innovation Foundation, Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, the Triangle Martin Luther King Jr Committee and the Regional Transit Alliance Development Committee.