Balagna reelected to second term as NACUSO chair

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.- Daniel J. Balagna, was re-elected to a second full term as chairman of the board of directors for NACUSO, (National Association of Credit Union Service Associations) recently. Balagna is also president and CEO of Service Centers Corporation, the shared-branch CUSO that is celebrating 25 years of service in 2000. "As the head of one of the country's first CUSOs, it only seems appropriate that Dan lead the CUSO trade association into the new millennium," said NACUSO President Bob Dorsa. Service Centers Corporation (SCC), headquartered in Southfield, Mich., is owned by approximately 300 participating credit unions. It operates a network of cooperatively shared branch office facilities in Michigan, Virginia and Maryland under the trade name Credit Union Family Service Centers. SCC also owns and operates a full-service credit union ATM network called SC24. Balagna has served on the NACUSO board since 1990, holding the position of treasurer since 1996. He has a 35-plus year career in the credit union industry, said Dorsa, including 18 years with the Michigan Credit Union League. He has served on the faculty of Michigan's Wayne County Community College and currently serves as a director on the board of the Credit Union Interchange Group (CUIG). He received the Michigan Credit Union League's Distinguished Service Award and was inducted in to the Michigan Credit Union Hall of Fame in 1995.