WASHINGTON – Winners, hopefulsand supporters of Credit Union Times' Women to Watchprogram celebrated outstanding women in the credit union industrySunday at a reception during CUNA's Governmental AffairsConference.

Credit Union Times Publisher/Editor-in-Chief SarahSnell Cooke said the profile of women in finance was recentlyelevated to a new highwhen Janet Yellen took over as chair of the Federal ReserveBoard.

Women to Watch honors women in the credit union industrywho are challenging the status quo and promoting creativesolutions. Honorees can be nominated online.

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Gina Bleedorn, executivedirector of Adrenaline, addresses the crowd. Adrenaline is themarketing arm of strategy firm NewGround, which sponsored theevent.

Pictured, from left to right: CUTimes Publisher Sarah Snell Cooke, Credit Union Strategic PlanningFounder Jamie Chase, Tallahassee-Leon FCU CEO Lisa Brown, Opportunity Finance Network Vice President SethJulyan and Corporate America Credit Union Vice President of ALMShirley Senn.

Women to Watch honoree Lynda Milton, CEO of Team Financial Federal Credit Union.

Women to Watch honoree Theresa Mann, president/CEO of FDIC Federal Credit Union. Brandi Stankovic, partner atMitchell, Stankovic & Associates, and Samantha Paxson, CO-OPFinancial Services vice president of marketing, a previous Woman toWatch.

The Members Group CEO ShaziaManus, was honored as a Woman to Watch in 2012.