LAS VEGAS — More than 1,200 creditunion professionals attended NAFCU's Annual Conference at theVenetian Hotel July 21-25. Click through to see Thursday'sphotos.

Carrie Hunt,NAFCU senior vice president of government affairs/general counsel,is pictured here moderating a regulatory and legislative paneldiscussion with NAFCU Director of Regulatory Affairs MichaelColeman, Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler, VicePresident of Political Affairs Katie Marisic and Director ofLegislative Affairs Jillian Pevo. The main issues covered were theNCUA's risk-based capital proposal andCFPB regulations.

Jacob Olcott, principal at GoodHarbor Security Risk Management in Washington, D.C., told attendeesduring a breakout session their credit unions need a cybersecurityincident response plan.

Attendees were able to interactwith NAFCU staff and a variety of vendors in the Credit UnionSolutions Expo conference exhibit hall.

Larry Fazio, director of the NCUA Office of Examination andInsurance, held a session on the modernization of the examinationprocess where he discussed the NCUA's new examination requirements,including participation loans, liquidity, CUSO and mortgagerules.

President/CEO Stewart Ramsey ofthe $1.2 billion Pen Air Federal Credit Unionin Pensacola, Fla. discussed the NCUA's risk-basedcapital proposal with CU Times Washington ReporterNicholas Ballasy.

“There's still a lot of things unknown and there still appearsto be some challenges with having voices heard,” he said of therule.

The Credit Union Economic Groupsponsored a panel discussion that featured from left to right, FredEisel, SVP/CIO at First Carolina Corporate Credit Union, Scott D.Knapp, director of investment strategy at CUNA Mutual Group andJohn Worth, chief economist at the NCUA. Curt Long, senioreconomist at NAFCU, was also part of the panel but is not shown.The group encouraged credit unions to develop a strong liquiditypolicy.

Credit union executives asked the CreditUnion Economic Group questions following their presentation at abreakout session.

Plenty of NAFCU employees were onhand at the event to help attendees navigate the convention centerand exhibit hall.