Former National Cooperative Business Association President/CEO MikeBeall accepted a consulting position with the Tacoma,Wash.-based CU Strategic Planning, according to a Nov. 16 pressrelease.

The announcement came after Beall was placed on administrativeleave, following a three-year stint at NCBA. Former CooperativeDevelopment Foundation Executive Director Judy Ziewacz was named toreplace Beall on an interim basis.

“I achieved what the 26-person NCBA board hired me to do,'return the organization to strong profitability,'” Beall said inthe announcement. “The turn-around effort grew the membership, paidoff the organization's debt, doubled the cash reserves, andincreased the international division's footprint in Africa.”

Beall joins CU Strategic Planning – a consulting and strategicplanning company – as a senior consultant. The position willinclude community development consulting and creating partnershipsbetween credit unions and other non-profits, as well as developingproducts and policies and strategic planning, according to therelease.

“I'm passionate about working directly with cooperatives andcredit unions because I believe that together they have the powerto grow and improve communities,” Beall said. “The best place to dothat work is with the credit union's leading innovator, CUStrategic Planning.” Beall pointed to the firm'sgroundbreaking research with Filene on community development and credit union profitability.

In a statement announcing the resignation of Beall, AndrewJacob, chairman of the board at NCBA, said that Beall successfullymade numerous contributions to the financial and businessoperations of NCBA. According to the statement, Beall will assistas a consultant on an as needed basis at NCBA.

Prior to joining NCBA in 2012, Beall was the CEO at the Missouri Credit Union Association.