Trailblazer Awards

Credit Union Times 2013 Trailblazer Awards

Credit Union Times is very excited to recognize the best the credit union community has to offer with our 8th annual Trailblazer awards. Apply today for recognition by the nation's leading source for credit union news and analysis. The deadline for applications is December 14th. Don't wait until the last minute!

Hundreds of credit union professionals turn out each year for Credit Union Times Trailblazer awards reception to help us honor the top credit union professionals and volunteers. Credit Union Times will host the 2013 reception Feb. 26, 2013 at the Renaissance in Washington, D.C, during CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference. Read more about the 2012 Trailblazer Awards winners and take in the scenes from the 2012 Trailblazer Awards reception which took place March 20, 2012 at the Renaissance.

• Announcing the 2012 Credit Union Times Trailblazers Awards

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 19, 2012

  Once again, Credit Union Times is very proud to announce the winners of the annual Trailblazer awards.

• Announcing the 2011 Credit Union Times Trailblazer Awards

  March 2, 2011

  Credit Union Times is very proud to announce the winners of our 2011 Trailblazer Awards. The winners were honored March 1 at a reception held during CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington D.C.

• ASI Helps Members Look Beyond the Recession

  By David Morrison  |  March 2, 2011

  ASI Federal Credit Union became a low-income credit union before the low-income credit union designation, or even the NCUA, existed.

• PSECU Takes Long, Steady Path Toward Political Clout

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 2, 2011

  Since the earliest days of American history, concerns about tax policy have prompted individuals and groups to express their opinions, sometimes in dramatic ways. The Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union has never dumped tea into a harbor, but its political awakening began when Congress considered imposing taxes on credit unions.

• Community First Flexes Its Muscles in Courthouse and at Ballot Box

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 24, 2010

  Successfully suing the Internal Revenue Service over the unrelated business income tax and serving as a test case for the credit union movement might be enough political activity to last any financial institution for several years.

• Energy and Genuine Compassion Makes Elevations' Matthies a Winner

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  February 24, 2010

  An economic downturn, lower pay increases, and the perception of fewer opportunities. All that didn't dampen Elevations Credit Union Vice President of People Annette Matthies'

• Jersey Shore FCU Chairman DiNofrio Has Never Learned How to Keep Quiet

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  February 24, 2010

  When Jersey Shore Federal Credit Union Board Chairman John DiNofrio was in the service, his father passed away and he was stuck in Spokane, Wash.,

• Joanie Johnson, Community First CU Manager, Finds a Cause for Everyone

  By Eileen Courter  |  February 24, 2010

  Asking Joanie Johnson to select her favorite cause is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child-can't be done.

• Marketer Barnes, With the Eye of the Tiger, Rises to the Challenge

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  February 24, 2010

  With home values that decreased an average of 56% and an unemployment rate of 13%, it didn't seem likely that there could be any good news to come out of Las Vegas.

• Michigan Credit Union Lets Its Members Lead It Into a New Identity

  By David Morrison  |  February 24, 2010

  Although it may be hard to believe now, the $29 million Communicating Arts Credit Union, winner of Credit Union Times 2010 Trailblazer Award for Outstanding Service to the Underserved