Trailblazers

• 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

• Ogden's 'Stimulus Mortgage' Is a Big Winner With Members and Agents

  By Heather Anderson  |  February 24, 2010

  Just a few weeks into his new job as vice president of mortgage lending for the $1.3 billion Community First Credit Union,

• Patelco's Waite Credits Trailblazing Mentor Callahan for His Success

  By Heather Anderson  |  February 24, 2010

  Chief financial officers enforce policy, they don't shape it. And in a conservative industry like credit unions, trailblazing opportunities may seem few and far between for CFOs.