Community First

• Lending Growth in the Midwest via Cultural Change

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 23, 2012

  Midwest credit union executives share in webinar setting their successful strategies for loan growth.

• Lending Growth in the Midwest via Cultural Change

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 5, 2012

  A radical culture change in the workplace and a shift in how collection efforts are carried out have helped two credit unions in the Midwest grow their loan portfolios well above the industry’s national average.

• Culture Change, In-Depth Training Helps Propel CU Loan Growth

  By Michelle Samaad  |  August 1, 2012

  Web seminar with Editor-In-Chief Sarah Snell Cooke and credit union executives reveals how a change in collection efforts led to a surge in loan portfolios.

• 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.

• 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,