ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first thing that jumps out at you looking into the office of Gary Kohn, senior policy advisor to NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland, is that he is definitely a Yankees fan.

However, once you enter and turn to view the rest of the room, there are photographs, shot by Kohn, from his travels such as the sun setting over the Dead Sea. He and wife of "32-very-happy-years", Niki, enjoy traveling and Kohn records it all in still photos.

While he seems a well-rounded person, Kohn said, he wanted to "round out my credit union experience." He said that much of his work over his nearly 13 years at CUNA focused on the legislative side though he had some contact with regulators and helped analyze how regulations fit into law. "It was not a huge jump for me because I had been doing some of that already in my old job," he said. "I was accompanying the regulatory affairs staff to meetings with the NCUA Board and staff members…And, in the legislative realm, a lot of what I did required research into regulations and discussion of regulation and tried to view how you make that transition from legislation down to regulation."