LEXINGTON, Ken. — David Kennedy was selected by the Board of Directors at the University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union here to be its new chief executive officer. Kennedy's first CEO position comes after a 17-year career in credit unions, most recently as Senior Executive of Business Development for SELCO Community Credit Union and President/COO of SELCO Group, Inc., SELCO's CUSO in Eugene, Oregon. While there he served on the Credit Union Association of Oregon's Advocacy Committee and was a longstanding director of NACUSO.
He holds a bachelors degree from California Baptist University and an MBA in finance from California State University, San Bernardino.
"I love a university environment," Kennedy told Credit Union Times. "I've lived and worked in a college town my entire life. It's exciting, engaging, intellectually stimulating and a great place to raise kids." Kennedy's wife Pam and two children, aged 8 and 10 will join him at the end of the school year, he said.
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"I am thrilled with the organization's commitment to member service and financial education," he said of UKFCU. "When you combine that with the growth that's happening in Lexington right now, the potential is amazing." The CU has assets of $227 million and has 114 employees to serve 40,000 members throughout a five-branch service area including one on campus in Lexington and one on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University.
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