SEATTLE — Even before it officially organized in 1999, the African-American Credit Union Coalition got together informally to discuss issues of the day.
The coalition is set to have its next election in August to fill three board seats, a move, unlike at any industry organization, is done to keep the momentum going, said Bob Harvey, chair of the AACUC. This year, one of the coalition's stalwarts, Michael Hale, president/CEO of $740 million Andrews FCU, has chosen not to seek another term after more than a decade of service, which includes those informal gatherings.
"It was important to him to have new members on the board," Harvey said of Hale. "He does not want [the AACUC board] to be some type of exclusive club. It's a way to better serve by having new, younger and more talented people on the board."
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Harvey, who is also president/CEO of $484 million Seattle Metropolitan CU, emphasized that Hale "is not going away from AACUC." Indeed, Hale has been instrumental in the coalition's launch and mission as well as ensuring that the group's conferences ran kink-free.
"As we move on and move up, we can now have the time to take the organization to another level," Harvey said.
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