WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 people paid $200 apiece to attend National Credit Union Foundation's Wegner Awards Dinner this year, gathering for the first time in a ballroom of Washington's Grand Hyatt hotel to roar their approval of three credit union heroes.
This year's award winners — Harriet May, CEO of GECU of El Paso, Texas; Robert Hoel, fellow in Residence at the Filene Institute; and representatives of the State Employees' Credit Union Foundation, headquartered in North Carolina, – at times seemed overwhelmed at the flow of attention and support but also made sure to share some perspectives on the service which has flavored their careers.
May drew attention to the line of inspirational credit union leadership in her life, noting that she had been hired by the credit union pioneer RC Morgan, then CEO of Government Employees Credit Union who had seen something in her that she at the time could not see in herself since, when she started at GECU, she had imagined it would only be for five years.
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