The Filene Research Institute turns 20 this year and iscelebrating its service to the credit union industry throughresearch and scholarly studies.

The institute was founded May 31, 1989, as credit union systemleaders sought a new outlet for academic and forward-lookingresearch focused on the specific needs of credit unions. Filene hasgrown with the times and today offers consumer finance research,innovation and thought leadership to all credit unions.

"Today's leaders are so busy running our credit unions that it'shard to be as forward thinking as we should be," says Patsy VanOuwerkerk, chairman of the Filene Research Institute and CEO of$1.6 billion Travis Credit Union, Vacaville, Calif. "Fileneresearch forces us to look ahead. That's a real benefit," shesays.

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