BOSTON — Community First Credit Union President/CEO Cathie Tierney, whose credit union successfully sued the IRS over $54,000 in unrelated business income tax payment, was given NASCUS' Pierre Jay Award.

Tierney, who was also honored by CUNA last summer, allowed her Appleton, Wisconsin-based credit union to be used as a test case on an issue that has long been a challenge for state-chartered credit unions.

NASCUS bestows the award, named for Massachusetts' first banking commissioner who chartered the first credit union, each year to someone who goes to great lengths to help the state credit union system.

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