The new League of Southeastern Credit Unions, combining the Florida and Alabama Credit Union Leagues, becomes official Jan. 4. The league begins the new year with two separate offices, a staff shuffling, at least one new appointment and a mission to "provide advocacy and value to 322 members."
That was the message from Patrick La Pine, president/CEO of the newly-minted trade group who took over in August from veteran managers and vowed Wednesday to "prove our worth during a difficult time for our industry."
Under the reorganization approved at a league board meeting in Orlando Tuesday, offices in Tallahassee and Birmingham and consolidated processing units will have a management team combining executives from both the Florida and Alabama leagues.
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Serving under La Pine will be: Andy Price, senior vice president-government affairs; Cassandra Grayson, association services chief of staff; Carol Lucas, chief financial officer, Marvin Garland, executive vice president/chief operating officer of LSCU Service Corp and Eleanor Brown, vice president of CU-ACE and Birmingham office director.
Michael Bridges, former director of public affairs at the Michigan Credit Union League, has been brought in as the new vice president of communications. Before being tapped for the LSCU job, La Pine was the former top lobbyist and executive vice president for the Michigan League.
La Pine said LSCU will not retain a formal "headquarters" but he and other staffers will commute between the two cities with legislative advocacy handled in both sites. La Pine, who will be based primarily in Tallahassee, said he is now in the process of finally moving his family from their Farmington, Mich. home to Florida in time for the holidays.
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