When Jersey Shore Federal Credit Union Board Chairman John DiNofrio was in the service, his father passed away and he was stuck in Spokane, Wash., without enough money to buy an airline ticket home. A credit union let him borrow the money to fly home, attend his father's funeral and return.

"It was my first experience with a credit union and thought it was kind of neat that a financial institution gave me, a kid without any credit, a loan to go to my dad's funeral," said DiNofrio. "I paid the loan off in full when I got back to Spokane, but it's something that always stayed with me."

Whether as a board director or even starting his own credit union, Linwood Community Federal Credit Union, with his wife Marianne, which operated out of his home for years until merging with FAA Technical Federal Credit Union, now known as Jersey Shore Federal Credit Union, DiNofrio has dedicated himself to serving the credit union industry.