NAFCU Chairman Michael Lussier welcomes delegates at Thursday's opening session of NAFCU's 2011 conference. Lussier is president/CEO of the $509 million Webster First FCU in Worcester, Mass.

NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker adds to the welcome at Thursday's opening session.

NCUA General Counsel Robert Fenner discusses the agency's efforts to rescue the corporate credit union system during a session on regulatory issues on Thursday during NAFCU's annual conference.

Solutions architect Radu Miclaus of SAS discusses enterprise risk management at a breakout session in the Executive Track at the NAFCU conference.

NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker makes a point to NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz as NAFCU Executive Vice President Dan Berger looks on before Matz's address at Thursday's luncheon session.

NAFCU Chairman Michael Lussier welcomes NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz to the podium for her luncheon address.

 
During her Thursday general session address to the NAFCU annual conferencde, NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland discusses the agency's recent actions.

Jack Clark of Clark & Chase Research discuss the latest marketing trends during a breakout session at the NAFCU conference.

The exhibit hall at the Moscone West Convention Center proved a popular place to catch up on the latest at the 44th annual NAFCU Annual Conference & Exhibition.

(Photos by John Cooke)