NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker announced that the association has added MichaelColeman as the regulatory compliance counsel of its complianceteam.

“NAFCUcontinues to provide credit unions with the industry's mostcomprehensive compliance resources, from our Regulatory ComplianceAssistance Program to our esteemed Regulatory Compliance School,”said Becker. “Mike brings considerable financial and legalexperience to NAFCU, and we are certain he will further enhance ouralready outstanding regulatory compliance program.”

In his new position, Coleman will assist NAFCU-member creditunions with a variety of compliance issues, write compliancearticles for NAFCU publications and address regulatory topics atNAFCU events.

Prior to joining NAFCU, Coleman was a legal counsel and taxadvisor for the Federated States of Micronesia in the Department ofFinance and Administration, where he advised the secretary offinance on all legal matters, primarily those involving nationaltax laws and regulations. Licensed to practice law in the FederatedStates of Micronesia and the Commonwealth of Virginia, he internedfor Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge R. Terrance Ney and was alaw clerk at the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Colemanholds a law degree from George Mason University School of Law and abachelors degree in economics from the University of Virginia.