Friends, Friday, Aug. 3 will be my final day as publisher of Credit Union Times. The time has come to move on to new challenges and make room for the next generation of professionals. 

I have enjoyed the past four-and-a-half years a great deal and been blessed with the right team in place to run the business. Mike Walker, John Wiley, Clancey Mitchell and David Janoff have supported the business through tough times and will continue to build the Credit Union Times franchise and brand.

In January 2008, when I joined CU Times, we were a print publication with a small website and very little footprint in the digital world. Oh yes, we also had a cozy little Trailblazer reception at GAC every year for about 50-60 people. As you know, we have grown into the largest credit union news site online with multiple e-newsletters, new educational tools and a social media platform that is second to none. And our cozy little Trailblazer reception has grown into one of the must-go events at GAC, hosting over 350 credit union executives in 2012.