If James Marshall has his way, in the next few years, TheCooperative Trust will not only be self-sustaining but also knownas the resource for those under age 35, not just in the U.S. butworldwide.

Marshall, has recently taken the reigns from founder Brent Dixon, as the group's leader.

Dixon founded the Crash Network in 2010 as the Filene Research Institute's youngadult adviser, and with a three-year funding commitment from CUNAMutual Group in 2012, it became The Cooperative Trust. Over thepast three years the grassroots community of young professionalshas grown from gaining access to a wealth of wisdom by crashingCUNA's GAC conference, to becoming change agents dedicated to thefuture of the credit union industry. The Cooperative Trust stemsfrom over 10 years of Filene research examining the young adult issuesthat credit unions and cooperatives face.