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Alaska USA Asks On Its DEI Journey, 'Can We Do Better?'

The credit union creates a new DEI Advisory Committee to spearhead equitable efforts.

Members of the DEI Advisory Committee holding an award by the African American Credit Union Coalition. Members of the DEI Advisory Committee hold an award by the African American Credit Union Coalition. (Source: Alaska USA)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has become a tent pole for the credit union industry, especially since DEI became the eighth cooperative principle last year. The DEI momentum continued to build as Alaska USA Federal Credit Union announced it has organized a new DEI Advisory Committee for the credit union.

The Anchorage-based credit union ($10.3 billion in assets, 707,604 members) said on Monday that it had created the new DEI Advisory Committee to focus on providing opportunities for career growth for internal talent and investing financially in organizations that “improve society through recognizing differences and improving access to careers in financial services.”

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