SPIRE CU
When KS95 Morning Show host and longtime SPIRE Credit Union member Crisco (second from left) lost his loyal companion, Babe the black lab, suddenly in late June, SPIRE teamed up with the radio station and local animal rescue Secondhand Hounds to support dogs in need in Babe's memory. On July 1, Dan Stoltz (left), president/CEO of the $2 billion, Falcon Heights, Minn.-based SPIRE, joined the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio station's morning show in studio to announce the amount raised for the campaign in just 48 hours – a total of $94,500, which included a $25,000 match from SPIRE. Also pictured are Secondhand Hounds Founder Rachel Mairose (second from right) and KS95 Morning Show Personality Dez.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
