Holding check from left to right are Katrina Knight, executive director for GSC, and Jama Campbell, executive director for the SECU Foundation, surrounded by local and regional SECU and SECU Foundation representatives Holding check from left to right are Katrina Knight, executive director for GSC, and Jama Campbell, executive director for the SECU Foundation, surrounded by local and regional SECU and SECU Foundation representatives. (Credit/SECU)

According to the North Carolina Housing Coalition, the number of people experiencing homelessness in the state rose from 2,558 in 2020 to 3,625 in 2022. Thanks to a $2 million grant from the SECU Foundation, the charitable arm of the $50.6 billion, Raleigh, N.C.-based SECU, some of those people will soon have a roof over their heads.

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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.