Believe it or not, risk management is fun for Kristen Scott, vice president of enterprise risk management at Telhio Credit Union.

Successful leaders live by fundamental leadership principles with discipline and focus. They commit to continuous learning and strive to have their behaviors serve as a reflection of their valuessetting the standard and expectations for others in your credit union.

A year after their leagues merged, the Oregon and Washington credit union foundations will become the Northwest Credit Union Foundation as of Jan. 1.

I have opted to offer an opinion on the recent announcement of impending conversion of First Technology from a credit union into a mutual. I offer the unique perspective of having gone through such a conversion in 2000.