By Greg Michlig

For 16 of the past 18 years, I have had the wonderful experience of attending the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference has moved on from the Washington Hilton and the eclectic neighborhoods surrounding DuPont Circle to the top of the fantastic Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the vibrant downtown/Gallery Place district. The escalator ride to the top of the convention center seems to be a fittingly analogous annual reminder of the growth and momentum of our movement.

By Robert M. Peplowski, CCD

By Alan Potter, CCD

At CUES’ Director Risk and Compliance Seminar in Las Vegas in late February, speaker David Reed discussed 10 key ground rules every director should know about compliance.

By Mike Munck

I’m a new credit union supervisory committee member. Twenty-six of us from 20 different credit unions are just a couple of hours into CUES’ inaugural, two-day Supervisory Committee Development Seminar. Acronyms (BSA—that’s Boy Scouts of America, right?) and regulations (was it 715.3 or 715.4 or…) are spilling out my ears. 

By Mary Auestad Arnold

By Tammy Douglass

The March meeting of the Alabama Council of CUES, attended by 80 credit union executives and employees, was held at Talladega Super Speedway. Here are some highlights from the race-themed presentation of keynote speaker Robert Stevenson: 

By Michelle Duhe, CPA, CFE

In some ways strategic planning is a lot like writing: everyone thinks they can do it. But, really, only a few are true masters of the process.

When researching strategic planning, most models consist of five simple steps:

By Kristin Gilpatrick

By Sonya McDonald

By George Hodges

I had the opportunity to speak with a number of credit union CEOs and board chairs at CUES Symposium in Bonita Springs earlier this month. The dominant theme was liquidity and the absence of lending opportunities. Unfortunately that’s not a problem most credit unions have any control over at the moment, so it begs the question: Are there other immediate opportunities to grow revenue and expand your member relationships outside of lending?