CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec finalists announced
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The judges’ results are in! The five Finalists for the 2017 CUES® Next Top Credit Union Exec challenge are:
- Geoff Bullock, 33, Financial Education Specialist, Firefly Credit Union, Burnsville, Minnesota, United States
- Derek Fuzzell, 31, Vice President-Finance, Northwest FCU, Herndon, Virginia, United States
- Josh Gelser, 31, Strategic Project Manager, DuPont Community Credit Union, Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
- Lindsey McMillen, 32, Business Systems Analyst, Y-12 Federal Credit Union, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Jessica Vartanian, 34, VP Project Implementation and Impact, Red Rocks CU, Littleton, Colorado, United States
A combination of public vote and a judging panel determined the Top 15 entrants. Since the results of that vote were announced in mid-July, all 15 young professionals have been providing updates to their projects at www.nexttopcreditunionexec.com. These updates and entrants’ earlier video applications were evaluated by a judging team composed of Deedee Myers, CEO of DDJ Myers (www.ddjmyers.com), Phoenix, and two credit union executives.
“The five Finalists were selected from a highly competitive group,” said John Pembroke, CUES’ president/CEO. “We had several strong entries this year. Our judges worked hard to ensure five quality young leaders from our Top 15 would move through to the finals.”
“We thank all of our applicants for their hard work, and for the outstanding ideas they bring to their credit unions and the credit union industry. Now, as we congratulate the Finalists, we also look forward to learning more fully about their projects’ progress between now and their final presentations at CEO/Executive Team Network in October,” said Pembroke.
In addition to two coaching sessions provided by challenge sponsor and CUES Supplier member DDJ Myers, the five Finalists each receive registration, accommodation and airfare to CUES’ CEO/Executive Team Network™ (www.cues.org/cnet) in Las Vegas., October 10-12, 2017. There, the Finalists will face off for the grand prize, a CUES educational package valued at $20,000, and the honor of being named 2017 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec onOctober 12.