CUES Picks Next Top Credit Union Exec Finalists
Credit Union Journal | By Jacob Passy
CUES has selected the five finalists in its 2015 Next Top Credit Union Exec Challenge. The finalists include Danielle Buscher of West Community Credit Union in O'Fallon, Mo.; Garrick Throckmorton of Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Hayley Badeaux of Shell Geismar Federal Credit Union in Geismar, La.; Jimese Harkley of America's First Federal Credit Union in Birmingham, Ala.; and Kris Wanner of Conexus Credit Union in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The finalists were selected both by a public vote and a judging panel from among the top 15 entrants. The panel consisted of DeeDee Myers, chief executive of DDJ Myers, a firm that specializes in credit union leadership development, and two additional credit union executives.
The finalists will each receive two coaching sessions from DDJ Myers and registration, accommodation and airfare for the CUES CEO/Executive Team Network, set to take place in November in Scottsdale, Ariz. At the conference, each finalist will give a final presentation of their project in an effort to win the grand prize of the title and an educational package from CUES worth $20,000.
The finalists' projects range from proposed professional development programs to improved healthcare financial advising to millennial-inspired technological innovations. More information about the finalists and their projects is available at the competition's website.