JoAn Sanders and Charles Papenfus were elected as the newest board members of CU*NorthWest. Their positions were voted-on at the annual Stockholders Meeting that took place during CU*NorthWest’s 2013 Leadership Conference. As CEOs of Cheney and Inland Valley Federal Credit Unions respectively, both Sanders and Papenfus are longstanding CU*NorthWest client credit union partners. CU*NorthWest’s business…
CU*NorthWest is proud to announce Mountain River Credit Union as its’ newest stockholder. Ken Scherer, CEO of the 3700 member credit union located in Salida, Colorado is excited at the prospects of ownership. “We think that through the power of ownership that we can become a strong financial institution,” Scherer said, “By becoming a shareholder…
During the CU*NorthWest Leadership conference last week, a roundtable discussion on success stories at credit unions sparked a CU Smack Down competition between the rain drenched and the sun soaked. Jennifer Oliver, CEO of SouthBay Credit Union in Redondo Beach, California told the group of assembled credit union leaders about how her office divided into…
CU*NorthWest and its board of directors approved and distributed to its stockholders a dividend during the stockholder Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the Leadership Conference, which took place at the Northern Quest Resort from June 26-27. Todd Powell, CEO of Spokane Firefighters Credit Union and CU*NorthWest Board Chairman, is more optimistic than ever about…
Prospects, cuasterisk.com network partners and an overwhelming majority of CU*NorthWest clients attended the Liberty Lake-based CUSO’s two-day Leadership Conference held June 26-27 at the Northern Quest Resort. “This year’s leadership conference was a great networking opportunity. The enthusiasm of the attendees and their desire to want more was infection,” Leslie Johnson, CEO of CALCOE Federal…
United Advantage Northwest Federal Credit Union is the 2013 Spirit of CU*NorthWest Award winner for their strong execution and performance in the face of adversity while demonstrating the credit union spirit. Despite 80% unemployment in their largest sponsor group over the last 10 years, United Advantage NW FCU has one of the highest ROA’s in…
Newrizons Federal Credit Union, based in Hoquiam, WA has become the latest stockholder of CU*NorthWest. With over 1300 members, the $9.8M credit union is the 16th owner of the 100% credit union owned CUSO. Ynette Gibbs, CEO of Newrizons FCU attributes much of their success to CU*NorthWest. “Newrizons is thriving. We’ve had phenomenal membership growth…
CU*NorthWest and CU*SOUTH announced a unique new partnership model focused on collaboration in the delivery of Client Services to over 50 credit unions using the CU*BASE® core software platform. “This is an exciting adventure for our firms,” said Greg Smith, President and CEO of CU*NorthWest. “We both started out building a new kind of business…
CU*NorthWest, a credit union-owned CUSO, has promoted Kylie Trout to Manager of Service and Delivery. Trout has been a client service representative at the data processing company for three years and takes on the new role as the company grows and takes on new projects. She will manage a pool of resources both local and…
CU*NorthWest, a cooperative data processing CUSO, announced it has shipped a new Grand Opening Kit to all CU*NorthWest data processing clients at no cost. The kits provide inexpensive, high quality materials to drive the marketing of features within the CU*BASE® core processing platform and It’s Me 247 online banking. The new Grand Opening Kit will…