CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned Cooperative, announced today that three credit union CEOs were chosen by their peers to serve a three-year term on the CUSO’s Board of Directors, during elections held at the 2016 Annual Stockholders meeting held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Incumbents Linda Bodie, CEO of Element FCU in Charleston, West Virginia, and Jeff Jorgensen, CEO of Sioux Empire FCU in Sioux Falls, South Dakota will join newcomer Tom Gryp, President/CEO of Notre Dame FCU in Notre Dame, Indiana, in serving a three-year term on the CU*Answers Board of Directors beginning this October.

To encourage participation this year the organization launched an aggressive series of announcements and reminders to owners, resulting in a record-setting voter participation rate of over 80%, including votes cast electronically as well as in person during the annual meeting.