San Antonio, TX October 6, 2010 - Firefighter Credit Unions from across the country met in San Antonio on October 3-6 to discuss issues facing their credit unions. This was the 9th annual summit for credit unions serving the firefighter community.
Conference manager, Bill Rogers, said this was the largest attendance since the conference started nine years ago. “Conference attendance has increased each year for nine consecutive years.” Rogers added, “This is not your run-of-the-mill conference. It’s unique as all attendees have a common bond in serving their select group of members – firefighters.”
Key topics discussed included the national economic outlook, corporate central credit unions, mobile banking, business lending, legislation, NCUA regulatory update, member business loans, salary setting methodologies, technology coming at CUs, case study marketing programs and implementing social media programs. Speakers included Harvey Rosenblum, Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Buddy Gill, Chief Advocacy Officer, Texas CU League; Diana Dykstra, President, California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues; Bob Rehm, Southwest Corporate CU; Mark Curran, Palmetto Cooperative Services; Robert Shepard, Financial Service Center Cooperative; Loretta Dodgen, Human Capital Solutions Group; Michael Lawson, DML Communications; Wade Oliver, Vining Sparks, Keith Morton & Joe D’Ambre, NCUA and others.
The 2011 conference, celebrating our 10th anniversary, is set in New Orleans, LA for October 9-12, 2011 at the Ritz Carlton.
The coalition meets once a year at the Firefighter Credit Union Summit and continues their established relationships through NCOFCU’s Website www.ncofcu.org , Blog, Newsletters, Facebook, Tweets and Listserve. This exclusive networking leads to the continued discussions of best business practices, products and services which cannot be found anywhere else.
NCOFCU is the only organization exclusively representing firefighter’s credit unions that collectively serve over 650,000 members and control in excess of 8 billion in assets. The purpose of the collation is to protect and preserve the vision and purpose of firefighter credit unions. NCOFCU seeks to leverage its collective resources to further the growth, development and interests of firefighter credit unions nationwide, by providing educational and informational exchange opportunities and promoting firefighter credit unions’ safety and soundness and financial strength.
The coalition is directed by a volunteer Advisory Committee. Members of the committee include Jerry Horwedel, Dir. Los Angeles Firemen’s CU, Linda Williams, CEO Akron Firefighters CU, Michael McCormick, Dir. San Diego Firefighters CU, Joe Galloway, Dir. Syracuse Firefighters CU. The Executive Director of the Coalition is Grant Sheehan, CEO of Sheehan’s Consulting LLC in Miami, FL.
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