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Massachusetts, North Carolina and Wisconsin regulators elected to the NASCUS Board

NASHVILLE, TN (September 10, 2014) -- At the 2014 NASCUS Annual Meeting on Sept. 10 in Nashville, three NASCUS Board members began new three-year terms.

The state regulators—Jay Bienvenu (Mass.), Rose Conner (N.C.) and Kim Santos (Wis.)—had initially been appointed to terms on the Board; they were elected outright to serve full three-year terms. Their terms will end in 2017.

Bienvenu is the deputy commissioner of Financial Institution Supervision with the Massachusetts Division of Banks, Conner serves as administrator of the North Carolina Credit Union Division, and Santos is director of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Office of Credit Unions Division.

The remaining NASCUS Board members include: John Fields, deputy chief examiner for the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions; Linda K. Jekel, director of the Washington Department of Financial Institutions Division of Credit Unions; Mary Ellen O’Neill, director of the Financial Institution Division of the Connecticut Department of Banking; Werner Paul, deputy commissioner for the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions; and Stephen S. Pleger, senior deputy commissioner for the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance.

The NASCUS Board elected its officers. Pleger is chairman of the Board of Directors, O’Neill is chairman-elect, and Bienvenu is secretary/treasurer.

About NASCUS
The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) is the primary resource and voice of the state governmental agencies that charter, regulate and examine the nation’s state-chartered credit unions. NASCUS membership is made up of state-chartered credit unions, state regulators and other supporters of the state credit union system. NASCUS is the only organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of the state credit union charter and the autonomy of state credit union regulatory agencies. To learn more about NASCUS, visit www.nascus.org.