Buddy Gill announces retirement
Veteran advocate played a key role in passing the Credit Union Membership Access Act.
Buddy Gill will retire from his role as a CUNA engagement consultant on Jan. 15.
One of Buddy Gill’s favorite stories to tell credit union audiences is about his time as a congressional intern.
The chief of staff pulled him into an office and said, “There are three things you need to do.”
Gill doesn’t recall the first two, but the third directive was to join Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
He joined, and credit unions have been a big part of his life since. They’ll no longer be his profession, however, as his 25-year credit union career will end Jan. 15 when he retires after five years as a CUNA engagement consultant.
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