Network and Knowledge Make Association Membership Invaluable

By Jessica Jones

Your members join your credit union for the sense of community and the benefits that help them be more financially successful and reach their goals. Credit union directors are charged with ensuring this community remains robust, secure, and ultimately serves the members’ best interests. The same goes for a professional association—having a network of people you can turn to for support and insight can be invaluable.

Bob Peplowski, CCD, board member of Lake Trust Credit Union, Lansing, Mich., has been a long-time advocate of association membership through his many years of experience as an association member.

“Being a member of an association helps give me the necessary tools to be an effective director at our credit union,” says Peplowski.

“I’ve been involved with the credit union movement for more than 35 years, and I’ve been fortunate enough to have held numerous board roles,” he says. “My association membership has helped me serve our credit union’s members at all these levels—it’s one way of giving back to the community. I receive the support I need to do that from association membership.”

Peplowski notes a key benefit of being a member of an association is meeting like-minded people through association events.

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