CUES Press Archives

Deadlines for 2013 CUES Golden Mirror Awards Announced

Madison, WI - The Credit Union Executives Society announces a call to entry for the 2013 CUES Golden Mirror Awards. CUES recognizes the credit union industry’s most creative and results-producing marketing efforts in this annual competition. The early bird deadline for submissions is April ...

CUES CEO Institute I Sells Out Again

MADISON, Wis.—The Credit Union Executives Society’s CEO Institute I: Strategic Planning, April 7-12, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, has sold out for the second straight year. CEO Institute is a challenging academic and leadership program held in one-week segments over three years ...

CUES’ Compensation Surveys Open for Participation

MADISON, Wis.—CUES Executive Compensation Survey and CUES Employee Salary Survey are open for online participation. Both surveys have undergone recent enhancements to make participation easy, adding more benefit questions, reports to updated positions, and continued unlimited access to vital data and customer support. Those ...

Fred Johnson Named Lifetime Member of Filene Research Institute

MADISON, Wis. — Fred Johnson, CUES' president and CEO, has been named an honorary lifetime member of Filene Research Institute, Madison, Wis. Johnson, who will be retiring on December 31, 2012, was given the honor due to his long-time support of the institute. Johnson joins the ...

CUES, MNA Partner to Offer Internal Service Survey

MADISON, Wis. — The Gallup Research Group says profitability can be impacted by as much as 20% due to communication breakdowns between departments, operational inefficiencies and poor teamwork. To help, the Credit Union Executives Society and Michael Neill and Associates (MNA), Inc., Atlanta, have partnered to ...

CUES Partners with Industry Insights on New Staffing Resource

MADISON, Wis. — The Credit Union Executives Society and Industry Insights, Dublin, Ohio, are collaborating to offer CUES Interactive Staffing Guide, a dynamic online reporting system to help benchmark and manage staffing levels, turnover and efficiency. Credit union participation is being requested now, with the guide ...

CUES Building Named in CEO’s Honor

MADISON, Wis. — The Credit Union Executives Society building, in Madison, Wis., has been named The Fred Johnson Center for Leadership Development in honor of its long-time president and CEO, Fred Johnson, who is retiring on December 31, 2012. In a ceremony to commemorate the event, ...

Kohlrus Named the 2012 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec

Manalapan, Fla. – Ashley Kohlrus, Chief Experience Officer with $965M Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C., USA was named the 2012 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec this morning in Florida. Kohlrus’ credit union project about “Mapping the Member Experience” was chosen from a ...

CUES Honors Outstanding Councils and Top Recruiters

MANALAPAN, Fla.— The Credit Union Executives Society honored nine CUES Council award winners and thanked its top recruiters at CEO/Executive Team Network in Manalapan, Fla. The 2012 Council winners include: - In Region One, CUES Heartland Council, CUES Oregon/Washington Council and CUES Rocky ...

CUES Elects 2012-2013 Board Officers

Manalapan, Fla.The Credit Union Executives Society elected its board officers for 2012-13 during its CEO/Executive Team Network in Manalapan, Fla. They are: Board Chair Teresa Freeborn President/CEO Xceed Financial Credit Union El Segundo, Calif. Vice Chairman/Chairman Elect Robert D. Ramirez, CCE ...

CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec Finalist Presentations Approaching

MADISON, Wis. — The final presentations for CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec competition are just around the corner – mark November 5, 2012, on your calendar. The competition is supported by a partnership with CUES Supplier member DDJ Myers Ltd. ( http://www.ddjmyers.com ) of Phoenix. ...

CUES Donates $5,000 in Honor of Mark Hawkins

MADISON, Wis. - The Credit Union Executives Society has contributed $5,000 to the Altura Credit Union Foundation, in honor of board member Mark Hawkins, CEO, Altura Credit Union, Riverside, Calif. The Altura Credit Union Foundation offers scholarships to high school seniors in the Riverside ...

CUES Announces Charles E. Fagan, III, as New CEO

The CUES Board of Directors is pleased to announce Charles E. “Chuck” Fagan, III, as CUES’ new president/CEO, effective Jan. 3, 2013. Fagan has most recently served as executive vice president of PSCU, St. Petersburg, Fla. He takes over for Fred Johnson, CUES’ long-time ...