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Municipal CU CEO Kam Wong appointed to Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Advisory Council
NEW YORK, NY (March 4, 2015) — Municipal Credit Union (MCU) President/CEO Kam Wong has been appointed to the Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Advisory Council. The Council advises the Zicklin School’s dean, administration and faculty on strategic plans, programming and research initiatives, as well as helps cultivate financial resources to ensure the school’s continued growth. Wong, a graduate of Baruch’s Zicklin School with a B.B.A. in accounting, joins the 15-member council composed of high-level executives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders.
“I am honored to be appointed to the Zicklin School of Business Advisory Council,” said Wong. “Baruch College provided me with the tools necessary for success throughout my career, and being part of the Advisory Council gives me the chance to give back to the school and its students with the goal of helping others find their path to success through an education at Baruch just like I did.”
Wong’s appointment to the Advisory Council is the continuation of a long-term partnership between MCU and Baruch College. Recently, MCU dedicated a classroom on Baruch’s main campus, and Wong participated in the school’s International Outreach programs in Hong Kong. In addition, MCU’s recent charter expansion included CUNY students (Baruch is a part of the CUNY system) as an eligible field of membership, allowing MCU to make its products and services available to Baruch students.
“We are very pleased to welcome Kam Wong to Zicklin’s Business Advisory Council,” said Dean Huss. “As an alumnus he brings a wealth of knowledge garnered from his student experience; as a member of the business council he will provide the business acumen he acquired throughout his successful career.”
Wong has been at MCU for more than 30 years, joining the credit union in 1981. In 1988, he became MCU’s Chief Financial Officer, a position in which he was instrumental in developing the credit union’s solid fiscal and investment policies. He was named MCU’s President in 2006 and assumed the additional role of Chief Executive Officer in 2007. In addition to earning his B.B.A. from Baruch, Wong earned an MBA in finance from Dowling College of New York and completed executive training coursework from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management, and the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Backed by a long tradition of excellence in public higher education, the Zicklin School of Business is proud to be a leader in providing urban-based undergraduate and graduate business and executive education for the twenty-first century. A school within Baruch College (consistently rated by rankings experts among the top performers in areas relevant to today’s students, such as academic excellence, diversity, and value), Zicklin offers a wide range of part-time and full-time business degree programs that are nationally accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), taught by faculty who are thought leaders and active researchers and practitioners in their fields. Integrated both physically and philosophically into the fabric of New York City, the world¹s financial capital, the Zicklin School is committed to delivering relevant, affordable, academically rigorous business education that is both world-class in quality and reputation and worldwide in its impact.
Municipal Credit Union (MCU) is the oldest credit union in New York State and one of the oldest and largest in the country. Established in 1916 and headquartered in New York City, MCU currently has assets of over $2.1 billion and offers a full range of financial services to over 375,000 members. With branches in New York City, Westchester and Long Island, members also have access to the credit union’s large and growing ATM network. Eligibility to open accounts at MCU is available to New York City and Yonkers municipal employees; state and federal employees who work in the five boroughs; health care professionals who work in New York State; members of select industry groups; employees of private colleges in New York City and private and public colleges in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; certain family members, and qualifying retirees. MCU is an equal opportunity lender and deposits are federally insured to at least $250,000 by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a U.S. government agency. For more information about Municipal Credit Union, visit www.nymcu.org.