WASHINGTON, DC (March 9, 2016) — National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) President and CEO Dan Berger today issued the following statement regarding the departure of National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Debbie Matz.
“We appreciate Chairman Matz’s years of service to NCUA and the credit union industry,” Berger said. “NAFCU has had a productive working relationship with the agency under Chairman Matz’s leadership that has led to important regulatory relief for the credit union industry. We wish her well in the future.”
NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz announced today she will step down on April 30, after leading the agency since August 2009.
Matz is the eighth chairman of the NCUA. She was first nominated to the NCUA Board by President George W. Bush; she was confirmed in March 2002 and served until 2005. She was then nominated to serve as chairman by President Obama in June 2009 after serving on the president’s Economic Transition Team. Matz also served as deputy assistant secretary for administration in the Agriculture Department under President Bill Clinton’s administration.
The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions is the only national trade association focusing exclusively on federal issues affecting the nation’s federally-insured credit unions. NAFCU membership is direct and provides credit unions with the best in federal advocacy, education and compliance assistance. For more information on NAFCU, go to www.nafcu.org or @NAFCU on Twitter.
