MADISON, WI (July 17, 2018) — Steven Stapp has been elected the Chair of World Council of Credit Unions Board of Directors. Stapp is President/CEO of Unitus Community Credit Union in Portland, Oregon and formally took office during the World Credit Union Conference General Session on 17 July 2018 in Singapore.
“Although I come from the U.S., I consider myself a global ambassador of credit unions – a servant of the people. World Council and the work of those that have gone before us have brought us together. We must not forget that we drink the water from the well that others have dug, but now is our time to take this work forward,” said Stapp. “The challenge is before us and let us stand together and be counted. We have the world to show that financial cooperatives provide a path for prosperity and independence through a democratic process.”
There were no challenging nominations and all incumbent board members were re-elected for two-year terms.
World Council’s 2018-2019 executive committee is as follows:
Steven Stapp, Chairman – USA
Rafal Matusiak, Vice Chair/Secretary – Poland
Diana Dykstra, Treasurer/Chair, Audit & Risk Management Committee – USA
Martha Durdin, Chair of the Governance and Elections Committee – Canada
The 2018 World Credit Union Conference concludes 18 July. Follow conference activities and daily event photos on Facebook and Twitter with #WCUC2018.
The 2018–2019 World Council Board of Directors (Seated from left) George Ototo, Steven Stapp (Chair), Brian McCrory, Diana Dykstra (Treasurer/Chair, Audit & Risk Management Committee) (Standing from left) Jaime Chavez Suarez, Carla Cicero, Rafał Matusiak (Vice Chair/Secretary), Aaron Moses, Dallas Bergl, Manfred Dasenbrock, Martha Durdin, (Chair of the Governance and Elections Committee), Michael Lawrence, Kevin Sitka and Younsik Kim
World Council of Credit Unions is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Greg Neumann
E-mail: gneumann@woccu.org
Phone: +1 608-395-2048
