By Lisa Hochgraf

Wayne Gretzky was my cousin's role model for many years. The Canadian was a star hockey player and later highly regarded coach with a sterling reputation. 

By Lisa Hochgraf

Yesterday, on the first afternoon of CUES Symposium: A CEO Chairman Exchange here in Bonita Springs, Fla., credit union CEOs and chairmen went in pairs on a ship, to the beach collecting shells.

By Lisa Hochgraf

By Jeff Rendel, CSP

By Lisa Hochgraf

By Lisa Hochgraf

I just penned my resignation letter after 3.5 years as president of the Friends of Mendon Public Library.

It's been a very exciting ride. Lots of great people, some crazy politics, the starting of a blog and, most importantly, the building of a new library building for our town's residents.

And yet it's time to move on, so another leader can come to the fore. I've laid groundwork for a smooth succession, and am excited to see what happens next.

Volunteers are not paid--not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. In this spirit, five credit union directors were honored as inductees into the CUES Volunteer Hall of Fame during an awards ceremony in December at CUES' Directors Conference in Las Vegas. Honored for their priceless contributions to credit unions were:

By Barb Kachelski, CAE

“All the world’s a stage.” I read William Shakespeare’s words during my college English major days.

By Mary Auestad Arnold

By Barb Kachelski, CAE 

I had the honor this month of flying directly from CUES' Directors Conference in Las Vegas to recognize CUES Board Member and President/CEO of Goldenwest Federal Credit Union Shelley B. Clarke.