America's Credit Union Museum Elects Board of Directors

America's Credit Union Museum Foundation held its annual meeting on April 2, 2009 at America's Credit Union Museum. Individuals re-elected to the board of directors are: Dick Ensweiler, President/CEO, Texas Credit Union League; Michael Ray, Director of Business Development, Congressional Federal Credit Union, Washington, DC; and Gordon Simmons, President/CEO Service Credit Union, NH.

New directors elected to the board are Ronald Covey, President/CEO, St. Mary's Bank Credit Union and Richard Rice, President/CEO, Teachers Credit Union, Indiana. ACUM

The directors elected Gordon Simmons as Chairman and Greg Blount, President/CEO, Tropical Financial Credit Union, Florida as Vice Chairman of the board for the coming year.

Chairman Gordon Simmons thanked and recognized the leadership of outgoing board members Rudy Hanley, President/CEO, Schools First Credit Union, CA and Francis Lee, President/CEO, US Central Credit Union, KS and Ron Rioux, retired President/CEO, St Mary's Bank Credit Union.

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America’s Credit Union Museum (ACUM) promotes the heritage of the credit union movement through the preservation of the industry’s history. ACUM is housed in the building of the first U.S. credit union in Manchester, NH. Additional information about ACUM can be found at www.acumuseum.org.

Credit unions are not-for-profit financial cooperatives. They offer a variety of consumer financial services to 370,000 New Hampshire residents and over 85 million Americans. The New Hampshire Credit Union League represents the 28 consumer-owned credit unions in the state. For more information, please visit www.nhcul.org.

For more information, call the museum at 603-629-1553 or visit its web site at www.acumuseum.org.