Anne-Marie Bisson
There’s a danger in giving Anne-Marie Bisson a little project to take care of: You may find it’s all of a sudden become a big, important one.
Robin Burns
For Robin Burns, seeing that the credit union employees she has trained have the confidence to excel at their jobs is the most satisfying part of her job.
Catherine Goodall
After she graduated from high school in 1979, Catherine Goodall worked for a short time at Beneficial Finance before landing a job as a receptionist at Workers’ Credit Union. She wasn’t sure what the future held, but never expected she would still be with the credit union, albeit in a much different position, some 35 years later.
Debra Hayward
A 20-year veteran at Pioneer Valley Credit Union,...David A. L’Ecuyer
There’s something to be said for sticking around, learning the ropes, and slowly getting better each day – and David L’Ecuyer’s career at Central One Federal Credit Union said it. After starting at the credit union as a loan officer striaght out of college, he rose through the ranks to becomes CEO in 1995, and has overseen the institution’s growth from a closed shop open only to electrical and power plant workers to a community credit union with several branches and hundreds of millions in assets under management.
Michael Maestri
After Michael Maestri graduated from high school, he started taking accounting classes at Bentley University. But to cover his tuition, he needed to work part-time, so he applied for a teller’s job at Cambridge Saving Bank. Little did he know at the time that the decision would portend his future.
Mariann O’Brien
Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union took a chance on Mariann O’Brien when they hired her eight years ago, O’Brien likes to say, but it could just as easily work the other way around.
Saritin Rizzuto
More than 20 years ago, when she was a teenager, Saritin Rizzuto knew she was destined to help people. In her first job as peer leader for the Department of Public Health, she worked with at-risk youth in the community, educating them about violence prevention, substance abuse and teen pregnancy. That opportunity lit a fire for “doing for others.” Her subsequent activities, both professionally and personally, reflect her commitment to improving the lives of others.
Jon Reske
Jon Reske might be marketing chief for UMassFive College Federal Credit Union, but his work touches on nearly every aspect of the financial institution’s mission.
Herb White
Like many Credit Union Heroes, Herb White did not originally set out for a career in a credit union, but his roots as a minister in the Salvation Army are not so far afield from the credit union philosophy after all.
Ray Wrobel
A college education can impart a solid academic foundation and help direct a person’s career track, but flesh-and-blood mentors have the ability to exert lifelong influence, and sometimes redirect the course. Just ask Ray Wrobel, vice president at Align Credit Union.
Charlene Bauer
Charlene Bauer, senior vice president of strategic initiatives for Metro Credit Union in Chelsea, has more than 25 years of banking experience under her belt. But it was 12 years ago that she first heard the siren call of credit unions.
Janis Caines
It’s rare when a credit union employee is asked to serve as CEO after humble beginnings answering phones. It’s rarer still when that same employee turns down the CEO offer – twice.
Nicole Glinski Curtin
Nicole Curtin had been working at Workers Credit Union for three weeks when her boss asked her to help manage the credit union’s annual fundraising campaign for the United Way of North Central Massachusetts.
Eugene Foley
Thirty years ago, Eugene Foley did not intend to work in banking for any significant length of time. He had his sights set on becoming a lawyer.
Steve Jones
The effervescent Steve Jones, vice president for community development at Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union in Lowell, may not have had a teller’s drawer for a bassinet. But he has practically grown up in the industry, being handed the reins to his first credit union less than a year after starting his first job after college.
Leo MacNeil
In the 19 years Leo MacNeil has worked at HarborOne Credit Union, he has remained true to the credit union industry’s original mission.
Edward Nunez
When Edward Nunez speaks, students listen.
Anabela Pereira
Anabela Pereira likes to tell people that she was born in the lobby of a credit union and raised on the teller line.
Donna Russo
Donna Russo’s credit union career began in the 1980s at the now-closed Fitchburg Center for Brain Injured Children.
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