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CUES Recognizes Top 2009 Councils, Recruiters
Volunteer efforts in the spotlight

By Leisa Goodman

Nov. 2, 2009

CUES  announced its top council winners and thanked its top recruiters yesterday at CEO/Executive Team Network™ in Orlando, Fla.

CUES CEO Fred Johnson presents the CUES Alabama Council's plaque to Philip Boozer, VP/marketing/business development for America's First Federal Credit Union, Birmingham.	Representing the CUES Rocky Mountain Council are (from left) Bradley H. Harvey, president/CEO of Horizons North Credit Union, Northglenn, Colo.; Laura McFadden, executive vice president of Norbel Credit Union, Greeley, Colo.; and Branda Abbott, president/CEO of Colorado United Credit Union, Denver.

The CUES Alabama Council was honored with the Glenn Johnson Outstanding Council Award for councils with less than 74 CUES members. CUES Iowa and Nevada Councils received Awards of Excellence in this category.

Accepting on behalf of the CUES Delaware Valley Council is David A. Cocci, president/CEO of APEX Community Federal Credit Union, Pottstown, Pa.	DeVon Cook, assistant vice president of Deseret First Credit Union, Salt Lake City, accepts for the CUES Utah Council.

The CUES Rocky Mountain Council, whose membership consists of CUES members in the states of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, received the Elmer Cinnater Outstanding Council Award for councils with 75 to 150 CUES members. Awards of Excellence in this category went to the CUES Delaware Valley and Utah Councils.

The CUES Michigan Council was presented with the Bob Garrard Outstanding Council Award for councils with more than 150 CUES members. In addition, the CUES Florida and Greater Southern Councils received Awards of Excellence. The Greater Southern Council includes members in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Accepting for the CUES Michigan Council are (left) Margo A. Kleinfelt, CCE, president/CEO of Auto Body Credit Union, Lansing, and Janice C. Rose, CCE, CEO of E & A Credit Union, Port Huron.	Marie E. Peet, CCUE, president/CEO of West Coast Federal Employees Credit Union, Sarasota, accepts for the CUES Florida Council.	Donald W. Rogers, CCE, VP/information services, Fort Knox Federal Credit Union, Knoxville, Tenn., accepts for the Greater Southern CUES Council.

CUES Councils serve CUES members regionally, offering networking and career-enhancing resources to credit union leaders. Run by members on a volunteer basis, the 25 councils are judged annually on professional development, communication and planning. The three Outstanding Councils each received a prize of $1,000, while the Award of Excellence recipients each received $500, to be used for future meetings.

During the awards luncheon, CUES also inducted its top new-member recruiters from the past year into the CUES Chairman's Club. Eight CUES members were honored as part of the Chairman's Club Circle for recruiting three or four new members, and two CUES members were honored as part of the Chairman's Club Roundtable for recruiting five to seven new members.

CUES CEO Fred Johnson (left) welcomes Gary Regoli, Achieva Credit Union, Clearwater, Fla., into the CUES Chairman's Circle for recruiting 3-4 new members.

Leisa Goodman is a CUES marketing writer.

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