2019 Award Winner
Sterling Nielsen
President/CEO, Mountain America Credit Union
Sandy, UT
CUES member Sterling Nielsen, CPA, became CEO at Mountain America Credit Union in Sandy, Utah, at what he jokingly calls “the perfectly wrong time.” The date was Nov. 1, 2008, only five weeks after the stock market crash that signaled a tough road ahead for the nation’s financial services industry.
Exacerbating the situation, Mountain America CU had recently acquired a troubled credit union and its portfolio of brokered real estate construction loans that looked even more ill-advised in a tanking economy. A team of national examiners was on-site, voicing displeasure that the CU had taken on such a risky merger.
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Previous Winners
Joseph H. Newberry
President/CEO, Redstone Federal Credit Union
Huntsville, AL
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Charles M Purvis, CCE, CLE, CUDE
President/CEO, Coastal Federal Credit Union
Raleigh, N.C.
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David O Brock, CIE, CCE, CCUE
Chief Executive Officer, Community Credit Union
Rockledge, FL
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Gerry Agnes, CPA, CIE
President/CEO, Elevations CU
Boulder, CO
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Tony Budet, CCUE
President/CEO, University Federal Credit Union (UFCU)
Austin, TX
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Ken Oram, CSE, CCE
President/CEO, Idaho Central Credit Union
Chubbuck, ID
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Bert J. Hash Jr.
Retired President/CEO, Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore (MECU)
Baltimore, MD
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Robert W. Hoefer
Retired President/CEO, Dupaco Community CU
Dubuque, IA
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Randy M. Smith, CPA, CCD
President/CEO, Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union
Universal City, TX
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