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Meet our People!

A network of passionate thinkers and doers is behind everything we create.

Staff

Advisors

Doug Leighton Senior Advisor
Stephen Arnold Strategic Growth and Market Insights Consultant

Fellow Alums

Sekou Bermiss Associate Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dennis Campbell Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
Bill Maurer Director at The Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion: University of California - Irvine
Huggy Rao Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Stanford University
Quinetta Roberson Ph.D., John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Management and Psychology at Michigan State University
Jeffrey Robinson Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at Rutgers University—Newark
Hope Schau Gilly Family Endowed Chair in Marketing at University of California, Irvine — The Paul Merage School of Business
Lisa Servon Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning at University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Cheri Speier-Pero E&Y Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, Broad College of Business at Michigan State University

Fellows

Administrative Board

Chair
April Clobes President + CEO at Michigan State University FCU
Vice Chair
Ty Muse President + CEO at Visions Federal Credit Union
Treasurer
Kevin Johnson President + CEO at Suncoast Credit Union
Director
Patty Campbell President + CEO at Christian Financial Credit Union
Director
Bill Cheney CEO at SchoolsFirst FCU
Director
Lily Newfarmer President + CEO at Tarrant County's Credit Union
Director
Mike Schenk Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer for Policy Analysis & Chief Economist at America's Credit Unions
Director
Keith Sultemeier President + CEO at Kinecta FCU
Director
Tonita Webb CEO at Verity Credit Union
Advisory
Jim Hayes President + CEO at State Department FCU
Advisory
Tammy Schultz EVP, Sales & Marketing at TruStage

Our Membership

Unlock the future with Filene membership

With ideas, truth and cooperation at the core, Filene provides exclusive access to an innovative community, unbiased research and tools to put ideas into action.

What does membership include?

If we can fund the research that will benefit all credit unions, it will be beneficial for all members. Our relationship with Filene has helped us move our efforts forward as well as the movement.

Merry Pateuk

SVP, Industry Engagement
Velera