HELENA, Mont.–Montana’s Credit Unions President and CEO Tracie Kenyon will join the Western CUNA Management School (WCMS) Board of Trustees. Kenyon replaces Mountain West Credit Union Association President and CEO Scott Earl in the rotating league president seat on the board.
Comprised of nine credit union CEOs, two league presidents, the WCMS president, and WCMS provost—the board is responsible for oversight and direction of the school.
Kenyon currently serves as the treasurer of the Filene Research Institute and chair of the National Credit Union Foundation’s Herb Wegner Award Nomination Committee. She also has served as the chair of the American Association of Credit Union Leagues and sat on the National Credit Union Foundation Board.
During her credit union career, she has worked at four credit unions and two leagues. Prior to coming to Montana’ Credit Unions, she was senior vice president of dues-supported services for the Utah League of Credit Unions and oversaw its legislative efforts during the Credit Union Membership Access Act of 1998 (HR 1151) as well as the state-level bank attacks that soon followed.
While in Montana, Kenyon has created two successful collaborative businesses: Montana's Credit Unions for Community Development (MCUCD) in 2003 and the Montana Credit Union League Group Benefit Trust in 2007. MCUCD, a 501(c)3, provides turnkey social mission programs focused primarily on financial capability and asset building. The Trust provides credit union employee benefits such as health, life, and disability insurances through a self-funded, cooperative environment.
Kenyon has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in professional communication. She also has earned Certified Association Executive and Credit Union Development Educator designations.
The other WCMS board trustees are Chairman Brad Harvey, president and CEO of Horizons North Credit Union; Vice Chairman Sterling Nielsen, president and CEO of Mountain America Credit Union; Secretary/treasurer Eileen Rivera, president and CEO of SkyOne Federal Credit Union; California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues President and CEO Diana Dykstra; Rogue Credit Union President and CEO Gene Pelham; Partners Federal Credit Union President and CEO John Janclaes; Idaho Central Credit Union President and CEO Kent Oram; Oregon Community Credit Union President and CEO Mandy Jones; SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union President and CEO Bill Cheney; Blue Federal Credit Union President and CEO Stephanie Teubner; and WCMS Provost Mark Klinkert.