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Credit Unions

Community Impact – Credit Union ($4 billion & up)

  • Ent Credit Union
  • Gesa Credit Union
  • Nusenda Credit Union 
  • ORNL Federal Credit Union
  • PenFed Credit Union
  • Service Credit Union
  • Suncoast Credit Union
  • Technology Credit Union
  • TDECU
  • VyStar Credit Union — WINNER

Community Impact – Credit Union ($1 billion to $4 billion)

  • AmeriCU Credit Union
  • Community Choice Credit Union
  • Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union
  • Georgia United Credit Union
  • Magnifi Financial
  • Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
  • Park Community Credit Union— WINNER
  • SELCO Community Credit Union
  • USF Federal Credit Union
  • Valley First Credit Union

Community Impact – Credit Union ($1 billion & below)

  • Acclaim Federal Credit Union
  • Allegiance Federal Credit Union
  • Canopy Credit Union
  • Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union
  • Ellafi Federal Credit Union
  • FedChoice Federal Credit Union
  • Heritage South Credit Union
  • Michigan Legacy Credit Union— WINNER
  • Monroe Community Credit Union
  • MY CREDIT UNION

Excellence in Marketing ($4 billion & up)

  • Blaze Credit Union
  • Civic Federal Credit Union
  • Delta Community Credit Union— WINNER
  • Golden 1 Credit Union
  • Members 1st Federal Credit Union
  • Municipal Credit Union
  • ORNL Federal Credit Union
  • Patelco Credit Union
  • Redstone Federal Credit Union
  • VyStar Credit Union

Excellence in Marketing ($1 billion to $4 billion)

  • Addition Financial Credit Union
  • Chartway Credit Union— WINNER
  • Community Financial Credit Union
  • Credit Union 1
  • OnPath Credit Union
  • Park Community Credit Union
  • Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
  • Sandia Area Federal Credit Union
  • Silver State Schools Credit Union
  • Y-12 Credit Union

Excellence in Marketing ($1 billion & below)

  • BrightStar Credit Union
  • Cedar Point Federal Credit Union
  • Century Federal Credit Union— WINNER
  • Members Choice Credit Union
  • Mid Oregon Credit Union
  • Mirastar Federal Credit Union
  • North Star Community Credit Union
  • Signet Federal Credit Union
  • TruEnergy Federal Credit Union
  • Tucson Federal Credit Union

Executive Leadership – CEO ($4 billion & up)

  • Steph Sherrodd
  • Bill Brown
  • Jonathan Roberts
  • Larry Tobin
  • Christina O’Brien— WINNER
  • Jason M. Osterhage
  • Don Miller
  • Michael Wilson
  • Crystal Long
  • Steve O’Connell

Executive Leadership – CEO ($1 billion to $4 billion)

  • Jana Erny
  • Jared Freeman
  • Steve Webb
  • Jeff Carpenter
  • Tom Kuslikis
  • Chris Parker
  • Kevin S. Miller
  • Laurie Butz— WINNER
  • Vitaliy Kutnyy
  • Mark L. Robnett

Executive Leadership – CEO ($1 billion & below)

  • Judy DeLucca — WINNER
  • Jed Meyer
  • Helen Mickel
  • Keisha L. Richards
  • Ron Smith
  • David Savoie
  • Shonna Shearson
  • Christine Blake
  • William Burke
  • Matthew Gaspari

Executive Leadership – C-Suite

  • Brad Baker
  • Kelly Poldoski
  • Mag Wangsuwana
  • Tim Lukomski
  • Joann Bergrud— WINNER
  • Lisa Rodgers
  • Sandy Milton
  • Erika Smith
  • Sherry Bear

Innovation in Tech – CTO/CIO of the Year

  • Dawn Brummett
  • John Mason
  • Bryce Mortensen
  • Garth Pricer
  • Shree Reddy
  • Anurag Sharma
  • Dale Watkins— WINNER

Innovation in Tech – AI / Cybersecurity / Mobile Banking

  • Addition Financial Credit Union— WINNER
  • California Credit Union
  • Education Credit Union
  • FAIRWINDS Credit Union
  • Gerber Federal Credit Union
  • Heritage Federal Credit Union
  • Pioneer Federal Credit Union
  • Rogue Credit Union
  • Teachers Federal Credit Union

Innovation in Tech – Technology Project/Rollout

  • AmeriCU
  • Capital Credit Union
  • Citadel Credit Union
  • Columbia Credit Union
  • Ellafi
  • Magnolia Federal Credit Union
  • Meritrust Credit Union
  • Northwest Federal Credit Union
  • Teachers Federal Credit Union
  • VyStar Credit Union— WINNER

Rising Star Individuals($4 billion & up)

  • Louise Cogan-Rupani
  • Joanna Bradley
  • Lindsey LeWinter— WINNER
  • Stephanie Curtis
  • Amber Merrill
  • Aaron Campbell
  • Abdul Hussain
  • Nathan Turner
  • Cynthia Ojeda

Rising Star Individuals ($1 billion to $4 billion)

  • Emily Wolfington
  • Cassie Kraft
  • Emelda Baca
  • Garick Giroir
  • Taylor Meyers
  • Dania Angeles— WINNER
  • David Feliciano
  • Esmeralda Rodriguez
  • Ann Ditlow
  • Jonathan Meeks

Rising Star Individuals ($1 billion & below)

  • Kurtis Kelly
  • Spencer Shanholtzer
  • Emilio Abeyta Jr.
  • Adam Padilla
  • Lauren Walker
  • Lindsey Powell
  • Nathan Cape
  • Maddison Gleim— WINNER
  • Katelynn Rowe
  • Sarah Greenberg

Third-Party / Fintech / Trade Associations / CUSOs

Executive Leadership Individuals – CUSOs

  • Taylor Murray
  • Pankaj Kulshreshtha
  • Sundip Patel
  • Melissa Osborn
  • John Ballantyne
  • Chuck Fagan— WINNER
  • Tony Boutelle
  • Jamie Wiersma
  • Diego Achio
  • Hayley Harrison

Executive Leadership Individuals – Credit Union Leagues & Trade Associations

  • Maureen Bock
  • Patty Corkery— WINNER
  • Miriam Ackerman
  • Jason Stverak

Executive Leadership Individuals – Service Providers

  • Karen Gates
  • Juliet D'Ambrosio
  • Catherine Berman— WINNER

Executive Leadership Individuals – Technology Vendors

  • Weiwei Duncan
  • Jonathan Ray
  • Christian Widhalm
  • Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • Matt Tomko
  • Nicole Haverly— WINNER
  • Laurie Flanders
  • JB Orecchia
  • Trevor Gauthier
  • Milind Borkar

Product Innovation – Advances in AI

  • Alogent
  • Carefull
  • Cooperative Credit Union Association
  • Eltropy, Inc.— WINNER
  • Glia
  • Instnt
  • Optimal Blue
  • Posh AI
  • Traduality
  • Vertice AI

Product Innovation – Core Processing/Conversion

  • AVANA CUSO
  • Comply-YES!
  • DoubleCheck Solutions, Inc.
  • Nymbus— WINNER

Product Innovation – Credit/Debit Payments Solutions

  • Bloom Credit
  • Corporate One Federal Credit Union— WINNER
  • FINBOA, Inc.
  • Metallicus
  • PayNearMe

Product Innovation – Mobile Banking

  • Alogent
  • Bankjoy
  • Mahalo Banking— WINNER
  • Metallicus
  • Q2
  • SavvyMoney

Rising Star Individuals

  • James Chemplavil
  • Alex Manella
  • Tatum Miller
  • Karina Lindermuth
  • Jessica Woo— WINNER
  • Rae Hoskins