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Conference
Speakers
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Lee Butke
Lee joined Corporate One as
president/CEO in May 1998. He began his 30+ year
credit union career at Wright Patt Credit Union as
a management trainee, progressing to a Vice
President position. Lee then served for over a
decade as the CEO of Day Air and Telhio credit
unions, before arriving at Corporate One.
He presently serves on the board of
the Ohio Credit Union Foundation, the board of
Primary Financial Company LLC, and the executive
committee of the Association of Corporate Credit
Unions. Lee has also served on the board of the
Central Regional Automated Funds Transfer System,
the executive committee of the MAC Advisory Group,
and various other industry boards and committees.
He is a recipient of the CUES Golden
Mirror award for Service and was voted “CEO of the
Year” by the readers of Credit Union Times in 1995.
Lee holds an undergraduate degree
from Miami University with a major in finance, and
a master’s degree in business administration from
Wright State University.
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Dan Clark
During the 1970s he served Florida
first as an examiner, and is the only one to reach
Florida’s top credit union position working from the
13th floor of the Capitol Building. While at the
Florida CU League, he developed and delivered
several day-long trainings for Supervisory
committees and a share draft implementation
consultation.
He blends the regulatory, board
member and executive experiences and perspectives
into a balanced approach that helps organizations
continue to build on their successes through
effective leadership and management, visioning and
strategy, and sound governance.
Well known credit union periodicals
have given wide distribution to Dan’s columns
and commentaries (over 220 to date). He authored two
of the original Volunteer Achievement Program
modules from the Credit Union National Association,
authored two books on governance and a model of
board governance policies, and is contributing to
the CU Executives Society’s Center for
Board Excellence.
Dan has served on several boards
including a credit union, credit union service
organizations, and community boards and committees.
Dan earned a degree in business and economics, with
a concentration in accounting, from Rollins College
in Central Florida.
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Pete Crear
Pete Crear is president and chief
executive officer of World Council of Credit Unions
(WOCCU). Prior to joining World Council, Mr. Crear
was the executive vice president of external
relations for Credit Union National Association
(CUNA) & Affiliates. He also held the post of CUNA’s
executive vice president and chief operating
officer, during which time he oversaw the daily
operations of CUNA & Affiliates'' Madison, Wis.
Office. Mr. Crear joined CUNA in September 1990 as
senior vice president, association services. Before
that, he was president and CEO of the Indiana Credit
Union League. In 2008, the Foundation for Polish
Credit Unions, part of the Polish Credit Union
System, awarded Mr. Crear the Feniks Prize, the
Polish system's most prestigious award, for WOCCU's
work helping strengthen credit unions in Eastern
Europe . In 2007, the Michigan Credit Union League
presented Mr. Crear with its Distinguished Service
Award and inducted him into the Michigan Credit
Union League Hall of Fame. In 2006, the Consumer
Federation of American awarded Mr. Crear the Esther
Peterson Consumer Service Award for his outstanding
service to consumers. He received the inaugural
African-American Credit Union Lifetime Achievement
Award and was further honored by having the award
named after him and a college scholarship
established in his name. His contributions to the
credit union movement have merited his induction
into the CUES Hall of Fame. Crear was also recently
inducted into the Cooperative Development Foundation
Hall of Fame and received the U.S. credit union
movement's highest award, the National Credit Union
Foundation Herb Wegner Lifetime Achievement Award.
Crear has organized 23 credit unions
since he began his career as a management trainee at
the Michigan League while attending Wayne State
University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in
accounting.
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Kurt Lykins
Kurt Lykins joined Corporate One in
1993 and was promoted to management in 1997. He has
designed, programmed and supported various types of
servers and network systems. In his current role, he
manages and directs Corporate One’s information
technology department and provides corporate
technical management for all systems projects. With
more than 26 years of computer network and
programming experience, his expertise has made him a
sought-after speaker at many credit union forums.
He is a graduate of Ohio University and holds
degrees in MIS, accounting and business pre-law.
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Dan Mahalak
Dan Mahalak is the President &
Managing Partner of Cindrich, Mahalak & Co., P.C., a
CPA firm specializing in the credit union industry.
He joined the firm in 1980 upon graduating from
Eastern Michigan University and became a partner in
1988. He is a certified public accountant and a
member of both the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Michigan
Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA).
Throughout his career Dan has worked
in all phases of the practice. He is involved in all
audit activities and works closely with the staff in
training and development. He personally reviews all
audit files and reports as part of the firm’s
quality control standards. His extensive experience
allows him to provide clients with unique problem
solving insights.
Throughout his tenure, Dan has been
responsible for hundreds of credit union audits, and
worked in fraud/embezzlement investigations,
including filing bond claims, working with
authorities, and testifying in criminal proceedings.
He also works with credit unions in budgeting and
forecasting, asset-liability management consulting,
strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, human
resources consulting, regulatory consulting, and a
variety of other consulting projects. He is a
frequent speaker on topics related to the credit
union industry on both a local and national level.
He has written articles for several credit union
publications.
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Sergio Osuna
Topic - Current Regulatory/Insurance Issues
Attendees will be provided with an update on
current issues facing the credit unions from a
field supervisor’s perspective.
Sergio is a native of El Paso, TX. He attended New
Mexico Highlands University where he earned a degree
in accounting. He’s been with the National Credit
Union Administration (NCUA) since graduating from
college in 1986. Sergio began his NCUA career as an
examiner in Albuquerque. He was promoted to his
current position of Supervisory Examiner in 1997 and
is responsible for the supervision of all credit
unions operating in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Renée Sattiewhite
Renée Sattiewhite has been the
President/CEO of Sattiewhite Training Productions,
Inc. (STP), since February 1999. She has been in
the Nonprofit and For Profit arena for over 25
years. STP specializes in Training and Marketing.
As President/CEO of STP, Ms. Sattiewhite is credited
with giving organizations a “new look” in the areas
of customer satisfaction, employee relations,
marketing materials and training manuals.
Ms. Sattiewhite and her training team
specialize in the strategic planning, design and
implementation of training initiatives in the areas
of board development, team building, effective
communication, professional presence and customer
service. She has trained employees, volunteers and
executive management of small and large public,
nonprofit and private organizations. Her unique
style of delivery, upbeat, high energy approach to
training lends itself to her proven track record of
meeting and exceeding STP’s clients’ expectations.
Ms. Sattiewhite has received many
awards and recognition for her participation and
leadership within the nonprofit community. She has
been a facilitator for the United Way of
Metropolitan Atlanta’s VIP Program since its
inception. Her involvement with grass-roots
organizations started with Non-Profits for
Non-Profits where she was the Director of Training
and also Assistant Director.
Over the last 15 years, Ms.
Sattiewhite has been very involved with the Credit
Union Movement. She was the 1st Program
Director for the African-American Credit Union
Coalition’s Reaching Toward the Future Internship
Program. This program reached out to students
of Historical Black Colleges and placed them in
Summer Internships at mainstream credit unions
throughout the nation. She is a frequent speaker at
national conferences for Clemson University, credit
unions and the NCUA (National Credit Union
Administration).
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