Credit Union Roundtable

- Managing your stress during the pandemic, with Dr. Linda McKenna Gulyn - Protecting seniors from COVID-19, with Todd Fahey, State Director, AARP New Hampshire - One community's effort to serve seniors, with Bethany Loveless, Director, Council on Aging, Dracut Senior Center and Alison Hughes, Community Engagement Officer, Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union - Observing Military Saves Month, with Anthony Hernandez, President/CEO, Defense Credit Union Council

How to stay safe in the face of the Coronavirus, with Nicolas Argy, MD. What makes credit unions different, with Ron McLean, President/CEO, Cooperative Credit Union Association; Credit union life in Poland, Cuba and Puerto Rico, with Michael Ostrowski, President/CEO, Arrha Credit Union; and finally Greylock Federal Credit Union President/CEO John Bissell and VP of Community Development Cindy Shogry-Raimer discuss Greylock's new Empowerment Center.

Credit Unions of Rhode Island High School Basketball Championships,; reverse mortgages; we talk with Sunny Mulligan Shea, victim rights advocate and Bryan Townsend, deputy attorney general at the NH Attorney General's Office about fighting elder financial exploitation; and finally we learn about the special work of credit unions serving the military, with Anthony Hernandez, President/CEO of the Defense Credit Union Council.

The January 2020 episode features: An economic outlook for the new year, with Steve Rick, Chief Economist at the CUNA Mutual Group in Madison, Wisconsin; City of Boston Credit Union President/CEO Dan Waltz and VP of Marketing Karla McCarron, discussing their credit union and the many ways it protects members from financial exploitation; and Kurt Czarnowski of Czarnowski Consulting on preparing for retirement and your Social Security benefits.

This month, Credit Union Roundtable talks with Madame Money for tips on how to get our credit card debt under control after our holiday spending spree. We also hear from Tim Draper at Navigant Credit Union, who outlines a way for us to get our financial house in order during the New Year. And, calling attention to elder financial exploitation, we talk with AARP's Dennis Hohengasser about today's scams targeting seniors and all the various free resources available from AARP and credit unions to help protect against scams and fraud.

This month, Credit Union Roundtable talks with the charity selected by each state's credit unions as their primary charity of choice: The Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Make-a-Wish New Hampshire, and Special Olympics Rhode Island.

October's edition of Credit Union Roundtable focuses on credit unions, marking their month-long observance of cooperatives highlighted by International Credit Union Day on the 17th. To help the show get off to a strong start, Walt Laskos called on Stephanie Smith, curator at America's Credit Union Museum, to explain the origins of credit unions in the US and their cooperative structure. Brian Branch, CEO of the World Council of Credit Unions, also joined Laskos from Madison, Wisconsin, where he described the advocacy efforts of credit unions on the global stage through the efforts of the World Council, including its work in helping people in developing countries to form credit unions.

Turning attention to America's credit unions, Laskos invited John Bissell, President/CEO of Greylock Federal Credit Union (MA); Gary Furtado, President/CEO of Navigant Credit Union (RI); Brian Hughes, President/CEO of Holy Rosary Credit Union (NH); and Jerry King, President/CEO of DEXSTA Federal Credit Union (DE) to discuss the many ways their credit unions embrace and demonstrate their business values during an interview segment conducted by Isaiah Moskowitz.

And as an extra bonus to the inaugural episode of Credit Union Roundtable, Laskos included a discussion of financial exploitation and its growing impact on seniors across America. Norfolk County (MA) District Attorney Michael Morrissey served as Laskos' guest for the interview. Their discussion also covered the Equifax Data Breach settlement and what consumers need to know in order to avail themselves to the benefits stemming from the settlement.