The latest episode of MCUL’s podcast series, Credit Unions, Coffee and Conversation, features MSU Federal Credit Union CEO April Clobes.

When Clobes started at the Lansing-based, $6.26B-in-assets credit union, there were less than 100 employees, which has grown since to nearly 1,000. Those employees serve 311,000 members across 24 branches in the Lansing area.

MCUL CEO Patty Corkery talks with Clobes about women leadership in the industry, how MSUFCU has been making a difference throughout generations and much more, including a positive spin on credit union life during COVID-19.

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Patty talks with Jeff Benson, CEO of CASE Credit Union, a $380M-in-assets credit union based in Lansing. The Lansing native, who has been CEO of the 46,000-member credit union for more than a decade, discussed branch evolution, mergers, remote work, the next generation of CU leaders and much more.

The latest guest on my podcast series, Credit Unions, Coffee and Conversation, is Connie Toensing, President/CEO of Chippewa County Credit Union in Sault Ste. Marie. 

Connie has been with the almost 38-million-asset credit union for more than three decades - the last 24 as CEO - and has truly grown alongside the organization. We discussed running a small credit union in Northern Michigan, some of their biggest hurdles and the specific benefits of being a part of the Michigan credit union movement.

Michigan Legacy Credit Union, headquartered in Wyandotte, has been serving community members since 1946. The credit union has assets totaling more than $260 million and provides services to more than 23,000 members.

President and CEO Carma Peters, who also serves as the Secretary and Treasurer for the MCUL Board, led the credit union to a 2021 MCUL Innovation Award due to her commitment to finding inventive ways to meet members where they are now, and where they will be in the future.

Introducing MCUL's new podcast series, Credit Unions, Coffee and Conversation, where MCUL CEO Patty Corkery will be traveling around the state to do just what the title says: have casual conversations with credit union leaders.

The purpose of this series is to help us, both MCUL and listeners of the series, to better get to know members of the Michigan credit union community.

Patty's first guest is Christian Financial Credit Union CEO Patty Campbell. She was able to sit down with Patty in the credit union’s new administration office in Sterling Heights to see how things are going. 

Headquartered in Flint, Michigan, FPCU serves over 55,000 members through its branch network and digital banking channels.  Brad works with the credit union team and its Board of Directors to continue its mission of delivering trusted, technologically forward, and easily-accessible financial services to the communities it serves. Prior to returning home to Michigan, the Monroe native most recently served as Vice President and General Counsel of Illinois-based Baxter Credit Union.

Brad holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science from Western Michigan University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law, and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.