SNELLVILLE, Ga. — The African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) has elected its 2025–2026 Executive Committee and added new members to its national board of directors.
Executive Committee
- • Chair: Marvin York, VP, Member Engagement Quality Assurance Speech Analytics GEN AI, Velera
• Vice Chair: Priscilla Awkard, VP, Retail, Digital Sales and Member Assistance, Coastal Credit Union
• Treasurer: Ty Muse, President/CEO, Visions Federal Credit Union
• Secretary: Sharon Camper, Chief People Officer, Apple Federal Credit Union
• Parliamentarian: Sharon Grieger, past Chief Risk Officer, Vantage West Credit Union
Newly Elected Directors
- Director: Kelli Ellsworth Etchison, CMO and Chief Diversity Officer, LAFCU, and CEO, StableCommunities Foundation
• Director Emeritus: Timothy L. Anderson, President/CEO, U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union
• Director Emeritus: John Bissell, President/CEO, Greylock Federal Credit Union
• Director Emeritus: Adrian S. Johnson, EVP/CFO, MECU Credit Union
‘Honored to Serve’
“I am honored to serve as board chair,” York said in a statement. “Our organization has a remarkable history of driving inclusion and change in our credit union movement, and I look forward to working alongside my fellow board members, our dedicated staff and partners to advance this important work and ensure a strong, sustainable future.”
About the New Board Members
AACUC highlighted the experience of its new leaders, including:
- York, who leads Velera’s contact center and AI speech analytics unit and has more than 30 years in financial call centers.
• Awkard, a Coastal CU executive with extensive leadership experience in retail and digital services.
• Muse, Visions FCU CEO with 30 years in financial services and a CPA designation.
• Camper, Apple FCU’s chief people officer and an HR strategist with advanced degrees from Johns Hopkins and Cornell.
• Grieger, former CRO of Vantage West CU with prior leadership roles at Walmart, Boeing and PepsiCo.
• Ellsworth Etchison, LAFCU’s CMO and CEO of StableCommunities Foundation, known for her community service and state-level leadership.
• Anderson, longtime U.S. Senate FCU leader and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.
• Bissell, Greylock FCU CEO since 2015, who has led the credit union on financial inclusion and anti-racism initiatives.
• Johnson, MECU CFO with four decades in financial services, former AACUC chair, and 2023 African American Credit Union Hall of Fame inductee.
