INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Credit Union League has presented its highest honors and also inducted several people into its Hall of Fame.
The awards and inductions took place during its recent awards celebration as part of its annual meeting. All of the text and descriptions below are from the ICUL.
Among those honored:
Barry D. Weiss of Members Source Credit Union (Merrillville), the 2026 Leadership Achievement Award
Weiss has volunteered with the credit union since 1991, serving as chairman, vice chairman, and treasurer throughout his service. A CPA with a 43-year career in accounting and finance at NiSource/NIPSCO, he has applied his financial expertise to his credit union, developing tools that strengthen accountability, improve transparency, and support better board decision-making.
“He has also contributed to merger teams and remained actively engaged in his education on credit union issues,” the league said. “The Leadership Achievement Award recognizes credit union volunteers and officials who have given selflessly to promote the credit union ideal and to better serve the credit union movement in Indiana.
Brent Parks of Centra Credit Union (Columbus), 2026 Emerging Leadership Award
Parks, who is SVP-technology and CISO, has been with the credit union for seven years in various roles. He currently leads a sophisticated technology infrastructure and a growing service delivery team. His work includes collaboration with industry leaders, government security agencies, and other stakeholders to strengthen security awareness.
“His professional accomplishments include PMP, CISSP, and CISSO certifications. Under his leadership, the Centra CU IT Team has earned national recognition for excellence in network security.”
Madelyn Hogan of Members Source Credit Union (Merrillville), the 2026 Emerging Leadership Award
Hogan, the credit union’s branch operations Manager, has advanced quickly since joining in 2021, taking on more responsibility in each role. In addition to branch management, she also presents the CEO report at board meetings, communicating financial and operational updates to credit union leadership.
“She has also invested in her own leadership. She has completed the League’s ignite program, the National Credit Union Foundation’s Development Educator (DE) program, and she is in her second year at America’s Credit Unions’ Credit Union Management School. “
Loren Garbar, Origins Credit Union, Emerging Leadership Award
Garber, the credit union’s chief financial officer, has served in many roles at Energy Plus CU over the past 11 years. His leadership was especially evident during the credit union’s merger earlier this year to become Origins CU. He has played a key role in vendor relations, budgeting, rate decisions, board presentations, and detailed financial projections.
Outside the credit union, he is treasurer of the 3-E Young Professionals group in Central Indiana and a regular attendee of credit union events in Indiana and nationwide.
David Shadburne, president/CEO of MidWest America FCU (Fort Wayne), Professional Achievement Award
Shadburne joined the credit union in 2023, bringing nearly 30 years of banking experience, including a decade in the credit union movement. In just a few years, he has helped transform the credit union by renewing its focus on purpose, people, and community.
Named a “Best Place To Work” in Indiana for the past three years, the credit union has also benefited from Shadburne’s leadership in the areas of technology, expanded digital services, updated facilities, and innovative lending programs for underserved communities, first-time buyers, and green initiatives,
He has led his team to contribute more than 3,500 volunteer hours to nonprofits, and financial education efforts have reached more than 1,750 people. His personal giveback includes board service with organizations including the YWCA, Youth Service Bureau, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Fort Wayne UNITED, Erin’s House for Grieving Kids, and the Boys & Girls Club, the league said.
Hall of Fame Inductees
The Hall of Fame is the league’s highest honor and recognizes individuals whose leadership, service and contributions have made a lasting impact on Indiana credit unions. The league represents institutions serving 2.8 million members in the state.
Karen Madry: Advocacy for Smaller Credit Unions
Madry has focused her career on underserved communities, smaller credit unions and cooperative principles. Under her leadership, Afena FCU developed programs aimed at improving members’ financial well-being and cultivated an organizational culture emphasizing service.
As chairwoman of a national small credit union committee, Madry advocated for smaller institutions and drew attention to their challenges. Her work led to an invitation to testify before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on behalf of credit unions nationwide.
Internationally, Madry provided award-winning assistance in disaster recovery efforts in Dominica in the Caribbean and traveled to Africa, where she earned the International Credit Union Development Educator designation. She also has been inducted into the African American Credit Union Hall of Fame.
In Indiana, she served on numerous league committees and the Indiana Credit Union Foundation board. She became the first African American woman to chair the league’s board of directors and led its first all-female executive committee in 2022-23.
Jill Banning: Financial Education and Shared Branching
Banning began her credit union career as a computer operator and advanced through a series of positions before becoming president and CEO of REGIONAL FCU. She retired earlier this year after overseeing growth, expanded services and an organizational culture emphasizing respect, teamwork and support for employees and directors.
Reflecting the credit union’s roots in serving educators, Banning made financial literacy a priority. She helped establish in-school credit unions at 13 schools in northwest Indiana, introducing students to savings, money management and credit union membership. The programs received recognition and awards. REGIONAL also offered continuing financial education for members of all ages, including instruction on money management and fraud prevention.
In the 1990s, Banning helped establish Credit Union Centers of Northwest Indiana to expand shared branching access. The initiative later became part of a larger cooperative network serving credit unions in Indiana and Illinois.
She spent 22 years on the Credit Union Centers board, including three as president, helping oversee a credit union service organization responsible for approximately 300 Indiana branches and connected to a nationwide shared branching network of more than 5,400 locations.
Banning also served on multiple Indiana Credit Union League committees and on its board of directors from 2020 through 2026.
Nina Baker: Four Decades at ProFed
Baker has spent 40 years at ProFed FCU, beginning as a part-time teller before rising through positions of increasing responsibility to become president and CEO. Her career has centered on serving generations of members and the Fort Wayne community.
She led the Northeastern Chapter of Credit Unions for more than 20 years, encouraging regional collaboration. Under her leadership, ProFed supported Riley Hospital for Children. Baker also helped establish the Indiana Sister Society of the Global Women’s Leadership Network, providing opportunities for women in credit unions to connect, develop professionally and support one another.
Her advocacy has included trips to Washington, participation in Indiana advocacy events and meetings with lawmakers hosted at ProFed to explain credit unions’ role in their communities.
Baker served on numerous league committees, a national committee addressing emerging credit union issues and the Indiana Credit Union Foundation board. She was a league director from 2017 through 2026 and chaired its board in 2023-24.
Bryan Price: Leadership and Regulatory Advocacy
Price began his credit union career in 1986 and held increasingly senior positions, including chief financial officer and executive vice president, before becoming president and CEO of Indiana University Credit Union in 2007. He also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
His work has emphasized institutional strength and members’ financial well-being. He has served on the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions board, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Credit Union Advisory Council and America’s Credit Unions’ Advocacy Policy Committee.
Price has hosted elected officials and policymakers at his credit union, worked with lawmakers and regulators on credit union issues and served as a spokesperson for Indiana credit unions at the annual Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington.
He also served on numerous league committes..
