PORTLAND, Ore.–The GoWest Credit Union Association has launched separate initiatives aimed at credit union boards and small credit unions, respectively.
Both were announced during the GoWest Credit Union Association’s MAXX Conference by President and CEO Troy Stang.
“VisionBoard” is about innovative credit union governance, according to Stang, and will include on-demand board training.
The “Small Credit Union Accelerator” is designed to provide just what the name suggests, according to Stang.
‘Powerhouse of Support’
“We’re launching an entire powerhouse of support to help small shops scale, innovate and thrive,” Stang said. “We’ll be offering free training programs that meet credit unions where they are and plug-and-play templates to ensure that no one is starting from scratch.”
Stang said the effort will include a dedicated funding mechanism to “unlock growth and reinvention” and to build resilience by removing financial barriers that stand in the way. “These are all about removing the friction, about creating the momentum necessary. These aren’t nice-to-haves. All of these are investments in our future. Reinvention isn’t something we talk about once a year; it’s something that we build together, brick by brick, choice by choice and action by action. It’s how we meet the speed of change together without losing our soul and without fracturing our movement.”
