The National Credit Union Foundation said that 42 credit union executives from two countries graduated from its weeklong Credit Union Development Education training this year.

The graduates came from the U.S. and Ghana, the National Foundation said. The graduates include Latonya Allen, Government Printing Office FCU (Washington, D.C.); Taylor Carstens, Peoples Trust FCU (Texas); Angie Cayot, Southwest Bridge Corporate FCU (Oregon); Cathy Cline, Southeastern Ohio CU Inc. (Ohio); Chantea Coger, Winston-Salem Firemens CU (North Carolina); Paricia Coleman, Keesler FCU (Mississippi); Dianah Darkwah, Ghana Co-Operative Credit Union Association Ltd. (Ghana); Meghann Dawson, Credit Union National Association (Wisconsin); Betty DeWeese, Telco Plus CU (Texas); Ryan Dold, Missouri Credit Union Association (Missouri); Holly Fearing, CUNA Mutual Group (Wisconsin); Sandra Gladney, American Airlines FCU (Texas); Cassandra Grayson, League of Southeastern Credit Unions (Florida); Brianne Gutoski, Credit Union National Association (Wisconsin); Jennifer Hamrick, State ECU (North Carolina); George Hofheimer, Filene Research Institute (Wisconsin); Heidi Knudson, Altana FCU (Montana); Patrick Livingston, Coastal Federal Credit Union (North Carolina); Tim Loveless, Missouri Credit Union Association (Missouri); Lee Mabry, State ECU (North Carolina); Jeremy Martin, Navigator CU (Mississippi); Kelli Martin, Chesterfield FCU (Virginia); Brandon McAdams, Coastal Federal Credit Union (North Carolina); Amy McLard, Missouri Credit Union Association (Missouri); Mark Meyer, Filene Research Institute (Wisconsin); Tara Neiswonger, Education First CU (Ohio); Zach Poole, Singing River FCU (Mississippi); Tish Pruitt, American Airlines FCU (Texas); Alana Robertson, Mississippi Telco FCU (Mississippi); Olivia Ruiz, New Mexico Educators FCU (New Mexico); Adam Schwartz, National Cooperative Business Association (Washington, DC); Sarah Dale Simpkins, Mississippi Credit Union Association (Mississippi); Barb Stanek, Missouri Credit Union Association (Missouri); Troy Stang, Northwest Credit Union Association (Oregon); Lynn Storum, National Credit Union Administration (Virginia); Beth Troost, Michigan Credit Union League (Michigan); Vivian Valencia, Verity Credit Union (Washington); Darren Westendorf, CUNA Mutual Group (Iowa); Michelle Williams, MECU of Baltimore (Maryland); Daniel Winters, Co-Operative Credit Union (Wisconsin); Molly Wright, Guadalupe CU (New Mexico); and Willie Yao Ahli, Ghana Co-Operative Credit Union Association Ltd. (Ghana).

During the weeklong program, participants were involved in group exercises, encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers, and were required to complete team projects proposing solutions for credit unions to help alleviate or eliminate challenging situations in any given area.