Pete Pritts said he was so disconnected from the corporate credit union world after leaving First Corporate CU in 2011, he wasn't even aware the $2.8 billion Corporate America Credit Union was in need of a new chief executive.

It's not that Pritts, who was named Corporate America's new president/CEO on Wednesday, hadn't kept himself busy after leaving FirstCorp, where he had spent the past 25 years.

He took a consulting job with a mid-sized natural person credit union undergoing a modernization initiative, and the licensed pilot had been spending more time flying small aircraft as a hobby. The father of two had also taken a more active role volunteering at his 9-year-old daughter's school.

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