When board member recruiting talk turns to attracting younger members, credit unions should think beyond millennials, experts advised.
Given the average age of a credit union board member is in the mid to late 60s, young includes those in their 30s, 40s and 50s, according to leadership and board development consultant/coach Yvonne Evers.
Evers not only witnessed this lack of board member age diversity among her clients, she experienced it first-hand as board chair of the $2 billion University of Wisconsin Credit Union in Madison, Wis.
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