Dale Owen
The President and CEO of Ascentra Credit Union, Dale Owen, has been named the chairman of the Iowa Credit Union League (ICUL) Board of Directors.
In an announcement on Friday, Owen was elected to head the ICUL Board of Directors for 2020-2021.
"It's an honor to be elected to serve as chairman of ICUL's Board of Directors," Owen said. "I believe strongly in the credit union industry and look forward to working with other Iowa credit union leaders to develop initiatives that will help improve the financial lives of our members and advance the credit union movement."
Owen has been president/CEO of the Bettendorf, Iowa-based Ascentra ($479.2 million in assets, nearly 40,000 members) since 2013.
According to a statement from ICUL, Owen will represent "the collective interests and future of Iowa's 86 credit unions and their more than 1.3 million members."
"On behalf of the Iowa Credit Union League, I would like to congratulate Dale Owen on being selected to serve on ICUL's Board of Directors," Murray Williams, president/CEO of ICUL, said. "Dale brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to the board and we sincerely appreciate his dedication to improving the financial lives of consumers and the credit union philosophy of people helping people. I look forward to working with him."
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