Will J. Brown
Will J. Brown, longtime board member for the $6.2 billion, Pasadena, Calif.-based Wescom Credit Union, passed away in late February 2024, the credit union announced last week.
Brown served the Wescom Board of Directors for more than four decades. He was first appointed to the board in 1980, and throughout his tenure, he served as chairman, as vice chairman and on various board committees. In 2011, he was named director emeritus.
Wescom said it will be honoring Brown in two notable ways. First, the credit union is dedicating three grants totaling $10,000 to Southern California nonprofits. Second, it is dedicating a tee box plaque at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena, Calif., which will be engraved to read, "In Memory of Will J. Brown, Brookside Marshall, Wescom Board of Directors." An avid golfer, Brown served as a Marshall at Brookside Golf Course, which is located adjacent to Pasadena's Rose Bowl Stadium.
In addition to serving on the Wescom Board, Brown was an executive with AT&T and a founding member of the company's internal organization, C.I.T.I.E.S. (Community Involvement Team In Every Sector), which was created to encourage, prepare and mentor minority employees of AT&T to pursue leadership positions, according to Wescom.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
