Troy Stang, president/CEO of the GoWest Credit Union Association, has been 100% committed to credit unions ever since he first entered the workforce years ago in his home state of Minnesota. That’s not an exaggeration - while most current credit union executives spent at least a summer in their youth wrangling shopping carts in a parking lot or scooping ice cream to earn money, Stang’s first-ever job was at his local credit union.
In this episode of "Shared Accounts With CU Times", Stang reflects on his lifetime of living and breathing credit unions, from a humble beginning on his family’s farm, to serving in the George W. Bush Administration as senior staff to the U.S. Treasury Secretary, to emerging as a key leader within the credit union state league system. He also discusses GoWest’s top advocacy priorities for 2025, credit unions’ tax-exempt status and his thoughts on league mergers.
Don’t miss this opportunity to listen in on our exclusive interview with one of the most passionate and dedicated figures in credit union advocacy!
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Michael Ogden
Editor-in-Chief at CU Times. To connect, email at [email protected]. As Editor-in-Chief of CU Times since 2016, Michael Ogden has led the editorial team in all aspects of content strategy and execution, including the creation of the publication’s exclusive and proprietary research database of the credit union industry’s economic landscape. Under Michael’s leadership, CU Times has successfully shifted to an all-digital editorial product with new focuses on the payments, fraud, lending and regulatory beats. Most recently, he introduced a data-focused editorial product for subscribers that breaks down credit union issues into hard data, allowing for a deeper and more factual narrative for readers. In 2024, he launched the "Shared Accounts With CU Times" podcast, which offers a fresh, inside-the-newsroom perspective through interviews with leaders from the credit union industry and the regulatory world. He dives into pressing credit union issues, while revealing the personalities working behind-the-scenes to push the credit union world forward. His background includes years as a radio and TV anchor/reporter and a public relations and digital/social media manager, where he covered the food and music industries, as well as cooperatives and credit unions. Over the years, he has launched numerous exclusive video and podcast series, including a successful series of interactive backstage interviews with musicians at music festivals, showcasing his social media and live streaming production skills.
