The CUInsight Experience

"There’s nothing bad about cooperation” - Tracie Kenyon Welcome to episode 12 of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . I’m delighted this week to welcome Tracie Kenyon, the president and CEO of the Montana Credit Union Network , onto the show today! Tracie is also the board chair of Filene, and a board member of Western CUNA Mana...

"We’re all recruiters for the credit union movement" - Doug Leighton Welcome to episode 11 of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . Today's guest is Doug Leighton is the SVP of Community Accounts at Visa. You’ve probably seen him around the last few years, because he’s a big fan of the credit union community. And you’ll...

"If you can digitize a country, you can digitize a credit union." - Samantha Paxson Welcome to episode 10 of The CUInsight Experience. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . Our guest this week is Samantha Paxson. Sam is the Chief Experience Officer for CO-OP Financial Services , architect of the company’s go-to-market brand and customer experience strategy....

“What do you want your life’s story to say?” - Maurice Smith Welcome to episode nine of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . Our guest this week is Maurice Smith. Maurice is the president and CEO of Local Government Federal Credit Union ( LGFCU ) and the past chairman of CUNA . He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina, the Di...

"You can’t buy time and tenure" - Steve Swanston Welcome to episode eight of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . Our guest this week is Steve Swanston. Steve joined Velocity Solutions in 2015 as an Executive Vice President. He spent the previous 13 years at John M. Floyd & Associates ( JMFA ) and CU People. Steve has a...

"If you do good, good comes back to you" - Maria Martinez Welcome to episode seven of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . Our guest this week is Maria Martinez. Maria is the president and CEO of Border Federal Credit Union , headquartered in Del Rio, TX, serving 13 Texas counties. Maria is currently on the CUNA Board of Di...

"You make a plan and then life happens. When life happens you have to adjust." - John Pembroke Welcome to episode six of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . Our guest this week is John Pembroke. John is the president and CEO of the CUES. Since joining CUES in 2013, he has helped launch a new direction in CUES’ strategy, br...

"Promise what you can deliver and work hard to deliver more" - Chuck Fagan Welcome to episode five of The CUInsight Experience. Hosted by Randy Smith , co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . In each episode we have wide ranging conversations with thought leaders from around the credit union community. What issues are facing credit unions? What are they working on to help? What leade...

"Know what it is that lights you up as a human. The world needs that." - Jill Nowacki Welcome to episode four of The CUInsight Experience. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . In each episode we have wide ranging conversations with thought leaders from around the credit union community. What issues are facing credit unions? What are they working on to help?...

"It takes the same amount of energy to be nice as it does to be a jerk" - B. Dan Berger Welcome to episode three of The CUInsight Experience. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . In each episode we have wide ranging conversations with thought leaders from around the credit union community. What issues are facing credit unions? What are they working on to hel...

“There’s a lot of good that needs to be done in this world” – Gigi Hyland Welcome to episode two of The CUInsight Experience. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . In each episode we have wide ranging conversations with thought leaders from around the credit union community. What issues are facing credit unions? What are they working on to help? What leadership lessons...

“Hopefully Don Henley doesn’t listen to your podcast.”  –  Jim Nussle Welcome to episode one of The CUInsight Experience. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com . In each episode we’ll have wide ranging conversations with thought leaders from around the credit union community. What issues are facing credit unions? What are they working on to help? What leadership lessons...