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CUNA head brings mix of policy, association experience

Jim Nussle spent 16 years in the halls of Congress and three years as second-in-command of a $26 million-revenue ethanol industry group Nussle A background in both politics and associations landed Jim Nussle the top spot at the $54 million-revenue Credit Union National Association, which announced Sept. 14 it had tapped the former congressman as its next CEO. Nussle, 54, replaces Bill Cheney, a former credit union executive who left CUNA in June to head up the $9.7 billion-asset SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based credit union. Nussle will be the second former politician to lead the association in recent years—before Cheney arrived in 2010,… Read More