WOCCU's Lucy Ito Continues Credit Union Career at CCUL

Lucy Ito receives a WOCCU Resolution from World Council board chairman L.R. (Bobby) McVeigh

Madison, WI-World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) announced this morning that Lucy Ito, Vice President and WOCCU Senior Management Team (SMT) member will continue her credit union career at the California Credit Union League (CCUL). Ito had informed WOCCU last year she would be relocating to California in 2004 for personal reasons. She has accepted the position of Vice President with the California Credit Union League (CCUL), beginning May 3, 2004. In her new role she will provide strategic leadership to the League's research and information department and to other League information and credit union related functions.

"We thank Lucy for all her drive and passion which she has shown over the last 14 years working for the international credit union movement at WOCCU. We are very pleased that she will continue to work with credit unions and wish her success in the next phase of her credit union career at CCUL," commented WOCCU President & CEO, Arthur Arnold.

Lucy Ito said, "Reflecting on my 14 years of service to WOCCU, I value all that I have learned from credit unions around the world and I thank WOCCU for the chance to engage in work that has been deeply rewarding to me. There remains an enormous opportunity to make the very best credit unions a reality for millions of consumers worldwide and I look forward to supporting CCUL and California and Nevada credit unions in that effort, alongside WOCCU."

El Consejo Mundial de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito es la asociación gremial y agencia de desarrollo para el sistema internacional de cooperativas de ahorro y crédito. El Consejo Mundial promueve el crecimiento sustentable de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito y otras cooperativas financieras en todo el mundo a fin de facultar a las personas para que mejoren su calidad de vida a través del acceso a servicios financieros asequibles y de alta calidad. El Consejo Mundial realiza esfuerzos de defensa activa en representación del sistema global de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito ante organizaciones internacionales y trabaja con gobiernos nacionales para mejorar la legislación y la regulación. Sus programas de asistencia técnica introducen nuevas herramientas y tecnologías para fortalecer el desempeño financiero de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito y profundizar su alcance comunitario.

El Consejo Mundial ha implementado 290 programas de asistencia técnica en 71 países. A nivel mundial, 51,000 cooperativas de ahorro y crédito en 100 países atienden a 196 millones de personas. Obtenga más información sobre el impacto global del Consejo Mundial en www.woccu.org.