AmeriCU president named chairman of New York Credit Union Association

ROME, N.Y. — Mark Pfisterer, president and CEO of AmeriCU Credit Union, has been named chairman of the New York Credit Union Association’s board of directors.

He assumed the position June 14, according to a news release issued by AmeriCU.

The board of directors of the New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA) is comprised of 11 volunteer directors, representing three categories based on the level of their credit union’s assets: up to $25 million, between $25 million and $100 million, and more than $100 million, according to the release. AmeriCU Credit Union is in the more than $100 million category.

Pfisterer, who has been on the board since 2009 and was recently re-elected, is serving a three-year term, according to the release. He previously was board vice chairman.

“The Association is in extremely capable hands with Mark Pfisterer leading our board,” NYCUA President and CEO William J. Mellin said in the release. “Mark brings years of leadership experience to the chairmanship, and he will undoubtedly continue to help move the New York credit union movement forward.”

Pfisterer also serves on NYCUA’s audit committee and executive committee, according to the release. He is board chairman of the credit union shared-branching network, Universal Sharing Network (UsNet), and a trustee on the New York Credit Union Foundation board.

AmeriCU Credit Union is a nonprofit financial cooperative headquartered in Rome, with 18 branch offices and more 100,000 members.

NYCUA was founded in 1917, and seeks to advance credit unions in the state by “advocating, educating and unifying the interests of all credit unions statewide,” according to its website. State credit unions have more than 5 million members and $70 billion in assets, combined, according to the release.

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