Las Vegas US: Selte from Servus named as Next Top CU Exec

CU Newswire

Congratulations to Devin Selte, senior relationship manager, team lead with $11 billion Servus Credit Union, who has been named CUES' Next Top Credit Union Exec in Las Vegas.

Selte's CU project about Servus CU's Young Leaders Network was chosen in June to represent the Canada Region. As one of five finalists, Selte's blog and video updates over the past few months provided the industry with an insight into the project's progress, and culminated with a final presentation Monday at CUES' CEO/Executive Team Network. Selte emerged the winner after a three-part scoring process that included a panel of judges, plus audience and online voting.

Selte is a self-starter who exudes a passion for developing his peers into young leaders. The Servus CU Young Leaders Network highlights key achievements among participants, provides mentorship and shared learning opportunities, and creates a unified group of young employees who understand and embody the cooperative principles. In his presentation, Selte provided suggestions for how credit unions of any size could implement similar programs of their own.

The other four finalists are Jay Hansen of $9.5 billion BECU, Seattle; Alexia Mavrakes of $190 million Aspire Federal Credit Union, Clark, N.J.; Josh McAfee of $142 million Leaders Credit Union, Jackson, Tenn.; and Amanda Thomas of $48 million Members First Credit Union, Columbus, Ohio.

Selte wins a $20,000 educational prize package and will provide further project updates from here.

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On-Site at CEO/Executive Team Network: Passing the Credit Union Torch

CUInsight | By Bo McDonald

The opening awards banquet on Sunday night was full of laughs, and a few tears as well. Several of those being inducted into the CUES Hall of Fame were CEO’s who either have recently retired or would be retiring in the very near future. But these weren’t just credit union CEO’s. These were passionate leaders who, despite their retirement, showed great concern for the next generation of leaders in the credit union industry. 

Enter now, that next generation of leaders in our industry who had the spotlight on Tuesday and Wednesday with the CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive program, a forum for young credit union executives to display their talents and passion for people helping people at their credit union. 

But let’s ask ourselves a question, one that I ask my team when they bring me a new idea: “What Else?” What if we could combine the years of experience of those outgoing CEO’s with the young and passionate participants of the CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive program to mentor them and nurture their talents to give these young leaders the opportunity to one day be the one who is being inducted into the CUES Hall of Fame. 

It can work, and work well. An example of the kind of success seen from this CUES program is last year’s CUES Next Top Credit union Executive runner-up, Ronaldo Hardy. He captured the attention of his peers with a great presentation, but it didn’t end with his acceptance speech. Ronaldo did a superb job of leveraging his efforts to seek out mentors within the industry to not only “learn the ropes”, but take him under their wing and raise him up to be a great leader. Today, at the age of 27 Ronaldo’s hard work and passion for becoming a great leader has paid off as he earned the title of CEO at his credit union.

What is your credit union doing to identify the potential of your young employees? You may have a teller who has skills yet to be uncovered that would be a huge asset to your credit union. Looking past just identifying those people and what they can contribute to your team, what are you doing to KEEP them at your credit union? Credit Unions aren’t known for being able to pay competitive wages, but this up and coming generation looks beyond the pay scale to what you can offer in the way of experience and opportunity.  

Kudos to CUES for providing this opportunity to recognize the next generation, and Tim McAlpine and the crew at Currency Marketing for a great job in organizing the program.

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Canadian Credit Union Manager Awarded Title of Next Top Credit Union Exec

Credit Union Central of Canada

Canadian Central congratulates Devin Selte, a senior relationship manager, team lead at Servus Credit Union in Edmonton, AB on winning the Credit Union Executives Society’s challenge, and the title of Next Top Credit Union Exec.  

In addition to this title, Mr. Selte was awarded a $20,000 educational prize package and an opportunity to publish the progress of their project with monthly updates on the Next Top Credit Union Exec blog for the next five months.

Mr. Selte was selected from amongst six finalists from across North America: all young credit union professionals, age 35 and under who produced a 60-second YouTube video  about a current project or program that they are working on; or an idea that they had to advance their credit union or the credit union industry.

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Selte Is Cues’ 2011 Next Top Credit Union Exec

CreditUnions.com

Devin Selte, senior relationship manager, team lead with $11 billion Servus Credit Union, Edmonton, Alberta, was named CUES’ Next Top Credit Union Exec this morning in Las Vegas.

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Selte is CUES’ 2011 Next Top Credit Union Exec

CUInsight

Las Vegas—Devin Selte, senior relationship manager, team lead with $11 billion Servus Credit Union, Edmonton, Alberta, was named CUES’ Next Top Credit Union Exec this morning in Las Vegas.

Selte’s credit union project about Servus CU’s Young Leaders Network was chosen in June to represent the Canada Region. As one of five finalists, Selte’s blog and video updates over the past few months provided the industry with an insight into the project’s progress, and culminated with a final presentation Monday at CUES’ CEO/Executive Team Network™. Selte emerged the winner after a three-part scoring process that included a panel of judges, plus audience and online voting.

Selte is a self-starter who exudes a passion for developing his peers into young leaders. The Servus CU Young Leaders Network highlights key achievements among participants, provides mentorship and shared learning opportunities, and creates a unified group of young employees who understand and embody the cooperative principles. In his presentation, Selte provided suggestions for how credit unions of any size could implement similar programs of their own.

The other four finalists are Jay Hansen of $9.5 billion BECU, Seattle; Alexia Mavrakes of $190 million Aspire Federal Credit Union, Clark, N.J.; Josh McAfee of $142 million Leaders Credit Union, Jackson, Tenn.; and Amanda Thomas of $48 million Members First Credit Union, Columbus, Ohio.

Selte wins a $20,000 educational prize package and will provide further project updates at www.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com.

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Selte Wins Top CUES Honor for Young Exec

Credit Union Times | By Myriam Digiovanni

In a competition of some of the best young professional talent the credit union industry has to offer, Devin Selte, senior relationship manager, team lead with $11 billion Servus Credit Union, Edmonton, Alberta, has been named CUES’ Next Top Credit Union Exec.

Since being selected to represent the Canada Region in June, Selte has been talking up his project, Servus CU’s Young Leaders Network via blog and video posts.

Beyond showcasing participants’ key achievements, the Network provides mentorship and shared learning opportunities while creating a unified group of future leaders who truly believe and understand the cooperative nature of credit unions.

During his presentation Monday at the CUES CEO/Executive Team Network conference in Las Vegas, Selte provided suggestions for how credit unions of any size could implement similar programs of their own.

Rounding out the top five finalists selected to make their presentations to attendees were Jay Hansen of $9.5 billion BECU, Seattle; Alexia Mavrakes of $190 million Aspire FCU, Clark, N.J.; Josh McAfee of $142 million Leaders CU, Jackson, Tenn.; andAmanda Thomas of $48 million Members First CU, Columbus, Ohio.

In addition to the title of Next Top Credit Union Exec, Selte has been awarded a $20,000 educational prize package and will provide further project updates atwww.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com.

Thomas and Selte also have been named Trailblazers 40 Below by Credit Union Times.

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Next Top Credit Union Exec Made Me Reflect ...

CUES Skybox | By Lisa Hochgraf

This morning CUES announced the 2011 Next Top Credit Union Exec: Devin Selte, senior relationship manager, team lead with $11 billion Servus Credit Union, Edmonton, Alberta. Devin was recognized with a $20,000 educational prize package for his work on Servus CU's Young Leaders Network. Nice work, Devin!

One of the things that becomes apparent as you look over Devin's entries is that the Young Leaders Network helps young employees at Servus CU reflect on what they're doing--and become better for doing so.

And that got me to reflecting on the value of reflection...

My perusals of the Next Top Credit Union Exec website in the last two days added fuel to this fire. Not surprisingly, the end of a months-long competition was a good time for reflection on what's happened and what comes next. On Halloween, finalist Amanda Thomas--marketing and business development manager with $48 million Members First Credit Union in Columbus, Ohio--posted "We're Never Really Done" on the Next Top Credit Union Exec blog. The post included one of her top takeaways from the competition:

We are all on a course of professional and personal development for which there isn’t a final destination.

Well said, Amanda! Great reflection!

And, I have to note, reflection certainly isn't reserved for the young in our industry.

I've led two "Expert Advisors" groups at CUES this year. As as we go into our last of four quarterly meetings, the CUES member participants and I are taking time to reflect on how well we've met our goals, and what new ideas we have as a result of the year's efforts, both for the Expert Advisors groups themselves and for other initiatives that knowing each other better have brought. Great things are in store for 2012! (If you're interested in joining an Expert Advisors panel about marketing, HR, operations or finance, please email me.)

What have you been reflecting on lately? What are you planning to do better--or just differently--today, tomorrow, or next week, month or year? Please share your reflections in the comments.

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Selte Wins Next Top Credit Union Exec Competition

Crash Network Blog

We’ve known Devin Selte as a crazy curly haired Canadian and a man who doesn’t just preach about empowering young professionals, but lives it each day.  Devin’s a 32 year old Senior Relationship Manager – Team Lead at Servus Credit Union in Alberta, Canada and now has a new title to add to his resume: 2011 Next Top Credit Union Executive.

Devin was our first Crash member from Canada and introduced us to our Collider winner: Robert Christiansen.  Even before he became a member of the Crash community, we admired him from afar.  If for some reason, his name doesn’t ring a bell, you may want to check out a few of his recent accomplishments and things that keep him busy:

• Being announced as the ninth Trailblazer by CU Times
• Posting on his co-authored site: http://2cuguys.wordpress.com/
• Speaking at the Abacus AM Institute Conference in Cairns, Australia
• Sharing details from a recent Young Leaders retreat for Servus Credit Union

Here’s a glimpse of Devin’s project, which supports a young leaders program at his credit union:

If you’re a new fan, be sure to keep an eye on Devin, as he is already making waves.

We’re so proud of you, Devo!

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Vote for the Next Top CU Exec

Co-operative News

Over the past few months, we’ve kept an eye on CUES‘ Next Top Credit Union Exec competition and watched as each contestant pursued their projects individually at their credit union.  They’ve worked hard and kept us informed by posting updates to the NTCUE blog.  Now comes the hardest part: voting on a winner.  It’s narrowed down to five contenders, but you’re foolish if you think the smaller number makes it any easier.  Check out the final five:

Devin Selt, Canada

Josh McAfee, Southeast

Alexia Mavrakes, Northeast

Amanda Thomas, Midwest

Jay Hansen, West

Deep down, we love our Crashers. So in the first round of voting, we pushed our own Amanda, Alexia & Devin. This time around, we’re leaving it up to you. Watch each video and take your pick. It it serious competition, so they’ll each need all the votes they can get (before 8pm EST)!

Vote today!

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Vote Today for Next Top Credit Union Exec!

CU Management Magazine

Yesterday, five finalists in CUES’ Next Top Credit Union Exec challenge presented their projects to a CEO/Executive Team Network audience and a panel of judges at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.Today you, too, can cast a vote!

The five young credit union employees have been blogging and posting videos about their respective projects since June, in preparation for yesterday’s face-off event. The five finalists are:

WEST: Jay Hansen, BECU, Seattle; 
MIDWEST: Amanda Thomas, Members First Credit Union, Columbus, Ohio; 
NORTHEAST: Alexia Mavrakes, Aspire Federal Credit Union, Clark, N.J.; 
SOUTHEAST: Josh McAfee, Leaders Credit Union, Jackson, Tenn.;
CANADA: Devin Selte, Servus Credit Union, Edmonton, Alberta

Each finalist had 10 minutes to recap their project for the judging panel and audience. Today, you can view summaries of the presentations prepared by Currency Marketing and vote atNextTopCreditUnionExec.com/vote until 8 p.m. ET.

The finalist with the highest score based on audience and online votes, and the judging panel results, will earn the title of 2011 Next Top Credit Union Exec.

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#91: 2011 CUES Next Top Exec series: Members First CU's Amanda Thomas

CU Broadcast

It's been a big year for Members First Credit Union's Marketing/Business Development Manager, Amanda Thomas. She changed her approach to marketing, attempting new strategies she discovered outside the industry. As a result, Amanda's campaigns have garnered positive results, she has made Credit Union Times Trailblazers: 40 Below list, and now she's a finalist in the CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive competition. What's next? Well, check out our interview -- and enjoy the show!

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Josh McAfee and Jay Hansen on RadioFreeCU

Radio FREE Credit Union Show

Josh McAfee and Jay Hansen interview.

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#90: 2011 CUES Next Top Exec series: Boeing Employees Credit Union's Jay Hansen

CU Broadcast

Three down, two to go in this 2011 CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive interview series. In this episode we speak with Boeing Employees Credit Union's Financial Educator, Jay Hansen, about his thoughts on the competition. Jay also explains his project for the contest, along with career goals and how he can do his part to help make the industry better for the future. It was a pleasure having Jay on the show and we wish him good luck in next week's contest in Las Vegas during the CUES CEO/Executive Team Network conference. Enjoy the program!

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CU Chat Up interviews with Jay Hansen, Josh McAfee and Devin Selte

CU Chat Up interview with Jay, Josh and Devin.

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#89: 2011 CUES Next Top Exec series - Aspire FCU's Alexia Mavrakes

Continuing with our CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive series, we are speaking withAspire Federal Credit Union's Marketing Manager, Alexia Mavrakes, about the annual competition to discover top credit union talent. Along with her work philosophy and career plans, we also discuss how she thinks "Bank Transfer Day" will be an event that could spark credit unions coming together to build a cohesive message to the masses. One more note: I have to commend Alexia's resourcefulness, as she opted to use her iPhone for the interview when Skype wouldn't "agree" with her computer. That's thinking on you feet. Enjoy the interview!

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#88: 2011 CUES Next Top Exec series - Servus CU's Devin Selte

CUBroadcast

This week on CUbroadcast we are doing something a bit different. Each day we will feature a CUES Next Top Executive finalist to get to know them a bit better prior to their final competition during next week's CUES 2011 Directors Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Today, we are chatting with Servus Credit Union's Devin Selte from Canada about his take on the competition, his business philosophy, and how he believes he can make a difference in this industry. So take a few minutes and enjoy this quick interview with Devin.

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Amanda Thomas and Alexia Mavrakes on CU Chat Up

CU Chat Up interview with Amanda and Alexia.

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Amanda Thomas on RadioFreeCU

Radio FREE Credit Union Show

Amanda Thomas interview.

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CUES® Next Top Credit Union Exec Judges Announced

CUInsight

MADISON, Wis.—The judges for the Next Top Credit Union Exec, powered by CUES challenge have been announced: Peter Paulson, president/CEO, Corporate America Family Credit Union in Elgin, Ill.; Jan Rose, president/CEO, E&A Credit Union in Port Huron, Mich.; and Greg Smith, CEO, PSECU in Harrisburg, Pa. Each judge has a CUES Advancing Management Group Membership, which allows an unlimited number of employees at their credit union to enjoy CUES member benefits.

Judges are responsible for keeping up to date on the projects each of the six finalists are reporting on at NextTopCreditUnionExec.com ( http://www.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com ), and for viewing the final presentations with a critical eye toward the criteria of creative thinking, content/idea, and style. Each finalist will be given 10 minutes to recap their project in a presentation face-off event at CUES' CEO/Executive Team Network™ ( http://www.cues.org/professional-development/conferences-and-networking/ceo-executive-team-network ) in Las Vegas, November 69, 2011.

According to Peter Paulson, New leaders need to be given an opportunity to develop their skills. They need mentors, they need permission to fail, and they need to receive constructive feedback. This competition allows future leaders to showcase their talent and grow their skills.

The judging panel is just one of the ways the finalists presentations on Monday, November 7, will be evaluated. Audience members at the conference will be able to vote for their favorite on-the-spot, and the public will also be able to vote online on November 8. The finalist with the highest score based on audience and online votes, as well as the judging panel results, will earn the title of Next Top Credit Union Exec.

Visit NextTopCreditUnionExec.com ( http://www.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com ) and check out the Regional Finalists projects. To register for the conference and participate in audience voting, visit cues.org/cnet (http://www.cues.org/professional-development/conferences-and-networking/ceo-executive-team-network ).

The Credit Union Executives Society is a Madison, Wisconsin-based, independent, not-for-profit, international membership association for credit union executives. CUES mission is to educate and develop credit union CEOs, directors and future leaders.

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Alexia Mavrakes on RadioFreeCU

Radio FREE Credit Union Show

Alexia Mavrakes interview.

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