Kathy Sachen-Gute Named
Director of Human Resources
July 18, 2006, Alexandria, Va. – National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Attorney Kathy M. Sachen-Gute has been selected by Executive Director J. Leonard Skiles as director of the Office of Human Resources (OHR) effective August 6, 2006.
As OHR director, Sachen-Gute is responsible for managing the hiring, classification, advancement, compensation, performance management, benefits and the recognition program for NCUA officials and staff.
Ms. Sachen-Gute has been an NCUA trial attorney since 1999 in the Office of General Counsel (OGC) serving as the expert on personnel cases and actions involving the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Also, Sachen-Gute has been the lead attorney for labor-management litigation.
Before joining NCUA, Ms. Sachen-Gute served the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for five years as the lead counsel on a MSPB class action suit, and she served as deputy assistant general counsel for OGC’s Merit Systems Division. Prior to OPM, Sachen-Gute worked at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing for seven years as both an attorney and a senior attorney advisor and as deputy assistant director for Management, where she managed and supervised the Office of Human Resources. Her career began in the Air Force as a judge advocate for four years.
Sachen-Gute holds a B.B.A. degree from Washburn University and a law degree from Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas.
The National Credit Union Administration charters and supervises federal credit unions. NCUA, with the backing of the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, also operates and manages the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, insuring the accounts of nearly 85 million account holders in all federal credit unions and the majority of state-chartered credit unions. NCUA is funded by credit unions, not tax dollars. |
