NCUA Media Advisory

Please Save the Date

The National Credit Union Administration is celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Federal Credit Union Act in June 2009 with a special event on Capitol Hill, and you are invited. The Honorable Congressman Paul Kanjorski will Keynote and John Hope Bryant, founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, Inc. and vice chairman of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy will be the luncheon speaker. Event specifics follow:

WHO:    NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland is hosting

WHAT:   NCUA’s 75TH Anniversary Symposium

WHEN:  June 9 and 10, 2009

WHERE:  Hyatt Regency Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill.

Representative Kanjorski, Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, has a long, distinguished history as a Congressman and credit union expert and advocate.

John Hope Bryant is a renowned speaker and author. Mr. Bryant is at the forefront of a financial literacy and poverty eradication effort. Since 1992, his organization has led “a global silver rights movement in the 21st century through economic empowerment.”

The Symposium is a free, two-day event featuring a wide range of speakers who will look back at the history of federal credit unions and look ahead at what the future holds for the credit union industry in the in the 21st century.

View the agenda: 75th Anniversary Symposium Agenda
Register:  http://webapps.ncua.gov/BoardRegistrationForm/

A registration confirmation will be e-mailed. The Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill telephone number is 202.737.1234 and email is www.washingtonregency.hyatt.com. 

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, operates and manages the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, insuring the accounts of nearly 90 million account holders in all federal credit unions and the majority of state-chartered credit unions. NCUA is funded by credit unions, not federal tax dollars.

 

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