Board Nominees 2015 - New England Federal Credit Union

Notice of Annual
Meeting and Election
of Directors
THE NEW ENGLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 2015
Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, March 25,
2015 at 5:00 pm, at the Credit Union’s headquarters,
141 Harvest Lane, Williston, VT. All members are
encouraged to attend.
Three Directors will be elected this year. A
Nominating Committee has been appointed as
per by-laws and has submitted the following
candidates: William Meyer, Kathleen S. Ginn, and
Michael Nix.
Any member, age 18 or older, is eligible for election to
the Board of Directors.
Questions regarding the election process should be
directed to Sue Francis, Internal Auditor, at
(802) 764-6528, or to any Board Member.
Members are advised that the by-laws stipulate the
following:
1. Any member may place his/her name in
nomination, exclusive of the nominating
committee, by written petition of at least 500
members along with a signed statement that he/
she will serve if elected. In addition, the member
must submit a brief statement of qualifications and
biographical data with the petition. Such petitions
must be received by the Secretary no later than
5:00 pm, February 13, 2015.
2. Should the number of candidates equal the
number of open positions on the Board, the
election will not be conducted by ballot and
nominations will not be held from the floor at
the Annual Meeting.
Meg H. O’Donnell
Secretary, Board of Directors
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Nominees for the
New England Federal Credit Union
Board of Directors
William Meyer is a 31-year IBM
veteran. Mr. Meyer is involved with the
Essex Junction Rotary and the Essex
Congregational Church. He is an Adjunct
Professor of Business at the Community
College of Vermont and St. Michael’s
College. He has been a NEFCU board
member since 1984, served as Board
Chair, and currently serves the Human
Resources Committee Chair.
Kathleen S. Ginn is currently the Senior
Warden at St John’s Episcopal church,
vice chair of the University of Vermont
Medical Center Board, and a member
of the boards of NEFCU, University of
Vermont Health Network and Wake
Robin. She retired from her job as an
IBM Vice President in January 2011. She began at IBM in
1982 as a DRAM circuit designer and had many varied
roles throughout her career, primarily in development, but
also in manufacturing and business. She managed silicon
technology development and systems development for
nine years. She managed the PowerPC microprocessor
business unit for six years, where she expanded PowerPC
from IT and networking applications into gaming and
consumer segments. In this role, she worked closely with
clients such as Apple, Nintendo and Sony. She managed a
corporate strategy team where she had the opportunity
to work with the IBM CEO and his staff on technology
strategy decisions.
Michael Nix has been employed since
1989 at The University of Vermont
Medical Center (formerly Fletcher Allen
Health Care) which is the medical center
hub of the University of Vermont Health
Network spanning Vermont and Northern
New York facilities. His role is currently
Director of Analytics in the Jeffords
Institute for Quality. Mr. Nix has also
taught at the college level since 1985,
first at Trinity College of Vermont and subsequently at
Champlain College since 2001. His areas of academic
discipline include Finance, Economics, General Business and
Financial/Economic Modeling. At Champlain College he
is currently teaching Financial/Economic Modeling in the
MBA program. He served on the Vermont Healthcare Credit
Union Board 1991-1996, prior to its merger with NEFCU,
and has served as a NEFCU Board member since 1997. He
currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee, is the
current Board Treasurer, is a NEFCU Pension Fund Trustee,
as well as being a member of the NEFCU Charitable Giving
Committee.

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