2001
The AACUC Internship program was developed to promote awareness and opportunities for African-American and African students attending colleges and universities of the benefits of working in a credit union environment.
Our goals include expanding the interest and increasing the numbers of minorities in the credit union movement; increasing outreach of the credit union movement in African countries and in the United States through credit union mentoring and providing scholarship programs and educational opportunities to credit union professionals and volunteers and advancement. Most importantly, we want to enhance internship and scholarship programs for African-American and African descent college students pursuing financial services careers and to introduce them to, and encourage them to seek, employment within the credit union movement.
In November 2001, Gary Officer was named National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) Executive Director. Under his leadership, NCUF received $1.4 million from the U. S. Treasury for the “First Accounts” program.
Between October 2002 and May of 2004, the Community Investment Fund increased from $100- million to $350-million.
President Clinton also named Yonda Townsend Wheat as Chair of the National Credit Union Association.
