Leadership

Carlos Ruiz

董事会 椅子

卡洛斯相信西雅图信用合作社为服务不足的社区和发展内部多样性所做出的承诺. 作为一个哥斯达黎加人，他成长在一个种族丰富、文化多样化的社区, 卡洛斯以独特的视角和专业的技能帮助威尼斯新版本下载更好地为会员服务.

The challenges facing the immigrant community are diverse, and when combined with a lack of financial institutions that are willing or able to serve them, these challenges can become insurmountable to many. Carlos has learned how the right help, from the right people, is often enough to overcome such obstacles.

As a child, his mother relied on him to accompany her everywhere as a translator until she learned English. She was intelligent and capable, but banks serving their community made no effort to accommodate for her as they would for others. Having also experienced the difficulty of naturalizing in 2000, 他对西雅图信用联社的公民贷款项目感到兴奋，并觉得他能与西雅图信用联社致力于服务的社区产生共鸣.

For over 20 years, Carlos has 工作ed for companies both large and small in the technology industry. Since moving to Seattle in 2011, he has joined the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA), first as Chapter president, and currently as an adviser.

Deanna Clark

副主席

Deanna is honored and excited to serve all Seattle Credit Union 成员s. She has over 25 years of leadership experience in the aerospace, 她将利用交通运输和保险行业，以确保我们的信用合作社有一个增长战略，为我们社区的威尼斯新版本下载和企业创造机会.

She has held a variety of roles including positions in financial management, cyber security, risk management, and strategic planning. She previously served as a Boeing Employee Community Trustee, granting millions of dollars annually to nonprofit community programs in the Greater Puget Sound region.

迪安娜持有中央华盛顿大学理学学士学位和华盛顿大学工商管理硕士学位. She is a member of NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) and is Cyber Risk Oversight certified. She also serves as the Vice 椅子 of the Auburn Municipal Airport, the 4th largest airport in the region.

At present, she is Seattle Credit Union’s Vice 椅子 of the 董事会 and is a member of the Audit Committee.

Robin Harmon

秘书

Being a Credit Union member for over 24 years, 罗宾对她在威尼斯新版本下载发现的愿景和价值观感到很和谐，并很荣幸能服务于它的会员. Moving back to the Seattle area, 她选择成为西雅图信用联盟的成员，因为她拥有共同的价值观，为我们的社区创造一个包容和繁荣的未来.

After a successful career in corporate finance, she changed her focus and has volunteered with multiple nonprofits throughout Washington 状态, providing accounting and marketing expertise. 她目前拥有一家数字营销公司，专门为全国各地的小企业提供各种数字营销工具. 她喜欢分享她的经验和知识，让小企业专注于他们的优先事项，同时通过他们的营销努力仍然保持竞争力.

Prior to moving back to the Seattle area, 罗宾曾担任东华盛顿一家大型信用合作社的董事会成员和审计委员会成员7年. 她曾在多个信用联盟委员会任职，并对社区参与和董事会治理有威尼斯新版本下载热情. She is enthusiastic to share her experience and knowledge to further the mission of Seattle Credit Union.

罗宾以优异的成绩毕业于惠特沃思大学，在那里她获得了组织管理学士学位. She spends her free time with her husband and kids exploring the nature of the Pacific Northwest.

Robin Shuler

财务主管

Robin Shuler was elected to the Seattle Credit Union board of directors in 2016. He has been a Seattle Credit Union member since 2004. As a passionate member and director, he enjoys 工作ing to assure first-class fiscal management, 稳定, customer service, and transparency.

Robin是一名经验丰富的财务和运营主管，在多个行业和企业担任首席财务官和执行官超过25年的经验, including significant nonprofits. 目前, 他是一名财务顾问，服务于营利性公司和非营利组织，担任临时首席执行官/首席财务官/首席运营官/执行董事.

Robin's CFO experience includes Qualis Health, W&H Pacific, Applied Geotechnology Inc., Abacus Engineered Systems, Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Benaroya Hall, and Seattle Symphony, among others. His 董事会 experience includes AGI Technologies, Mustard Seed Associates, and Group Health Foundation. 他是Financial Executives International (Washington State Chapter)的前任总裁，这是一个为财务管理专业人士设立的非营利性会员组织，也是2009年PSBJ非营利性“年度CFO”的获奖者/决赛选手.

Robin is a licensed CPA in Washington. 他获得了普吉特湾大学的金融工商管理硕士学位和西雅图太平洋大学的会计学学士学位. He lives in Kirkland with his wife, Ellen.

Nelson Reyneri

董事会 成员

Nelson Reyneri serves as Senior Vice President for Sales and External Affairs for Liberty Power, the largest owner owned and managed retail electricity supplier in the United States. In this role, 他负责管理公司的战略，开发结构化的解决方案，以支持公司的能源和可持续发展目标. Prior to assuming his sales responsibilities, 他开发并领导了公司的传播策略，并创建了Liberty Power的监管事务部. Reyneri also has extensive senior leadership experience in the public sector.  In 2016, 他被奥巴马总统提名为海外私人投资公司(OPIC)董事会成员, a position requiring Senate confirmation.

他持有西北大学凯洛格管理学院的工商管理硕士学位. 他还持有哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院的公共管理硕士学位, and a Bachelor’s degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Psychology and Philosophy and in Political Science from Boston University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Jonelle米.C. 约翰逊

董事会 成员

Ms. 约翰逊是诺德斯特龙(Nordstrom)的销售专业人员，目前担任高端时装男女服装顾问. As a top performer, she is the recipient of the Nordstrom prestigious Allstar Award and Pacesetter status achievement. She is part of the top 25 sales professionals at the Downtown Seattle Flagship Store. Ms. 约翰逊拥有广泛的银行背景和经验，这对西雅图信用合作社的董事会将是很有价值的. 她曾是一名执行银行家，负责管理销售团队，确定并实施战略，以获取新的关系，并扩大现有的关系. Her teams provided domestic and international treasury management expertise to assist corporations, government entities and nonprofit organizations with fulfilling their financial strategic objectives. She has also managed national customer service and bank operations groups for various business lines.

Ms. 约翰逊 has an exceptional history of being an active leader in the community. She served on a number of diverse boards in leadership positions. 她目前的社区附属机构和董事会包括O'Dea High School Advisory board of directors, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle University 董事会 of Regents, Seattle Rotary #4, Greater Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and YWCA of Seattle King Snohomish.

Joe Davila

董事会 成员

Joe Davila is a father of four and a Kirkland resident since 2011. In business, 他把自己在科技初创企业中取得的职业成功中学到的最好的东西花在了一起, their acquisitions, and consulting at KPMG. Today with Virsys12, 他的重点是领导一个组织，将Salesforce的市场领先解决方案的力量应用于医疗保健领域最复杂的挑战. He holds a strong appreciation for the measured balance of technology, human talent, 以及将智能业务流程应用于银行和金融服务中的每个不断发展的业务模型, 医疗保健, 状态 & local government, and technology industries.

As business leaders, 我们有责任为未来的领导者树立榜样，与社区分享我们的时间和才华. Joe serves as 财务主管 of Youth Focus Incorporated, Corporate Advisory 董事会 member for APLFA Seattle, and Advisory 董事会 member for ZenLedger. While at KPMG, Joe was the Seattle Office 椅子 for the Hispanic and Latino Net工作 (HLN), coach and mentor for the ALPFA collegiate members. He believes that corporate teams and communities are stronger when diverse, 长期以来，他一直支持通过这些组织“推举”未来的拉丁裔领袖. When his term on the Youth Focus 董事会 ended and he moved on from KPMG, he found an opening to engage with an organization like the Seattle Credit Union, which shares his core principles of 包容, 多样性, collaboration, and community.

Joe is a graduate of Stanford University and hold a B.A. in Economics.

Rebecca Kerr

董事会 成员

As an experienced, global executive, Rebecca has substantial success leading multicultural teams jointly driving digital transformation programs. 她曾在六大洲生活和/或工作过，在顶级金融机构的领导那里获得了很高的客户满意度. 由于她的道德领导和实践，她已经达到了客户信任的顾问水平, 积极支持多样性和包容性，以及她促成的多元文化团队经验, where exceptional, strategic outcomes have been achieved. Rebecca is committed to driving business results through collaboration, inspiring teams to achieve their best and making personal investments in developing and encouraging talent. Now that Rebecca has returned to her permanent home in Seattle, 她渴望把自己的经验和知识带给她的社区，并参与必要的行动，更好地实现积极的, inclusive transformation of our Greater Seattle communities.

Rebecca拥有华盛顿大学的工商管理硕士和理学学士学位，是继续教育和终身学习的热心支持者. In 2019, 她完成了华盛顿大学的女性董事项目和纽约哥伦比亚大学的公司治理项目. She recently retired from a global career at IBM, 在此期间，她是IBM的全球客户合作伙伴，为《威尼斯安卓版下载》100强客户推动包括Allianz SE在内的数字转型项目, National Australian Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, 诺基亚, Solectron and Boeing. In 2018, Rebecca founded Global Creative Solutions - a small business providing sourcing, 与来自古丝绸之路沿线发展中国家的工匠合作进口和咨询.

Shahzad Qadri

董事会 成员

Shahzad Qadri is a Partner in the firm’s Redmond, Washington office of Wong Fleming and 椅子 of the Corporate & Immigration Law practice group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate transactions including securities issues, private offerings, 首次公开募股, as well as business and immigration law, with a focus on investment based EB-5 Regional Centers.

Prior to joining Wong Fleming, Mr. Qadri served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the King County Prosecutors’ Office in Seattle, Washington.

Mr. Qadri has the distinct honor of being named as a “rising star” in the legal profession by Law & 政治. In addition, Mr. Qadri was nominated as a fellow to the Washington Leadership Institute. Mr. Qadri还获得了美国少数民族供应商多样性委员会(NW Mountain Council)颁发的John Gilmore(2014)少数民族企业倡导优秀奖。.

Most recently Mr. Qadri was a named to Lawyers of Color’s Second Annual Hot List, which recognizes minority attorneys with exceptional achievements and contributions in the legal field.

Richard Romero

President/CEO

To Richard Romero, it’s all about personal prosperity for others. 在他职业生涯⁠的几次停留中——从上大学时的兼职出纳员⁠开始——理查德意识到金融机构能做的最好的事情就是帮助客户获得财务上的成功.

Leadership and the ability to relate are essential to his 工作 for Seattle Credit Union’s members. It was an old branch assistant manager who showed him a leader’s job is to teach and motivate. 他相信自己的移民经历⁠——他出生在秘鲁，能说流利的西班牙语⁠——让他能够在每一个银行网点与柜台对面的人交流.

最后, Richard says the best part of his job is providing financial services to everyone, 特别是那些可能被金融机构服务不足或被其他金融服务提供者滥用的人. He’s proud he’s built a staff that agrees. 这就是为什么威尼斯新版本下载的会员可以避免他们在支票兑现服务方面的糟糕经历, or high-interest used car loans, instead receiving the services they need to properly take their place in the American economy. From his perspective, 领导西雅图信用合作社使他能够作为首席执行官，将自己的成功回报给会员和整个社区⁠, and on the boards of the United Way of King County, the YWCA of King and Snohomish Counties, and Inclusiv, an industry organization focused on community-development credit unions.

Richard moved from California to Seattle to take this job. He loves the different life he found here⁠—calmer, and more focused on family (his son loves all sports and Richard practices archery with his daughter), focused less on impression and more on substance. He enjoys listening to music and spending time with his family. That’s one reward for his personal prosperity; his other is ensuring that Seattle Credit Union members find theirs.

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Mele Miller

Chief Operating Officer

Best described as an authentic leader, financial equity advocate, and talent activator. Mele is a dynamic financial service executive & community engagement professional with 22 years of experience implementing successful growth & risk management strategies across Washington 状态. 梅莱很荣幸能成为西雅图信用合作社的领导者，致力于保护和改善家庭和企业的财务安全，这些家庭和企业在历史上没有得到整个金融服务业的支持.

When Mele first became a teller 22 years ago, she felt intimidated and discouraged by the banking industry and knew she was not alone. The journey from Teller to Executive was tough and included years of development as an Entrepreneur, Branch Manager, 业务 Banker, Commercial Banker, Wealth Management Advisor, and Community Development Director. In every role, she honored her commitment to changing the financial landscape for women and people of color.

Mele earned her BA in Studio Art and Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) and graduate degree from the Pacific Coast Banking School, 由华盛顿大学福斯特商学院资助的全国广受好评的高管领导力和银行业研究生项目. 梅莱以优异的成绩毕业于这两个项目，并于2019年在西雅图发表了关于经济适用房危机的研究，获得了全国认可. Although Mele is originally from Oahu, Hawaii, she has made her home in Seattle since 1997. She is a wife and mother of three boys, ages 7, 9, and 11.

As a fierce advocate for young professionals, 梅莱已经通过“老大哥大姐会”指导女孩们15年了，并在西雅图和南湾社区领导健康和健身教育项目. She currently serves on the Leadership Council for the United Negro College Fund - Pacific Northwest, 董事会 of Directors for Pacific Coast Banking School, and is a member of Seattle Credit Union’s Black Banker Net工作.

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Kelly Earnest

Chief People Officer

Kelly在调整人员和商业策略方面拥有丰富的经验，同时创造包容的文化，让员工能够发展自己的职业生涯. 她认为，培养信任和透明度的环境会创造出敬业和高绩效的文化. Kelly leads all aspects of Human Resources, including talent management, recruitment, leadership development, training and education, compensation and benefits, 工资, and employee engagement and retention. 雇佣和留住与西雅图信用合作社的使命和价值观紧密相关的员工是确保他们能够繁荣发展并为我们的会员提供最佳体验的首要任务.

Prior to joining Seattle Credit Union, Kelly was the Head of Talent and Development for Oaktree Capital Management, where she lead global talent management, learning and development, performance management, 多样性, equity and 包容, and employee engagement and retention programs. Prior to joining Oaktree, she was the Head of Talent Strategy and Learning and Development for City National Bank, where she created their talent management program.

Kelly holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California. She enjoys music, the culinary arts, and is a proud Golden Circle member of Best Friends Animal Society and an advocate for animals.

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