ACUIA relies on member volunteers to work with the ACUARP Executive Office to meet our membership’s needs by assisting in organizational strategic planning, coordinating educational offerings, maintaining adequate member resources, and promoting the growth of the association.
The following volunteer opportunities are available to ACUARP members who are looking for ways to give back to the organization. Volunteering is a great way to network with your peers and is an opportunity to get your voice heard within the organization. The various volunteer openings currently available at ACUARP include:
Thank you to all of our volunteers for their time and commitment to ACUIA! Please contact the Executive Office at acuia@acuia.org if you are interested in volunteering for any of the opportunities.
Board of Directors Associate Board Members
Regional Directors Chapter Coordinators
Audit Committee Annual Conference Committee
Internal Auditor of the Year Committee Best Practices Committee
Education Committee Social Media Committee
Elections Committee Website Committee
Webinar Committee
Responsibilities: Provide leadership role within ACUARP by maintaining the strategic focus of the organization. The Board meets monthly via conference call and in person at least once per year. Board members are elected by the ACUARP Membership.
Board of Directors: Visit the Leadership page to view current Board of Directors.
Responsibilities: This role was established to create a pool of individuals who may wish to serve on the Board of Directors at a later date. The Associate Members participate, but have no voting rights, in monthly Board of Director conference calls and in person at least once per year. Associate Board Members are appointed by the Board of Directors.
Associate Board Members: Visit the Leadership page to view current Associate Board Members.
Responsibilities: Organize the annual region meeting(s). Encourage cooperative relationships among members to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas. Promote ACUARP and the credit union internal audit profession. Communicate ACUARP events, information and board decisions to your Region. Recruit Chapter Coordinators within your Region and ensure appropriate information is communicated to them. Assist the Board of Directors in carrying out their responsibilities. Prepare a summary of regional and chapter activities for inclusion in the ACUARP Audit Report magazine.
Regional Directors must be available to attend quarterly conference calls with Board Liaison and Chapter Coordinators.
Board Liaison: Julie Wilson, iQ Credit Union
Regional Directors: Visit the Regions page to view current Regional Directors and openings available.
Responsibilities: Establish a chapter which consists of ACUARP members in a major metropolitan area or state and continuously identify new members for the chapter. Coordinate meeting locations and times, develop meeting agendas, and obtain speakers when appropriate. Meetings may include, but not be limited to, training sessions with speakers, round table discussions, luncheons, and informal sharing of best practices. Inform your Regional Director of chapter activities and prepare a summary of chapter activities for inclusion in the ACUARP Audit Report magazine.
Chapter Coordinators must be available to attend quarterly conference calls with Board Liaison and Regional Directors. We encourage you to start an ACUARP chapter in your area.
Board Liaison: Julie Wilson, iQ Credit Union
Chapter Coordinators: Visit the Regions page to view current Chapter Coordinators.
Responsibilities: Work with the Board Treasurer to ensure an annual audit of financial statements occurs and ensure the Board and ACUARP Executive Director address any issues. Generally meets two to three times a year through conference calls to discuss audit progress and results.
Chairperson: Jeff Watson, Indiana University CU
Committee Members:
Amy Schaefer, Royal CU
Dana McCranie, Empower FCU
Responsibilities: Work with the ACUARP Executive Office to organize the Annual Conference including but not limited to selecting topics speakers, arranging the session schedule, planning social events, etc. The committee members rotate annually and will need to participate in monthly conference calls from approximately October – June.
Board Liaison:
Chairs: Julie Wilson, iQCU, Margaret Chamberlain, OneAZ CU, Georgetta Carvin, GECU & Mike Moreau, Wipfli LLP
Internal Auditor of the Year Committee
Responsibilities: Evaluate and select the winner of the Terry McEachern Internal Auditor of the Year contest. Awards are announced during the Annual Business Meeting at the Annual Conference. The committee members rotate annually and judging is completed during the month of May.
Chairperson: Dean Rohne, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Committee Members:
Earle Pierce, Community First CU
Heidi Fry-Nolte, Fort Bragg CU
Tim Lane, Mountain America, CU
Responsibilities: Evaluate and select the winners of the Best Practice contest. Awards are announced during the Annual Business Meeting at the Annual Conference. The committee members may rotate annually and judging is completed during the month of May.
Chairperson: Open
Committee Members:
Margie Ostrowski - Great Lakes CU
Mike Sarabia - GECU
Responsibilities: Along with ACUARP Executive Office oversee the certification school programs. Develop or coordinate other training as applicable.
Chairperson: Barry Lucas, Desco FCU
Committee Members:
Shelley Engleman, 7 17 CU
Tabitha Ernst-Chadwick, Marine FCU
John Gallagher, NECU
Responsibilities: Evaluate candidates for the Board of Directors election, utilize vendor to send and tabulate electronic voting, verify ballot totals, announce election results during the Annual Business Meeting at the Annual Conference.
Chairperson: Beverly McMahon, Century Federal CU
Committee Members:
Angela Goff, Navigator CU
David Norgaard, Royal CU
Responsibilities: Maintain ACUIA’s social media presence through Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter by posting announcements, pictures, articles, discussions, etc. Work with the executive office to update website as needed.
Board Liaison: Georgetta Carvin, Gulf CU
Chairperson: Mike Moreau, Wipfli
Committee Members:
Responsibilities: Collaborate with Chairperson to organize annual webinar schedule, plan and select webinar hot topics relevant to the greater membership, and retain qualified speakers. Committee will be responsible to coordinate all aspects of the webinar with ACUARP Executive Offices. Generally meets two to three times per year through conference calls to discuss progress.
Board Liaison: Tom Cosby, Crane CU
Chairperson: Nabila Sheikh, NASA FCU
Committee Members:
Betty McQuay, Visions FCU
Ilene Solis, Randolph Brooks FCU
Lourdes Camacho, Launch CU
