PRESS RELEASE

June 21, 2007

Fortney to Serve as President-elect of Women in Housing and Finance

ARLINGTON, Va. — NASCUS President and CEO Mary Martha Fortney was recently elected to serve as President-elect of Women in Housing and Finance (WHF).

Established in 1979, WHF is an association of women and men who actively promote women in the fields of financial services and housing through professional enrichment and leadership enhancement. Its members include professionals and executives from the private and public sectors, including corporations, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, government sponsored enterprises, Congressional staff, associations, law firms and non-profits.

“To serve as President-elect of WHF is a great honor,” said Fortney. “I look forward to representing WHF as President-elect and contributing to its important work to promote women in the fields of housing and finance.”

Fortney has been actively involved with WHF for more than seven years. She most recently served as the association’s Vice Chair. Prior to that role, she was the Treasurer for the WHF Foundation Board of Directors. Fortney also served on the WHF Board of Directors from June 2003-2005.

Information Contact:
Kate Hartig, Director of Communications, (703) 528-0669 or kate@nascus.org

The NASCUS mission is to enhance state credit union supervision and advocate a safe and sound state credit union system. Founded in 1965, NASCUS represents all 48 state and territorial credit union supervisors and the NASCUS Credit Union Advisory Council, which is made up of nearly 500 of the nation's more than 3,400 state-chartered credit unions.