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2021 National Meeting Welcome 2021 National Meeting Welcome 2021 National Meeting Lucy Ito, President/CEO, NASCUS Opening Remarks Rose Conner, Administrator, North Carolina Credit Union Opening Remarks Division Lucy Ito, Brian Knight, Esq., Alicia Valencia Erb, President/CEO Executive Vice President & Vice President, Member General Counsel Relations Your NASCUS Team Nichole Seabron, Liz Evans, Vice President, Legislative Vice President of State and Regulatory Counsel Programs & Supervisory Policy Isaida Woo, Ed.D, Doug McGuckin, Amanda Tuckey, Vice President, Education Vice President, Sr. Director of Corporate Affairs Communications & Marketing Your NASCUS Team Pamela Jordan, Shellee Mitchell, Executive Assistant Program Specialist Around the States 2021 National Meeting NATIONAL DATA POINTS Credit Union Total # SCUs 2,022 (39%) Charter-based Total # FCUs 3,185 (61%) National Data States without State-Chartered Credit Unions: Total SCU Assets $934,191,661,322 (50.1%) Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, Arkansas, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia Total FCU Assets $931,208,988,975 (49.9%) Total U.S. Assets $1,865,400,650,297 Total # U.S. CUs 5,207 STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 58 TOTAL # FCUs 45 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 56% of 103 AL CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $16,244,020,159 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $12,577,206,511 Alabama TOTAL ASSETS $28,821,226,670 AGENCY: Alabama Credit SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 56% Union Administration (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) FUN FACT: The Alabama Department of Archives is the oldest state-funded archival agency in the nation. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 1 TOTAL # FCUs 9 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 10% of 10 AK CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $1,293,913,722 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $11,330,142,835 Alaska TOTAL ASSETS $12,624,056,557 AGENCY: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS Economic Development; Division (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 10% of Banking and Securities FUN FACT: 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the United States are located in Alaska. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 17 TOTAL # FCUs 21 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 48% of 38 AZ CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $16,567,010,198 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $7,178,522,501 Arizona TOTAL ASSETS $23,745,532,699 AGENCY: Department of Financial SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 70% Institutions; Financial Institutions (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Division FUN FACT: The original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 121 TOTAL # FCUs 168 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 42% of 289 CA CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $141,592,096,767 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $110,009,842,053 California TOTAL ASSETS $251,601,938,820 AGENCY: California Department SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS of Financial Protection and (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 56% Innovation; Office of Credit Unions FUN FACT: Inyo National Forest is home to the bristle cone pine, the oldest living species. Some of the gnarled trees are thought to be over 4,600 years old. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 37 TOTAL # FCUs 41 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 47% of 78 CO CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $27,699,419,460 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $5,272,867,446 Colorado TOTAL ASSETS $32,972,286,906 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 84% AGENCY: Department of (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Regulatory Agencies; Division of Financial Services FUN FACT: There are nearly 20 rivers whose headwaters begin in Colorado, with the Continental Divide directing each river’s course. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 28 TOTAL # FCUs 62 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 31% of 90 CT CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $8,171,938,439 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $4,885,674,956 Connecticut TOTAL ASSETS $13,057,613,395 AGENCY: State of Connecticut SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 63% Department of Banking; Financial Institutions Division FUN FACT: Mary Kies, of South Killingly was the first woman to receive a U.S. patent. On May 15th, 1809 for a method of weaving straw with silk. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 67 TOTAL # FCUs 61 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 52% of 128 FL CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $63,432,864,876 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $23,156,893,858 Florida TOTAL ASSETS $86,589,758,734 AGENCY: Florida Office SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 73% of Financial Regulation; (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Bureau of Credit Unions FUN FACT: The United States city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 49 TOTAL # FCUs 47 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 51% of 96 GA CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $25,975,086,321 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $3,666,802,856 Georgia TOTAL ASSETS $29,641,889,177 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS AGENCY: Georgia Department (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 88% of Banking and Finance FUN FACT: Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon is the largest archeological development east of the Mississippi River. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 21 TOTAL # FCUs 11 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 66% of 32 ID CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $10,990,779,333 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $2,978,546,408 Idaho TOTAL ASSETS $13,969,325,741 AGENCY: Idaho Department of Finance; Financial SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 79% Institutions Bureau FUN FACT: The longest main street in America, 33 miles, in Island Park. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 181 TOTAL # FCUs 52 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 78% of 233 IL CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $49,911,617,832 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $7,638,709,731 Illinois TOTAL ASSETS $57,550,327,563 AGENCY: Illinois Department SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 87% of Financial & Professional (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Regulation; Division of Financial Institutions FUN FACT: In 1893, the first aquarium opened in Chicago, as well as the world’s first skyscraper was built there, in1885. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 38 TOTAL # FCUs 112 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 25% of 150 IN CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $18,851,944,300 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $16,987,195,961 Indiana TOTAL ASSETS $35,839,140,261 AGENCY: Indiana Department SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 53% of Financial Institutions; (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Division of Credit Unions FUN FACT: In Fort Wayne, Syvanus F. Bower designed the world’s first practical gasoline pump. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 82 TOTAL # FCUs 1 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 99% of 83 IA CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $23,853,235,774 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $185,449,834 Iowa TOTAL ASSETS $24,038,685,608 AGENCY: Iowa Department SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 99% of Commerce; Division of (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Credit Unions FUN FACT: Born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, John Wayne was the son of a pharmacist and grew up to become one of Hollywood’s most popular movie stars. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 56 TOTAL # FCUs 19 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 75% of 75 KS CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $5,622,534,092 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $2,713,590,61 Kansas TOTAL ASSETS $8,336,124,853 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS AGENCY: Kansas Department (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 67% of Credit Unions FUN FACT: The first woman mayor in the United States was Susan Madora Salter. She was elected to office in Argonia in 1887. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 22 TOTAL # FCUs 40 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 35% of 62 KY CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $5,232,260,481 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $6,452,475,471 Kentucky TOTAL ASSETS $11,684,735,952 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 45% AGENCY: Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions; Depository Division FUN FACT: The public saw an electric light for the first time in Louisville. Thomas Edison introduced his incandescent light bulb to crowds at the Southern Exposition in 1883. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 30 TOTAL # FCUs 136 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 18% of 166 LA CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $1,293,065,062 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $12,904,472,197 Louisiana TOTAL ASSETS $14,197,537,259 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 9% AGENCY: Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions FUN FACT: Metairie is home to the longest bridge over water in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain causeway. The 24-mile causeway connects Metairie with St. Tammany Parish on the North Shore. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 12 TOTAL # FCUs 42 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 22% of 54 ME CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $2,925,476,157 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $7,032,538,164 Maine TOTAL ASSETS $9,958,014,321 AGENCY: Maine Department SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 29% of Professional and Financial Regulation; Bureau of Financial Institutions FUN FACT: Approximately 40 millions pounds (nearly 90 percent) of the nation’s lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 7 TOTAL # FCUs 70 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 9% of 77 MD CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $6,924,544,519 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $23,83,347,500 Maryland TOTAL ASSETS $30,707,892,019 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS AGENCY: Maryland Department (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) 23% of Labor; Office of Financial Regulation FUN FACT: On June 24,1784, in Baltimore, 13-year-old Edward Warren went airborne in the first successful manned balloon launch in the United States. STATE DATA POINTS TOTAL # SCUs 60 TOTAL # FCUs 92 SCU % OF TOTAL (SCUS #/STATE TOTAL #) 39% of 152 MA CUs TOTAL $ SCU ASSETS $20,980,835,680 TOTAL $ FCU ASSETS $25,964,195,077 Massachusetts TOTAL ASSETS $46,945,030,757 SCU % OF TOTAL ASSETS 45% AGENCY: Massachusetts (SCUS $/STATE TOTAL $) Division of Banks FUN FACT: The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train, driving under a car, driving under an airplane.
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