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National Coalition of Firefighters Credit Unions

www.ncofcu.org
NCOFCU, a Not For Profit Corporation, is the only organization exclusively representing firefighter’s credit unions that collectively serve over 650,000 members and control in excess of 8 billion in assets. The coalition meets once a year at their annual conference and continues their established relationships through NCOFCU’s Website, Blog, Newsletters, Newsrooms, Facebook, Tweets and ListServ. This exclusive networking leads to the continued discussions of best business practices, products and services which cannot be found anywhere else.

Protecting and preserving the vision and purpose of firefighter credit unions is paramount to the continued success of the firefighter credit union movement. In order to achieve this, members of the firefighter’s credit union network joined forces in an effort to bring innovation, collaboration and shared vision to their common goal.

​The, National Coalition of Firefighter's Credit Unions (NCOFCU), founded October 16, 2008, is devoted to this purpose. It was founded by representatives from 26 of the nation’s 100 identified firefighter credit unions primarily representing firefighters. NCOFCU seeks to leverage its collective resources to further the education, growth, development and interests of firefighters credit unions nationwide, by accomplishing these goals;
  • Providing educational and informational exchange opportunities;
  • Promoting firefighter credit unions’ safety and soundness and financial strength
  • Representing firefighter credit unions to external audiences
Board of Directors
Chairman - Michael Tobler, CEO Albany Fireman’s FCU
Vice Chairman - Jerry Horwedel, Chairman LA Fireman's
Secretary - Michael McCormick, Director San Diego Firefighters
Treasure - Eugene Benick, CEO Newark Fireman FCU
Directors
David Lantrip, Director Houston FCU
Sean Costello, Director Boston FCU
Scotty Shelton, Director Baton Rouge FCU, ,
Frances Reed CEO, Firefighters Credit Union Tulsa OK,
Linda Williams, CEO Akron Firefighters CU
CEO - Grant Sheehan NCOFCU

Mission Statement


The National Coalition of Firefighter's Credit Unions (NCOFCU) is committed to educating, creating and maintaining a climate of collaboration, safety & soundness, innovation and unity among firefighter credit unions in order to promote and enhance the initiatives of the credit union movement.


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