Jason Stverak currently serves as the Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA). Prior to that he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Additionally, he has served as the Legislative Director and Lobbyist for Christians United for Israel Action Fund and as Deputy Chief of Staff and Communications Director for Congressman Cramer in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Jason has been guest on nationally syndicated radio shows and has appeared on the Fox News Channel. His writing has appeared in USA Today, National Review Online, Roll Call, The Hill, Politico, Fox News, Forbes, the Washington Examiner, and numerous other publications.

Jason is a graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife Nicole have one son, Charles, age 7. They live in Ashburn, VA. Jason is a native of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Trey Hawkins is a political professional with over 17 years of experience in campaign and political action committee (PAC) management, fundraising, political communication, grassroots and issue advocacy. He currently serves as Vice President, Political Affairs, for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), where he leads political and grassroots action on behalf of credit union-friendly candidates and issue advocacy campaigns nationwide.  

Since joining CUNA in 2005, Trey has grown CUNA’s political program to more than $6 million in expenditures per cycle, including CULAC, CUNA’s $5 million federal PAC, and a $1 million+ National Advocacy Fund.  In the most recent 2016 election cycle, CUNA’s voter contact program funded a record $3 million in independent expenditures and direct member communications, winning 9 of 12 targeted races.

Prior to joining CUNA, Trey served as the Louisiana Democratic Party’s Finance Director during the 2003 state and 2004 federal elections, raising over $5.7 million for the party and its candidates and directing overall fundraising strategy for the coordinated campaign efforts that elected a Governor, four of the other five statewide office holders, and a U.S. Congressman.  Trey also managed a campaign for Illinois Lieutenant Governor and directed campaign finance strategy for three nationally-targeted U.S. House campaigns in Illinois, Tennessee and Iowa. 

A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Trey holds a B.A. in History and American Politics & Policy from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He resides with his wife, three children and chocolate lab in Arlington, Virginia, where his passions include golf, his kids’ youth sports teams, and unhealthy obsessions over SEC football and Atlanta Braves baseball.

Jonathan (Jared) Ihrig is Chief Compliance Officer & Counsel for the Credit Union National Association, managing a staff of thirteen compliance attorneys, paralegals and staff who focus on providing compliance information to leagues and credit unions. He also provides assistance to CUNA’s lobbyists and Advocacy team members in assessing the impact of federal legislation and regulation on credit union operations.  Jared previously served CUNA as Senior Director of Advocacy and Counsel, Associate General Counsel, as well as Senior Assistant General Counsel, and has been with CUNA since 2011.

Jared has worked within the credit union compliance, advocacy and legal system for over 25 years.  Prior to joining CUNA, he served as regulatory & compliance counsel for Blalack & Williams, P.C., a law firm representing credit unions across the state of Texas, as Senior Compliance Officer for Security Service Federal Credit Union in Texas and as partner at a regional law firm in Dallas, focused on the mortgage banking industry.  Ihrig, also a Certified Public Accountant, began his career with Ernst & Young, LLP, and subsequently served as Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel for American Airlines Federal Credit Union in Texas. 

Ihrig earned his law degree from Oklahoma City University and his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University, and is admitted to practice law before the Federal District Court, Northern District of Texas, the United States 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.  Ihrig is based in CUNA’s Washington, D.C. office, and lives in Leesburg, VA with his wife Brenda, and two children, Megan and Alex. 

Colleen Kelly is the Senior Federal Compliance Counsel in CUNA’s Compliance Department. She analyzes regulations to determine their impact on the operations of credit unions and provides compliance information and guidance to credit unions through CUNA’s online Compliance Community, CompBlog, NewsNow, eGuide to Federal Laws and Regulations, cucomply, Credit Union Magazine, and other resources. She works closely with CUNA’s Professional Development staff to provide educational products and programs to support credit unions’ compliance efforts, and provides support to CUNA’s lobbyists on consumer legislation.

Ms. Kelly has worked at CUNA for over 20 years, not only in compliance but in legislative and regulatory advocacy as well. Prior to joining CUNA, she worked for both the Colorado Credit Union League (now the Mountain West Credit Union Association) and the Washington Credit Union League (now the Northwest Credit Union Association).

Ms. Kelly has, and continues, to provide volunteer support to several low income legal and counseling centers in the Washington DC area, such as, the Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, the Commission for Women, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Advocacy for the Elderly, and Junior Achievement’s financial literacy programs.

Ms. Kelly received her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and her law degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Valerie is senior director of compliance analysis for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) regulatory affairs in the Washington, DC office. She works closely with CUNA’s publications and web services departments to deliver useful and accurate compliance information in a user-friendly format to CUNA’s members. She is responsible for writing articles on various compliance issues of interest to credit unions, maintaining CUNA’s e-Guide to Federal Laws and Regulations and responding to credit unions’ compliance inquiries. Valerie writes for and edits the compliance section of Credit Union Magazine and contributes to CUNA’s daily compliance blog CompBlog and monthly e-newsletter the Monthly Compliance Wrap-Up . She also assists CUNA’s political affairs department and the Credit Union Legislative Action Council (CULAC) in complying with Federal Election Commission regulations.

Whitney Nicholas serves as senior federal compliance counsel at Credit Union National Association (CUNA) where she provides compliance information and advice to credit unions on a range of regulatory issues impacting the industry. Whitney’s work focuses on regulatory compliance analysis of consumer financial services laws and regulations that impact financial institutions. Whitney works closely with CUNA’s publications and web services departments to deliver important compliance information in a user-friendly format to CUNA’s members. Additionally, Whitney writes articles and assembles content for CUNA’s CompBlog and maintains key lending topics in CUNA’s online e-Guide to Federal Laws and Regulations. She also responds to compliance inquiries from leagues and credit unions.

Hi – I’m Greg Michlig and I love credit unions!

I have spent my entire career in the credit union movement. Before coming to CUNA I was the league president in New Jersey, spent a number of years at another national association and also worked in payments processing for 9 years. All of that lead to the tremendous opportunity to join the CUNA team at the start of 2016.

As CUNA’s Chief Engagement Officer, I am privileged to lead a shared services unit that also interacts directly with the credit union community. Our team analyzes market trends, formulates communications strategy, markets, sells and serves as primary points of contact for the thousands of credit union professionals who rely on CUNA day-in and day-out.

When away from work I enjoy time with my family, play a little golf and also dabble in music, primarily as a drummer. I’ve coached baseball, basketball, football and softball for my kids’ teams over the years as well.

I am married to my wife Stacy and we have one adult son, a high schooler and a middle schooler. We enjoy attending sporting events – I’m a big time Badgers, Brewers and Packers fan – as well as boating and spending time outdoors.

Samira has nearly 20 years of experience in international economic development, community development, policy research, and social finance.  She joined the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) in 2018 as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Research and Policy Analysis division.  Prior to joining CUNA, she worked for Forward Community Investments (FCI), a Madison-based community development financial institution (CDFI) that serves communities throughout Wisconsin.

Earlier, Samira worked at the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington D.C. where she was a Senior Trade Analyst for Labor and studied the impact of globalization on U.S. labor market outcomes. Prior to that, she had an eight-year tenure at Washington-based DAI where she was an international economic development specialist.  Samira earned her Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy and her M.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California.

Jonathan (Jared) Ihrig is Chief Compliance Officer & Counsel for the Credit Union National Association, managing a staff of thirteen compliance attorneys, paralegals and staff who focus on providing compliance information to leagues and credit unions. He also provides assistance to CUNA’s lobbyists and Advocacy team members in assessing the impact of federal legislation and regulation on credit union operations.  Jared previously served CUNA as Senior Director of Advocacy and Counsel, Associate General Counsel, as well as Senior Assistant General Counsel, and has been with CUNA since 2011.

Jared has worked within the credit union compliance, advocacy and legal system for over 25 years.  Prior to joining CUNA, he served as regulatory & compliance counsel for Blalack & Williams, P.C., a law firm representing credit unions across the state of Texas, as Senior Compliance Officer for Security Service Federal Credit Union in Texas and as partner at a regional law firm in Dallas, focused on the mortgage banking industry.  Ihrig, also a Certified Public Accountant, began his career with Ernst & Young, LLP, and subsequently served as Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel for American Airlines Federal Credit Union in Texas. 

Ihrig earned his law degree from Oklahoma City University and his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University, and is admitted to practice law before the Federal District Court, Northern District of Texas, the United States 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.  Ihrig is based in CUNA’s Washington, D.C. office, and lives in Leesburg, VA with his wife Brenda, and two children, Megan and Alex.