CUNA Management School: Second Year
Instructors

Instructors

  Steven W. Rick

Steve is a senior economist for Credit Union National Association. He conducts economic research, teaches at various credit union schools and conferences, and writes articles for CUNA publications. Steve facilitates strategic planning sessions for credit union boards and has authored a textbook on asset-liability management. Steve is also a faculty member of the economics department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  Glenn L. Strebe

Glenn is the president/CEO at Air Academy Federal Credit Union in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is also the chairman of Air Academy Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary credit union service organization providing complete mortgage lending services and complete financial services. Previously, Glenn served AAFCU as COO and CFO. Prior to joining the credit union movement, he was an auditor and subsequently a financial analyst. He has authored a credit union finance book, a white paper for the COO Council, published in various credit union periodicals, contributed to a book on CUSOs and various articles on CUSOs.

  Stacey Hanke

Stacey is an executive consultant, author, and speaker with expertise providing individuals the skills to influence others to take action. As a coach, she has provided customized instruction for more than 4,000 individuals worldwide including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Deloitte, Leo Burnett, and Hewlett Packard. Stacey is a featured author in the book Conversations On Successwith Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is also an instructor of "Executive Presentation Skills" for MBA students attending DePaul University, Chicago and serves on the small business panel for USA Today.

  Robert E. Gregg

Robert is an employment relations attorney with more than 30 years of speaking and training experience. He litigates and serves as an expert witness in a wide variety of employment cases. His main emphasis is helping employers achieve enhanced productivity, creating positive work environments, and resolving employment problems before they generate lawsuits. Robert has conducted over 2,000 seminars throughout the United States and has authored numerous articles on practical employment issues.

Prior to entering private practice, Robert was the chief equal rights officer for the Wisconsin Personnel Commission. In that position, he had the opportunity to take part in creating laws and regulations which cover employment in both public and private sectors. Robert is also a national faculty member of the American Association for Affirmative Action.

  Donna Tona

Donna has gained extensive front-line experience helping countless people live with trauma, tragedy, and workplace challenges. Her expertise has proven invaluable in assisting corporations and victims of many international disasters. She was co-crisis intervention leader on the CUNA Mutual Insurance team following the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building. She was also asked to assist victims in the Manitoba Canada floods, and provided trauma and HR consultation services to a large Canadian Banking Corporation during Ice Storm 98. In 2000, she was part of an expert Canadian and US Internet panel supporting the Crisis Intervention team attending the Walkerton E-Coli Disaster and the FIJI Hostage Coup Situation. Donna was also invited to debrief clinicians and mental health therapists during the World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks, and to provide her professional opinion into new methods of debriefing uniformed police personnel regarding that disaster.

Donna's adeptness for designing practical training programs, model policies, and best practice procedures, along with her vivacious delivery, has lead to numerous speaking engagements, contractual opportunities, and keynote conference addresses for corporations, victim programs, governments, and police departments at many international locations.

  Phillp Hellmuth

Phillip is an associate dean emeritus in the College of Letters and Science. Phil's background includes extensive work in research and personnel administration in the college and technology transfer and industry relations.

His area of research interests include legal aspects of educational administration, health law, and director and officer liability, where he has several publications. He has been active in the credit union movement as a volunteer. In addition to his involvement with CUNA Management School, he has been a director of the University of Wisconsin Credit Union since 1971.

  Kathryn Jeffers

Kathryn is a trainer and coach who helps people develop better working relationships so they can be more productive. She has a Master's Degree in Communication, is the author of Don't Kill The Messenger, and is a program faculty member at University of Wisconsin in the executive education program. Kathryn has brought practical ideas that work, memorable stories, her funny bone, and real time coaching to thousands of people over the past twenty years.

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