Main Responsibilities of a Vice President Education and Social Impact at California Credit Union League
Amanda's responsibilities as Vice President encompass both education and social impact, where, on the education side, the role manages a team that delivers "topics of interest to the credit union industry" through various channels, ensuring compliance and providing "soft education components." Further, the role is responsible for fulfilling credit unions' unique community and social responsibilities through "granting and funding opportunities, sponsorships, [and] volunteerism."
Education Management, Compliance Training, Community Support, Financial Regulations, Nonprofit Leadership
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Amanda Garcia-Merz
Vice President, Education & Social Impact
California Credit Union League, Nevada's Credit Unions and the Utah Credit Union Association
Sacramento State
English, Writing & Education
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Education
Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. Managing a team of educators who provide learning opportunities on various topics relevant to the credit union industry, including online learning, webinars, conferences, and in-person training.
2. Ensuring credit unions stay informed about regulations and compliance issues to maintain operations, which is a critical aspect of the role.
3. Overseeing community and social responsibility initiatives such as granting, funding, sponsorships, and volunteerism to support the communities in which the credit unions operate.
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What are your main responsibilities within your role?
My role has various responsibilities. One, I manage a team of educators who provide topics of interest to the credit union industry in a multitude of ways.
There's online learning, webinar platforms, and direct learning opportunities that we consider part of our e-learning platform. We also have conferences throughout the year. My team plans multiple conferences, up to eight to nine per year. And then we have in-person learning available as well.
In the credit union, banking, or finance industry, there are a lot of regulations and compliance issues that we must follow. Providing that topical information so credit unions can keep their doors open is very relevant to the job that I do.
But also, like any industry, we want to ensure we're looking at the soft education components that we might be able to fill for a credit union, from their frontline office staff to backend staff. So that's the education side.
Credit unions are unique in their community and social responsibility as nonprofit cooperatives. It's our role and duty to ensure that the communities in which we reside are strong community support. We have different ways that we do that through granting and funding opportunities, sponsorships, and volunteerism. All the feel-good components of what a company can do to support their credit union is another aspect of the job that I do.