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Studio Lounge interview schedule...
Sunday, July 19
Kaeshier Fernandez, Community Manager at Filene Research Institute
Topic: WYCUP & COBA Emerging Leaders Summit (speaker)
Miranda V. Flury, President at Hawkeye Strategies
Topic: WYCUP & COBA Emerging Leaders Summit, "Getting Out of the Weeds: How to Ask Powerful Strategic Questions" (session)
Monday, July 20
Celeste Schwitters, SVP, Head of Community Accounts at Visa
Topic: “Enhancing the Cross-Border Payment Member Experience Through Credit Unions” (session) MPP, Visa TAP and Visa VIC
Paul Treinen, President & CEO of World Council of Credit Unions
Topic: How WOCCU is built for what's next in the international credit union movement, themes/highlights/insights from his WCUC speech
Robert Eyler, Board Member at Redwood Credit Union and Economics Professor at Sonoma State University
Topic: Beyond Succession: Protecting Leadership Continuity in Times of Transition (Macroeconomy session)
Paul Andrews, Vice President of International Advocacy at WOCCU, and Erin O'Hern, Senior Director, International Advocacy and Regulatory Counsel at WOCCU
Topic: International advocacy efforts/trends for today's credit unions -- discussed at 2026 WCUC, as well as their 3-part digital money series (first publication last week on stablecoins)
Juan Fernandez, President/CEO at Luminate
Topic: Credit Unions thriving in uncertain times
Patty Corkery, President/CEO at Michigan Credit Union League and NAVARI
Topic: International advocacy and the GWLN network in Michigan
Baron Conway, Chief Strategy Officer, and Craig McLaughlin, CEO, at Finalytics
Topic: 'Intelligence Layer' Personalizing Member Experience
Bryn Conway, Chief Marketing Officer at Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union
Topic: Beyond the Logo: Brand, Culture and Member Trust (session)
Tuesday, July 21
8:00 -- Holly Ransom, Global Leadership Catalyst & Change Architect
Topic: Sustaining Your Edge: High-Performance Teams & Culture (keynote session) Emergent, book: The Leading Edge, named Australia's 100 Most Influential Women, youngest director to appointed an Australian football club, two-time Ironwoman
8:20 -- Lena Giakoumopoulos, Executive Director at Global Women's Leadership Network
Topic: GWLN update
8:40
9:00
9:30
10:00 -- Matt Bland, Chief Executive at All Together Money (Great Britain’s largest network of credit unions)
Topic: "Stronger Together: Collaboration as a Growth Strategy" (session)
10:30
11:00 -- Alison Coates, Director, Climate Strategy and Performance at Vancity Credit Union
Topic: "Climate Leadership for Cooperatives" (session)
11:30 -- Simon Scott, Chief Executive at First Credit Union (New Zealand)
Topic: Outward view of the world wide movement from New Zealand, and credit union's plans and hopes to help grow (again) the movement through the Pacific islands/Oceania
12:00
LUNCH
1:00 -- Leigh Segall, CEO, Smart Communications
Topic: New Global Research Reveals Customer Communications Failures Are Driving Loyalty Loss and Growing AI Scepticism
1:30 -- Miriam De Dios Woodward, Founder, President & CEO at De Dios Consulting, and Jason Mertz-Prickett, CEO of Upward Credit Union
Topic: "Growing Credit Union Membership: Reaching Excluded Communities" (session)
2:00 -- Oscar Guzman, Regional Director for Latin America at WOCCU
Topic: Enhancing the Cross-Border Payment Member Experience Through Credit Unions (session)
2:30 -- Mike Reuter, President at Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Topic: Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions update
3:00 -- Alisa Stetsyshyn, Marketing, Communications & Grant Management Consultant at Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Topic: Ukraine and credit unions
3:30 -- Peter McGauran, Director, APAC, Smart Communications
Topic: Smart Communications' 2026 Customer Experience Benchmark Report (how brands communicate with their customers can make or break their business: Two in every three consumers (63% Global / / 73% Australia) say they would switch providers if communications failed to meet their expectations, rising to 72% among Millennials and 70% among Gen Z.)
Wednesday, July 22
8:00 -- GWLN Membership Coordinator Aline Guzik Duno + 2 scholars-Spanish and Portuguese speaking
Topic: GWLN and the 2026 GWLN scholars
8:30
9:00 -- Heather McKissick CEO at CUES
Topic: Beyond Succession: Protecting Leadership Continuity in Times of Transition (session)
9:30
10:00 -- Lena Giakoumopoulos, Executive Director at Global Women's Leadership Network and 3 GWLN scholars
Topic: GWLN and the 2026 GWLN scholars
11:00
11:30
12:00
Sunday, July 19
Kaeshier Fernandez, Community Manager at Filene Research Institute
Topic: WYCUP & COBA Emerging Leaders Summit (speaker)
Miranda V. Flury, President at Hawkeye Strategies
Topic: WYCUP & COBA Emerging Leaders Summit, "Getting Out of the Weeds: How to Ask Powerful Strategic Questions" (session)
Monday, July 20
Celeste Schwitters, SVP, Head of Community Accounts at Visa
Topic: “Enhancing the Cross-Border Payment Member Experience Through Credit Unions” (session) MPP, Visa TAP and Visa VIC
Paul Treinen, President & CEO of World Council of Credit Unions
Topic: How WOCCU is built for what's next in the international credit union movement, themes/highlights/insights from his WCUC speech
Robert Eyler, Board Member at Redwood Credit Union and Economics Professor at Sonoma State University
Topic: Beyond Succession: Protecting Leadership Continuity in Times of Transition (Macroeconomy session)
Paul Andrews, Vice President of International Advocacy at WOCCU, and Erin O'Hern, Senior Director, International Advocacy and Regulatory Counsel at WOCCU
Topic: International advocacy efforts/trends for today's credit unions -- discussed at 2026 WCUC, as well as their 3-part digital money series (first publication last week on stablecoins)
Juan Fernandez, President/CEO at Luminate
Topic: Credit Unions thriving in uncertain times
Patty Corkery, President/CEO at Michigan Credit Union League and NAVARI
Topic: International advocacy and the GWLN network in Michigan
Baron Conway, Chief Strategy Officer, and Craig McLaughlin, CEO, at Finalytics
Topic: 'Intelligence Layer' Personalizing Member Experience
Bryn Conway, Chief Marketing Officer at Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union
Topic: Beyond the Logo: Brand, Culture and Member Trust (session)
Tuesday, July 21
8:00 -- Holly Ransom, Global Leadership Catalyst & Change Architect
Topic: Sustaining Your Edge: High-Performance Teams & Culture (keynote session) Emergent, book: The Leading Edge, named Australia's 100 Most Influential Women, youngest director to appointed an Australian football club, two-time Ironwoman
8:20 -- Lena Giakoumopoulos, Executive Director at Global Women's Leadership Network
Topic: GWLN update
8:40
9:00
9:30
10:00 -- Matt Bland, Chief Executive at All Together Money (Great Britain’s largest network of credit unions)
Topic: "Stronger Together: Collaboration as a Growth Strategy" (session)
10:30
11:00 -- Alison Coates, Director, Climate Strategy and Performance at Vancity Credit Union
Topic: "Climate Leadership for Cooperatives" (session)
11:30 -- Simon Scott, Chief Executive at First Credit Union (New Zealand)
Topic: Outward view of the world wide movement from New Zealand, and credit union's plans and hopes to help grow (again) the movement through the Pacific islands/Oceania
12:00
LUNCH
1:00 -- Leigh Segall, CEO, Smart Communications
Topic: New Global Research Reveals Customer Communications Failures Are Driving Loyalty Loss and Growing AI Scepticism
1:30 -- Miriam De Dios Woodward, Founder, President & CEO at De Dios Consulting, and Jason Mertz-Prickett, CEO of Upward Credit Union
Topic: "Growing Credit Union Membership: Reaching Excluded Communities" (session)
2:00 -- Oscar Guzman, Regional Director for Latin America at WOCCU
Topic: Enhancing the Cross-Border Payment Member Experience Through Credit Unions (session)
2:30 -- Mike Reuter, President at Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Topic: Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions update
3:00 -- Alisa Stetsyshyn, Marketing, Communications & Grant Management Consultant at Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Topic: Ukraine and credit unions
3:30 -- Peter McGauran, Director, APAC, Smart Communications
Topic: Smart Communications' 2026 Customer Experience Benchmark Report (how brands communicate with their customers can make or break their business: Two in every three consumers (63% Global / / 73% Australia) say they would switch providers if communications failed to meet their expectations, rising to 72% among Millennials and 70% among Gen Z.)
Wednesday, July 22
8:00 -- GWLN Membership Coordinator Aline Guzik Duno + 2 scholars-Spanish and Portuguese speaking
Topic: GWLN and the 2026 GWLN scholars
8:30
9:00 -- Heather McKissick CEO at CUES
Topic: Beyond Succession: Protecting Leadership Continuity in Times of Transition (session)
9:30
10:00 -- Lena Giakoumopoulos, Executive Director at Global Women's Leadership Network and 3 GWLN scholars
Topic: GWLN and the 2026 GWLN scholars
11:00
11:30
12:00
