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DENHAM SPRINGS, La. -- When it came to hiring a CEO, it wasn't the third, fourth or even the fifth try that proved to be LA DOTD FCU's lucky charm.
After five CEOs within a five-year period, the $85-million credit union hired Cary Anderson in 2001 as its newest leader. Formerly a teller who worked his way up through the ranks of the CU industry, Anderson was ready to help boost the sagging employee morale and offer the stability this CU desperately needed.
"I set my game plan long before I became a CEO," Anderson said. "I wanted to work in every facet of the credit union operation that I could so I would know what I was doing (when I got to the top)."
For all of his efforts that staff and board say turned LA DOTD FCU from a "good credit union to a great one," Anderson was named this year's NAFCU's Professional of the Year...
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