North Cook News

Skokie Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on July 9.

Jose Garcia, President & CEO of Northwest Community Credit Union (NWCCU), recently announced the appointment of two individuals to the CU’s Board of Directors. The announcement was made at the annual meeting held in May. The two candidates, Ximena Granda (“Six”) and Nicholas J. Mancari (“Nick”), were nominated and received unanimous approval by the Board.

“Six and Nick both bring additional expertise and enthusiasm to our already strong Board,” stated Mr. Garcia. “Both have been involved with our credit union for many years so their transition to the Board will be seamless,” continued Garcia.

Ximena Granda, who has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee at NWCCU for the past serveral years, is Controller of the Illinois Finance Authority. She also held accounting positions at Arthur Anderson and Werner Co. She received her BS in accounting from Northeastern Illinois University and is a member of the Government Finance Officer’s Association of the U.S. and Canada.

Nicholas J. Mancari currently serves as the Director of the Undergraduate Programs at the Graham School of Management (GSM) at Saint Xavier University (SXU). He also sits on the SXU Alumni Advisory Board and is SXU Staff Council President. Mancari was instrumental in the successful development and introduction of NWCCU at SXU, which is one of the few on-campus student run credit unions in the country. He has a BBA (Management and Marketing) and an MBA (Project Management) from SXU.

Original source can be found here.

Source: Skokie Chamber of Commerce