Matt Jernigan, President and CEO of Ascend Federal Credit Union

This week on CEOs You Should Know, we host Matt Jernigan, President and CEO of Ascend Federal Credit Union.

Episode Transcript

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iHeartMedia presents the Nashville Chamber of CommerceCEOs you should know in the studio Matt
Journegan, President and CEO of ASend to Federal Credit Union. Tell us
about yourself. Lifelong resident of MiddleTennessee, went to MTSU, counting graduate,
have my CPA actually licensed here inthe state of Tennessee and been with
a SEND eighteen years. So tellpeople that a few people will get the

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opportunity to be the president CEO ofthe organization. They gave them their first
auto loan as a recent high schoolgraduate. So he does a journey that's
come full stark love the organization.What is the mission of your business to
serve by offering financial literacy education andgive back to its community in a variety
of ways. We've defined our purposeand focus to the center on service excellence.
Describe what your business is about.We are as a credit union,

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about our cooperative structure, people helpingpeople. As the credit union mantra,
we are a member on, notstockholder on. We are not making decisions
to hit earnings per share targets,but truly looking out to help our members.
We return funds and excess over whatwe budgeted for earnings to our members.
We've now learned I believe over eightymillion within the last decade. But
I think it speaks to again thecooperative nature, but also our employees as

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a team. We really take thatto heart. We try to control our
operating expenses and enable us to makethat return to our members, because at
the end of the day, werealize that it is our members who are
our shareholders. Matt Jurneygan of aSend Federal Credit Union. Where can listeners
find out more? Our website isa send dot org and you can find
us on a variety of the socialmedia channels at a send FCU. This
has been the Nashville Chamber of CommerceCEOs you Should Know, presented by iHeartMedia