WHAT:            Sunmark Federal Credit Union is inviting members, business and civic leaders, community representatives, credit union colleagues and the media to an open house in honor of President/CEO Bruce Beaudette who is retiring after more than 28 years of service, capping his tenure as one of the Capital Region’s longest serving CEOs.

Beaudette led Sunmark, now the third largest credit union in the area, in its growth from a single office of eight employees to 185 people and 10 branches throughout the Capital Region.

In addition to his leadership role in the Capital Region, Beaudette has been involved with the growth of the credit union movement and served in an advisory role on related state and federal issues.  He was a part of the Credit Union Economics Group, which meets regularly with Federal Reserve banks nationwide and publishes credit union statistics and makes quarterly economic forecasts and has been a member of the Filene Institute National Research Council, the GE Credit Union Association, president of the Schenectady Chapter of the New York State Credit Union League, the treasurer of CUC Mortgage Corporation, a founding member of US Net- Shared Branching in New York and as president of Sunmark Financial Services, LLC.   Beaudette also served on the Board of Directors for Members United Federal Credit Union (formerly Empire Corporate in Albany, NY), a Chicago-based corporate credit union with more than $15 billion in assets for almost 20 years.

Beaudette has sat on and served in leadership roles for various local non-profit Boards including the United Way, Habitat for Humanity, the Schenectady County Community College Foundation and the Kiwanis Foundation. He has been a volunteer in the Schenectady City School District, specifically at Van Corlaer School for more than 20 years, working with and mentoring first & second graders.

WHEN:            Tuesday, December 2, 2014

2 – 7 pm

                     WHERE:           Sunmark Federal Credit Union

1187 Troy Schenectady Road

Latham, NY