ValleyStar Credit Union Announces New SVP of Credit Administration

CONTACT:
Becky Freemal, CMCO
Phone: 540.483.0018 x3201
email: beckyf@valleystar.org

Martinsville, Virginia (November 15, 2022) – ValleyStar Credit Union announces Misty Reed as its senior vice president of credit administration. Her role will focus on process automation, building relationships with external parties and communicating insights critical to ValleyStar Credit Union’s evolution.

Misty is a career credit professional with over 20 years of financial services experience including commercial lending, underwriting and credit administration. Her prior roles include chief commercial credit officer and commercial underwriting manager.

“Misty’s impressive career as a credit professional brings us great confidence in her abilities to lead the credit union,” said Mike Warrell, CEO of ValleyStar Credit Union. “Her expertise will help improve our processes and reduce risks, allowing us to better serve our members and fulfill our vision of being the best in service and convenience.”

In 2017, Misty received the Lending Officer of the Year award from Credit Union Times. She has also facilitated several financial analysis courses in conjunction with the Risk Management Association.

Misty holds an MBA from King University and bachelor’s in English from Lenoir Rhyne University. She also serves as Chair of the Blue Ridge Council of Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia and has served as the Audit Chair of the Girl Scouts of the Virginia Skyline Council.

We speak your language. Since 1953, the ValleyStar team has guided, educated and stood by its members to make banking and managing your finances as easy and convenient as possible. The credit union is $600 million in assets, serving cities and counties in Virginia and North Carolina. ValleyStar is a full-service financial institution that offers consumer and commercial products and services. Headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia, ValleyStar operates digital banking services and seven physical branch locations in Collinsville, Danville, Martinsville, Roanoke, Rocky Mount and Waynesboro, Va. and a loan center in Fishersville, Va. For more information, visit valleystar.org. We’d love to speak with you.