Brian Knight Selected as NASCUS President and CEO

The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) has named Brian Knight as its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

NASCUS is the professional association of the nation’s 45 state credit union regulatory agencies that charter and supervise 1,975 state credit unions.

Knight is well-known to many in credit unions and currently serves as the NASCUS’ executive vice president and general counsel and brings more than 20 years of experience serving on the NASCUS senior management team. He succeeds Lucy Ito, who has led the organization since 2014 and who had previously announced her intention to retire at year-end.

In 1998, Knight first joined NASCUS as director of Regulatory Affairs. In 2007, he was named NASCUS’ first internal general counsel. Since 2014, Knight has served as NASCUS EVP/general counsel. He received a B.A. in history and political science from Hope College and a J.D. from the Marshall Wythe School of Law of the College of William & Mary.

NASCUS, the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors, is the national association that advocates for a strong and healthy state credit union system, and whose members include state regulatory agencies, credit unions, credit union leagues, and organizations that support the state credit union system. The NASCUS mission is to enhance state credit union supervision and advocate for a safe and sound credit union system.

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