Credit Union Professional of the Year Award

Eligibility for all awards (Hall of Fame, Professional of the Year, Small CU Achiever and Volunteer of the Year):

• You may nominate yourself or someone else for any award.
• Any Cornerstone member credit union or chapter may nominate individuals for any award.
• Nomination may be made without regard to credit union or chapter boundaries.
• The Hall of Fame nominee must be retired from a Cornerstone member credit union.
• The Professional of the Year nominee must be a paid credit union employee from a Cornerstone member credit union.
• The Small Credit Union Achiever’s nominee must be paid credit union employee from a Cornerstone member credit union with assets under $100M (per June 30 NCUA call reports of the preceding year.)
• The Volunteer of the Year nominee must be from a Cornerstone member credit union and an unpaid credit union volunteer.

 

 

Yes. A person can be NOMINATED (not win) for the same or different awards in consecutive years.  

No. A credit union individual cannot be nominated for different awards in the same year. For example, a a credit union professional from a credit union $100M and under cannot be nominated for both the Professional of the Year and the Small CU Achiever’s Award. Or, a credit union professional cannot be nominated for a Young Professional of the Year, Small CU Achiever's and Professional of the Year. 
 

If there is a submission from an award committee member’s credit union, that committee member must abstain from judging in that category. In addition, a committee member who is nominated for an award cannot judge in that category.
 

The Cornerstone Awards and Recognition committee reviews completed and submitted nominations forms received by the award deadline. Hall of Fame, Professional of the Year, Small CU Achiever’s and Volunteer of the Year nominees must receive at least 75% of the total points possible to be considered an award winner. For consistency and transparency, the awards committee will use a rubrik scoring system to assign point values to submissions.

If an award category receives a single nomination and that nominee does not reach the 75% total point value, no award will be given.

If an award category receives no nominees, no award will be given that year.  

 

No. An individual cannot win the same award twice. 
 

No. An award winner must wait five years to be nominated for another award category.  
 

In the event of a tie, a special meeting will be called and the Awards & Recognition committee will discuss further and decide on one award winner per category.