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You Decide with Errol LouisCathie Mahon: The fight for clean energy fundingThe Trump administration is continuing its efforts to claw back $20 billion worth of Biden-era climate funding for low-income communities — part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. For now, the $20 billion remains frozen in a Citibank account, preventing eight organizations from distributing the money that would finance tens of thousands of projects across the country to fight climate change. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has accused the recipients of the program of misconduct and waste. Cathie Mahon is the president and CEO of Inclusiv, one of the groups in charge of disbursing the now-frozen funds. She joined NY1’s Erro...2025-04-1728 min

Shared Accounts with CU TimesInclusiv Stands Up for the Underserved in Uncertain TimesCathie Mahon, CEO of the credit union industry’s CDFI intermediary, shares how her organization is pushing forward to do good amid the chaotic actions of the current administration. Also, Michael, Natasha, and Producer Zach play a thrilling game of "how do you like your water". Can you guess which daredevil of the group takes theirs with ice?2025-02-2845 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Greatest Hits #22 Bert Hash, Jr. MECU CEO (retired)Send us a textWhen Bert Hash, Jr. took over as CEO of MECU in 1996 it was a $400 million institution with one branch that served municipal employees of Baltimore. In this podcast he tells about the institution he took charge of. It had exactly zero ATMs. It did not dispense cash to members - if a member wanted a withdrawal, they were issued a check and most went across the street to a bank to cash it. Hash, who came to MECU after a long career with banks, knew there had to be changes. Within his...2025-01-2054 min

The CUInsight ExperienceCathie Mahon - Empower Communities (#199)“Our job is to encourage credit unions to reach underserved markets and show them how it can be a huge growth strategy.” - Cathie MahonThank you for tuning in to episode 199 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by Humanidei. Humanidei helps credit unions build inclusive cultures that attract, develop, and retain talent.My guest on today’s show is Cathie Mahon, President and CEO at Inclusiv. Cathie shares her career journey in credit unions that began over 30 ye...2024-11-2245 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Greatest Hits #18 Cathie Mahon Inclusiv on the Credit Union MissionSend us a textWhat’s the credit union mission?Really?At Inclusiv CEO Cathie Mahon believes that mission is serving the underserved.That won her a place as a very early guest on the podcast.Indeed hers was episode 15.She’s still working on making that mission reality at Inclusiv.And this still is a...2024-11-1840 min

The Remarkable Credit Union PodcastHow Your Credit Union Can Reap the Rewards of Green LendingDemand for clean energy products is on the rise, and not just from well-to-do Tesla owners. There is also widespread interest and demonstrated need in lower-income and disadvantaged communities. But how can credit unions meet that need? Enter the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator program (CCIA), which is currently offering funding to credit unions and other community lenders to deliver green products, with a focus on the underserved. We’re joined by two leaders in the credit union movement, Cathie Mahon, President and CEO of Inclusiv, and Blake Jones, a founding board member of Clean Energy Credit Union....2024-09-0932 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Episode 259 Inclusiv CEO Cathie Mahon on Climate Change and Credit UnionsSend us a text$200 billion. That is how much money is in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and one credit union voice that has been loud in seeking a share is Inclusiv, the trade group for community development credit unions that now has 470 members.Just why is Inclusiv involved in this?Exactly that question is why we invited Inclusiv CEO Cathie Mahon on the show. She’s a past guest - in 2019 she was in episode 15.2023-07-2641 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Episode 149 Samira Rajan Brooklyn Cooperative Credit Union and Economic InequalitySend us a textIt was the members' personal stories that hooked Samira Rajan early in her employment at what then was known as the Bushwick Cooperative and now is the Brooklyn Cooperative. When she started there it was in 2001 as a volunteer via AmeriCorp Vista the recently founded credit union had assets of $299,000, four employees (including her), and a membership of under 1000.Rajan has been there ever since. Today it has assets of $50 million, 16 employees, and two branches (one in Bushwick, the other in Bedford-Stuyvesant).As for those stories, Rajan spent her e...2021-05-1852 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Episode 148 Cathi Kim on Capitalizing Your Small Credit UnionSend us a textCathi Kim's job title at Inclusiv, a trade association for community development credit unions, tells you why you need to listen to her. She's Director of Inclusiv/Capital which means her focus is on finding ways for community development credit unions, often very small, to bring in new capital, which can come from a range of places - government programs, big credit unions, foundations, the list goes on.How can the CEO of a small CDCU find out about these capital sources? Probably she/he can't because there are only so...2021-05-1148 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Episode 144, Randy Icelow Rolling F Credit Union, From a Temp Gig to CEOSend us a textAt 29 Randy Icelow said he was a temp worker for a bus company in California's Central Valley and flashforward to now he is 38 and CEO of a $63 million credit union, Rolling F based in Turlock CA, where its SEG is Foster Farms, one of the biggest chicken companies in the country.This podcast grew out of a post Icelow put up on the CU 2.0 Facebook group where he recounted his story. Reading his story we knew he had to be a podcast guest because his is an inspiration story of success...2021-04-1341 min

CUNA News PodcastServing the underservedAt their very best, credit unions serve at the hearts of their communities. In this podcast, Cathie Mahon, president/CEO of Inclusiv, describes how her organization promotes financial inclusion and builds more inclusive economies through community-owned financial institutions. Inclusiv is a national network of community development credit unions formed by and for low-income communities to serve disinvested and underserved populations. Membership is open to credit unions designated as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) or Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) and to credit unions primarily organized around the mission of promoting financial inclusion. Inclusiv operates on...2021-02-2518 min $America\'s Credit Unions$ America's Credit UnionsServing the underservedAt their very best, credit unions serve at the hearts of their communities. In this podcast, Cathie Mahon, president/CEO of Inclusiv, describes how her organization promotes financial inclusion and builds more inclusive economies through community-owned financial institutions. Inclusiv is a national network of community development credit unions formed by and for low-income communities to serve disinvested and underserved populations. Membership is open to credit unions designated as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) or Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) and to credit unions primarily organized around the mission of promoting financial inclusion. Inclusiv operates on...2021-02-2518 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU2.0 Podcast Episode 107 Bert Hash CEO MECU (Retired) A Credit Union LifeSend us a text When Bert Hash, Jr. took over as CEO of MECU in 1996 it was a $400 million institution with one branch that served municipal employees of Baltimore. In this podcast he tells about the institution he took charge of. It had exactly zero ATMs. It did not dispense cash to members - if a member wanted a withdrawal, they were issued a check and most went across the street to a bank to cash it. Hash, who came to MECU after a long career with banks, knew there had to be changes. Within his...2020-08-1852 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU2.0 Podcast Episode 105 Angela Russell CUNA Mutual on Race and Equity and What to Do Now DEI4Send us a text Ask Angela Russell, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at CUNA Mutual Group, a year from now what she would want to be able to tell us about progress made in the year and she did not hesitate with her answer.On a personal level, she said, she hoped her son would be able to go for a run outside without fear.Professionally, she said she hoped that the conversation about race and diversity and financial inclusion would be continuing and that c...2020-08-0433 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Episode 103 Pablo DeFilippi of Inclusiv on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion DEI 3Send us a text"The credit union industry needs to reflect the community," said Pablo DeFilippi, a senior vice president at Inclusiv, the association for community development credit unions, a past CEO of the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union in New York, and a leading voice in the push for more Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the credit union universe.He points out that, as nation, we are becoming ever more diverse. Indeed, by 2045, the US will become "minority white," according to demographers. The time fo...2020-07-2140 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU 2.0 Podcast Episode 101 Renee Sattiewhite AACUC on Credit Unions, Race and the US DEI 2Send us a textIs there racism in US financial institutions?Can credit unions make a difference in the fight to combat racism?Yes is the answer to both, says Renee Sattiewhite, CEO of the African American Credit Union Coalition, a founding member of the CU DEI Collective which is centered around this belief: "We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is good business and is fundamental to a vibrant, relevant and growing Credit Union Movement."That is the key: practicing DEI...2020-07-0931 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU2.0 Podcast Episode 100 Coopera's Victor Miguel Corro on Race and Credit Unions in 2020 DEI 1Send us a textSomething is happening, something big, when it comes to the US and race relations and this is making itself felt in financial services.That's the strong opinion of Victor Miguel Corro, CEO of Coopera, a consulting firm - started with support from the Iowa Credit Union League - that helps credit unions meet the needs of Hispanic consumers.That market is huge. In less than thirty years, one in three US consumers will be Hispanic, said Corro. Right now, Hispanics are about 15% of th...2020-07-0739 min

The CUInsight ExperienceCathie Mahon - Powerful Networks (#77)“We go where the banks can’t and won’t, and we should own that.” - Cathie MahonThank you for tuning in to episode 77 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by our friends at PSCU. As the nation’s premier payments CUSO, PSCU proudly supports the success of more than 1,500 credit unions.For many low and moderate-income families across the country, Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs) have been a vital support system throughout the COVID-19 crisis and resulting recession...2020-06-1242 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU2.0 Podcast 15 Cathie Mahon CEO of Inclusiv, the association of community development CUsSend us a textTalk to Cathie Mahon and it's a fast ride into what mission makes a credit union special, distinctive and in her mind the answer is clear: serving the underserved and usually that means economically disadvantaged.She has tantalizing insights too. For instance: she tells why the business model of community development credit unions may in fact be primed for greater success than the model followed by most credit unions.She also tells how the NCUA handcuffs newly chartered credit unions and this may...2019-10-2240 min

The Cooperators: Podcasting about the Cooperative MovementThe Cooperators Podcast Episode 22 Cathie Mahon Inclusiv on CDFIsTalk to Cathie Mahon, CEO of Inclusiv, and it’s a fast ride into what mission makes a credit union special, distinctive and in her mind the answer is clear: serving the underserved and usually that means economically disadvantaged. She has tantalizing insights too. For instance: she tells why the business model of community development credit unions may in fact be primed for greater success than the model followed by most credit unions. This is all about making credit unions work for their communities. That’s cooperative principles in action. There are about 1000 so-cal...2019-07-0340 min

The Cooperators: Podcasting about the Cooperative MovementThe Cooperators Podcast Episode 17 Cliff Rosenthal CDFIsby Robert McGarvey You want to know about community development financial institutions? Cliff Rosenthal is the man you want to talk to. He literally wrote the book on CDFIs and also the longstanding credit union initiative to serve the unbanked: Democratizing Finance: Origins of the Community Development Financial Institutions Movement. This podcast also posted to the CU2.0 Podcast series which I run. That’s a professional credit union series but the Rosenthal podcast has wider appeal because – fundamentally – it’s about bringing financial services to the unbanked and underbanked and stimulating more economic activity in communitie...2019-06-0438 min

The CU2.0 PodcastCU2.0 Podcast Episode 37 Cliff Rosenthal on CDFIsSend us a textYou want to know about community development financial institutions? Cliff Rosenthal is the man you want to talk to. He literally wrote the book on CDFIs and also the longstanding credit union initiative to serve the unbanked: Democratizing Finance: Origins of the Community Development Financial Institutions Movement.Have CDFIs lived up to their potential?Have credit unions changed the shape of financial services in America?Rosenthal has opinions and he shares them in this podcast.Along the way he talks about his stint at the C...2019-05-2938 min