Leanne McGuinness, Chief Financial Officer, The Summit Federal Credit Union

As the Chief Financial Officer of The Summit Federal Credit Union, Leanne McGuinness has over 30 years of experience in the credit union industry.

In her previous position, McGuinness served as the Accounting Manager and then the Controller, Director of Finance and Vice President of Finance for The Summit. Prior to joining The Summit, McGuinness was employed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with Price WaterhouseCoopers, LLC. McGuinness has been recognized as a winner of Financial Executives International’s (FEI) Financial Executive of the Year Award.

She was formerly a member of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) CFO Steering and Share Insurance Committees, and now serves on the America’s Credit Unions Advocacy Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Credit Union Auto Finance, LLC, a CUSO that provides credit unions in upstate New York with indirect auto loan origination services.

McGuinness holds her Bachelor of Science in accounting from the State University of New York at Oswego.