bill cheney

Bill Cheney, President/CEO of California/Nevada Credit Union Leagues since March 1, 2006, has a broad background in financial services, including more than 20 years working in the credit union industry. 

Bill was President/CEO of Xerox Federal Credit Union from 1997 to 2006.  Prior to assuming leadership of Xerox FCU, he served as Executive Vice President of Security Service FCU, San Antonio, TX.  He also worked with Accenture as a consulting manager in San Antonio.   An active voice on credit union issues at the state and national level, Bill is on the Board of Directors of U.S. Central and was recently elected to the Executive Board of the American Association of Credit Union Leagues.  He serves on the boards of the Richard Myles Johnson Foundation and Members Development Corporation, and is a member of the Management Committee of Members Business Services.  Previously, Bill served as an at-large director and Board Treasurer for the National Association of Federal Credit Unions and as a member of the Board of Directors for Western Corporate Federal Credit Union (WesCorp).   Bill has frequently represented credit union views in testimony before Congress and in meetings with elected officials.  As a result of his service to the industry, he earned the California League’s Diversity Award in 2003 and was named Professional of the Year in 2000 by the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. 

Bill has served as a director of the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles and volunteers with organizations such as Heal the Bay and the Boy Scouts of America. Bill earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1982.  He and his wife, Crissy, and their two children live in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.