During March Everything Co-op celebrates Women’s History Month by focusing on the theme selected by the National Women’s History Project. The theme for 2018 is, Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight For All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. This week Vernon honors Carla Decker, President/CEO of DC Federal Credit Union. Carla Decker joined District Government Employees (DC) Federal Credit Union as President/CEO in 2001. Chartered as an employer-based credit union, DGEFCU later acquired a community charter intended on serving the Latino population in Washington, D.C. Carla advanced DGEFCU’s community charter through ACCESO, an innovative collaborative and credit union service organization that linked multiple credit unions in addressing the financial needs of the local immigrant and under-served community. Under her leadership, DGEFCU attained the designations of Low Income Credit Union and Community Development Financial Institution. Prior to joining DGEFCU, Carla held various financial and operational management posts in tenures with PAHO/WHO Federal Credit Union and Transportation Federal Credit Union. Carla currently serves on the boards of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, the Cooperative Development Foundation, and the National Cooperative Business Association & Cooperative League of the U.S.A. (NCBA/CLUSA). She is the U.S.A.’s delegate to the Board of the Co-operatives of the Americas, a Region of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). Carla also designs and delivers curriculum to the Caribbean Credit Union Development Education program.
