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Credit Union Leader to Chair Business Oregon

Posted by on June 18, 2026

This week, the Oregon State Senate approved the nomination of Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn, President & CEO of Central Willamette Credit Union as the Chair of the Business Oregon Commission.  This is an important role for all of business in the State of Oregon. The commission oversees Business Oregon’s activities to ensure a coherent, integrated approach to economic development and a continuous policy direction that can transcend changes in executive and legislative leadership.

Business Oregon Commissioners are responsible for a broad range of public finance, business finance, entrepreneurial, investment, arts, and cultural portfolios. Commissioners serve in an unpaid, volunteer capacity, and several of the boards are Governor-appointed/Senate-approved, while others are directly Governor-appointed.

Stacie  as president and CEO of Central Willamette Credit Union, the 12th-largest credit union in Oregon with assets of $607 million that is keenly focused on ‘Building Better Lives Together.’ Stacie embodies this philosophy as she serves on several boards, including Linn-Benton Community College Board of Education, Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, Oregon Business & Industry, and Albany Area Chamber of Commerce Board.

Under Stacie’s leadership, Central Willamette has been recognized as one of Forbes’ “Best in State, Credit Unions,” ranking second in Oregon in 2019. The organization was also ranked by S&P Global Marketing Intelligence as a top performing U.S. credit union in 2023. A 25-plus year financial services veteran, Stacie previously served as Oregon Credit Union Legislative Action Committee Trustee and the co-chair of the Oregon Governmental Affairs Committee. In 2019 and 2023 she was awarded Oregon Advocate of the Year and in 2013 was a featured ‘Woman to Watch’ by Credit Union Times. A graduate of the CUES Certified Credit Union Executive program, Stacie also holds an MBA from Marylhurst University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon.

Posted in Advocacy on the Move, Oregon Advocacy.

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