Business View Magazine | December 2020

171 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 We Do That. More Than Just a Print Company, We're a Technology Company 866.552.7866 4130 Plank Road Peru, IL 61354 M A R K E T I N G D I G I TA L P R I N T & M A I L S TAT E M E N T S www. l k - c s . c om SUPER IOR CREDI T UNION change came in May 2003, when President and CEO Bruce Campbell retired. He had been treasurer of the credit union board from 1974 until the plant closing in 1981. He was also the most important figure in receiving the community charter. Phil Buell, CEO of Midwest Federal Credit Union in Defiance, Ohio, replaced Campbell and has overseen nearly two decades of continued growth since. A small business loan center opened in 2005. That same year, a merger with Member 1 Credit Union was completed. In subsequent years, mergers continued with North Star Federal Credit Union and UTELCO Credit Union. An affirmative member vote in 2015 paved the way for a state charter from the Ohio Department of Financial Institutions. This allowed the credit union to expand its membership field to new members who live, work, worship or attend school in many western Ohio counties. Several more mergers followed, including one with CINCO Family Financial