League Management Team

Implementation of policies, procedures and strategies developed by the League Board, in addition to the responsibility of managing the League's day-to-day operations, is the duty of the League's management team, who head the League's four operational divisions.

    Richard D. "Rick" Pillow (President)

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    Rick graduated from Lynchburg College in May 1978, and went to work with the Virginia Credit Union League as a Consultant, serving credit unions in the Roanoke Valley and Southwest Chapters of the Commonwealth. 

    In July 1980, he was promoted to Senior Consultant and assigned to the Hampton Roads and Southside Chapters of the state.  Rick left the League in September 1982 to accept the position of Assistant Manager of the $180 million Martinsville DuPont Employees Credit Union located in Martinsville, Virginia.

    In June 1986 he returned to the League as the Assistant Vice-President of Virginia League Corporate Federal Credit Union. In January, 1988 he was promoted to Vice-President of the Corporate.  While there, he served as an elected member of   U. S. Central’s Credit Committee for six years, and as Chairman of this committee for two years.

    In May 1994, Rick was promoted to Vice-President of the League’s Credit Union Support Services. This division is responsible for education and training, planning, and financial analysis, to Virginia credit unions. In May 1997, Rick was promoted to Executive Vice-President of the League.

    On January 1, 2000, Rick became President of the Virginia Credit Union League and Virginia Credit Union Services, Incorporated. 

    He currently serves as Chairman of the American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL), Chairman of CU House, LLC, and sits on the Board of Directors of HR Value Group, and Credit Union Service Corporation of Atlanta.

    Rick graduated from the League Management Institute Program at the University of Wisconsin in 1990 and earned his Certified League Executive Designation.  In addition, he was elected to the Lynchburg College Sports Hall of Fame in May 1997.

    Terry Childress (Executive Vice President, System Services)

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    Terry Childress has been with the Virginia Credit Union League for more than 20 years. He is a 1976 graduate of James Madison University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Marketing.

    He is also a 1990 graduate of CUNA's League Management Institution. During the past 22 years, he has been involved in the development of many of the products and services that credit unions use today.These programs include: share drafts; ATMs and ATM networks; debit and credit cards; data processing and shared branching facilities. He has also held numerous committee and board positions throughout the credit union movement.

    The committees he has served on include: ACULE's Fee Services Committee; Credit Union Service Corporation of Atlanta Operations Committee and the Federal Reserves Operations Committee.Terry currently serves on the following boards: Credit Union Interchange Group, which provides Member Access, an ATM network of networks; Member Options, a mortgage processing CUSO in Virginia, Credit Union 24, a credit union owned cooperative ATM/POS Network, and the shared branching network based in Atlanta known as the Credit Union Service Corporation (Credit Union Service Centers).

    He also serves as Executive Vice President/Assistant Treasurer for the Credit Union Service Company of Virginia, LLC, (CUSCVA) a shared branching CUSO owned by Virginia credit unions who currently operate nine branches throughout Virginia.

    R.B. Martin (Vice President/Chief Financial Officer)

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    Martin

    R.B. Martin joined the League in April 2006 as its vice president of finance/chief financial officer. He oversees the accounting, human resource and financial management functions of the League, the Credit Union Service Company of Virginia (CUSCVA) and Virginia Credit Union Services Inc. (VACUS).

    Prior to joining the League, he served as chief financial officer for VACORP Federal Credit Union, a position he had held since 1998.

    He was also previously employed as an audit supervisor with the accounting firm of Cherry Bekaert and Holland.

    He holds an accounting degree from Lynchburg College and has been a certified public accountant (CPA) since 1986.

    David Miles (Senior Vice President, Credit Union Development)

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    David Miles is Senior Vice President of Credit Union Development for the Virginia Credit Union League. Miles oversees the League's regulatory affairs, compliance, human resource development, consulting, planning and information technology areas.

    A 20-year veteran of the Virginia credit union movement, Miles previously served as President/CEO of VACORP Federal Credit Union from 1997 to 2002. Prior to joining Corporate, he was Director of Member Services for the League's System Services Division; a field consultant for the Virginia League; and manager of lending and collections for Virginia League Central Credit Union (now Beacon Credit Union). He began his credit union career at the Lynchburg Foundry Federal Credit Union.

    Miles graduated from the University of Virginia in 1982 and has earned both the Certified Credit Union Executive and Certified League Executive designations.

    Alda Wilkinson (Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs/Public Relations)

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    Wilkinson

    Alda Wilkinson is the Virginia Credit Union League's Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs/Public Relations.

    She oversees the League's public relations, communication, governmental affairs, and marketing functions. Her many duties will include lobbying the state legislature on behalf of Virginia-based credit unions, coordinating the League's Political Action Committee, and developing the League's communication strategies.

    Wilkinson previously served as Senior Policy Analyst for the Virginia Commission on Local Government, which monitors state legislation impacting local government, publishes research studies on local government finance, and makes recommendations on annexation and consolidation proposals involving cities, counties, and towns. She also served as Secretary for the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, a commission of legislators and local elected officials created to promote intergovernmental cooperation.

    Wilkinson earned a master's degree in public affairs from the University of Minnesota and holds her bachelor's degree from Stanford University. She has also earned the AICP designation from the American Planning Association and American Institute of Certified Planners, a nonprofit public interest and research organization representing 33,000 practicing planners, officials, and citizens involved with urban and rural planning issues