POULSBO — Jim Morrell, president and CEO of Peninsula Credit Union, was one of 40 credit union professionals to receive Credit Union Development Educator certification from the National Credit Union Foundation after week-long training earlier this month.

Training was held May 1-8 at the Lowell Center on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.

Participants were involved in group exercises, field trips, issues discussions with speakers from around the credit union system, and team projects proposing solutions to challenges.

Facilitator Lois Kitsch said participants developed and presented credit union solutions to payday lending, small credit union merger, low-income designation, building an Islamic banking center, developing a credit union awareness campaign, and league consolidation.