Keynote Speakers

Traci Brown
Traci Brown, Inc
Keynote Speaker
TIME magazine has named Traci Brown one of the nation’s top deception-detection experts, having trained alongside our country’s top law enforcement. Her keynotes focus on sales intelligence and how to stop fraud loss before it happens. Brown is a frequent television guest and the author of “How to Detect Lies, Fraud, and Identity Theft.” She is currently ranked the #3 body language expert in the world.
Special Workshop: Liar, Liar Deep Dive
Closing Keynote
Traci Brown, Inc
Keynote Speaker
TIME magazine has named Traci Brown one of the nation’s top deception-detection experts, having trained alongside our country’s top law enforcement. Her keynotes focus on sales intelligence and how to stop fraud loss before it happens. Brown is a frequent television guest and the author of “How to Detect Lies, Fraud, and Identity Theft.” She is currently ranked the #3 body language expert in the world.
Special Workshop: Liar, Liar Deep Dive
Closing Keynote

Victor Corro
Coopera Consulting
CEO
Victor Miguel Corro is the CEO of Coopera Consulting, helping organizations craft data-driven strategies to grow by serving underserved and multicultural market segments within their communities. As a first-generation U.S. immigrant born and raised in Panama, Corro draws attention to underserved consumers' financial struggles and cultural nuances and finds solutions. With over 25 years in corporate leadership and consulting, Corro unifies parties to make financial inclusion and well-being a reality. As co-founder of the Credit Union DEI Collective, he furthers DEI in the credit union industry. Corro studied at the University of Wisconsin as a Fulbright Scholar, earning a degree in Economics and Latin American Studies.
Business Meeting & Panel Discussion
The Intersection Between Financial Inclusion, Financial Well-Being, and Data Analytics
Coopera Consulting
CEO
Victor Miguel Corro is the CEO of Coopera Consulting, helping organizations craft data-driven strategies to grow by serving underserved and multicultural market segments within their communities. As a first-generation U.S. immigrant born and raised in Panama, Corro draws attention to underserved consumers' financial struggles and cultural nuances and finds solutions. With over 25 years in corporate leadership and consulting, Corro unifies parties to make financial inclusion and well-being a reality. As co-founder of the Credit Union DEI Collective, he furthers DEI in the credit union industry. Corro studied at the University of Wisconsin as a Fulbright Scholar, earning a degree in Economics and Latin American Studies.
Business Meeting & Panel Discussion
The Intersection Between Financial Inclusion, Financial Well-Being, and Data Analytics

Garry Golden
Into the Future
Garry Golden is an academically trained futurist who speaks and consults on issues shaping business and society in the 21st century. He has consulted on a wide range of projects related to the future of energy, transportation, finance, and healthcare. Golden received his M.S. from the University of Houston Futures Studies program and is a past member of the board of directors for the Association of Professional Futurists.
Economic Update
Future Ready: Turning Signals into Strategies for Bold Credit Union Leadership
Into the Future
Garry Golden is an academically trained futurist who speaks and consults on issues shaping business and society in the 21st century. He has consulted on a wide range of projects related to the future of energy, transportation, finance, and healthcare. Golden received his M.S. from the University of Houston Futures Studies program and is a past member of the board of directors for the Association of Professional Futurists.
Economic Update
Future Ready: Turning Signals into Strategies for Bold Credit Union Leadership

Lily Newfarmer
Tarrant County's Credit Union
President / CEO
Lily currently serves as President and CEO of Tarrant County’s Credit Union, a community-based credit union in Fort Worth, Texas, and has spent her entire career serving in the credit union industry.
She graduated from the University of Madrid, Spain in 1985 with a B.A. Degree in Business/Finance and obtained her Credit Union Development Educator designation in 2008. A 1999 graduate of Southwest CUNA Management School (SCMS), Lily has been part of the SCMS faculty for over 20 years.
Lily served as a Board Trustee with the Cornerstone Credit Union Foundation for 17 years and served as a CUDE Advisory Trustee. She also served on Filene’s Research Council, CUNA Mutual Group’s Select CU Council, CUNA’s World Affairs Committee, and as a Director for the Cornerstone League. She currently serves on Cornerstone League’s International Relationship Committee, CUNA’s Small Credit Union Committee and is a Director on the National Credit Union Foundation, Filene Research Institute, and Credit Union Women’s Leadership Alliance Boards.
She is a founding member and Chair of the Credit Union Women’s Leadership Alliance (CUWLA).
Lily was named the 2017 Credit Union Professional of the Year by the Cornerstone League.
In August 2022, she was one of twenty women inducted into the newest exhibit at the America’s Credit Union Museum, “Credit Union Women Making History: Herstory.”
Business Meeting & Panel Discussion
Tarrant County's Credit Union
President / CEO
Lily currently serves as President and CEO of Tarrant County’s Credit Union, a community-based credit union in Fort Worth, Texas, and has spent her entire career serving in the credit union industry.
She graduated from the University of Madrid, Spain in 1985 with a B.A. Degree in Business/Finance and obtained her Credit Union Development Educator designation in 2008. A 1999 graduate of Southwest CUNA Management School (SCMS), Lily has been part of the SCMS faculty for over 20 years.
Lily served as a Board Trustee with the Cornerstone Credit Union Foundation for 17 years and served as a CUDE Advisory Trustee. She also served on Filene’s Research Council, CUNA Mutual Group’s Select CU Council, CUNA’s World Affairs Committee, and as a Director for the Cornerstone League. She currently serves on Cornerstone League’s International Relationship Committee, CUNA’s Small Credit Union Committee and is a Director on the National Credit Union Foundation, Filene Research Institute, and Credit Union Women’s Leadership Alliance Boards.
She is a founding member and Chair of the Credit Union Women’s Leadership Alliance (CUWLA).
Lily was named the 2017 Credit Union Professional of the Year by the Cornerstone League.
In August 2022, she was one of twenty women inducted into the newest exhibit at the America’s Credit Union Museum, “Credit Union Women Making History: Herstory.”
Business Meeting & Panel Discussion

Erik Qualman
His Socialnomics work has been on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the National Guard to NASA. His book Digital Leader propelled him to be voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind the Harry Potter series. What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube helped Qualman be listed by Forbes and Fortune as a Top100 Digital Influencer. His business books are used in over 200 universities and he has received an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work. His latest book,The Focus Project, is a guide to pursuing less in order to achieve more. Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at Harvard & MIT’s edX labs.
Digital Leadership: Future Proofing You and Your Organization
His Socialnomics work has been on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the National Guard to NASA. His book Digital Leader propelled him to be voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind the Harry Potter series. What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube helped Qualman be listed by Forbes and Fortune as a Top100 Digital Influencer. His business books are used in over 200 universities and he has received an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work. His latest book,The Focus Project, is a guide to pursuing less in order to achieve more. Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at Harvard & MIT’s edX labs.
Digital Leadership: Future Proofing You and Your Organization
Breakout Speakers

Kevin Smith
TEAM Resources
Consultant
The Board’s Guide to the Balanced Score Card Approach to CEO Oversight

Kelley Stark
Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union
Vice President of Marketing
Marketing for Impact: Fireside Chat with Credit Union Marketing Leaders

Molly Stull
Brode Consulting Services, Inc
Consultant
Compliance Hotspots Getting Hotter: Common Errors Found During Exams
Board Approved Policies: Tips and Samples to Streamline Your Process

Kelli Watson
DS Strategies & Consulting
Project Manager
No Worries, We’ve Got This: Credit Union Succession Planning for When Chaos Knocks