Ronaldo Hardy, MSHRLD, CUDE, CUERME, is owner and chief diversity and inclusion officer of CU Strategic Planning. He has spoken at CUNA Management School, Southwest CUNA Management School, Western CUNA Management Alumni Association, CUES, and NCUA's Inaugural Diversity Summit. He has been published in Credit Union Journal, CU Times, CU Insight, Credit Union Magazine, and CU Today. He led Southwest Louisiana FCU to become a certified CDFI and developed an executive team capable of maintaining a 1.28% ROA, 7% yield on average loans, and more than 10% annual loan growth. Hardy holds a Master of Science in human resource education with a concentration in leadership development, and he is an alumnus of the Urban Leadership Development Institute and CUES Institute at the Wharton School of Business.