Region I - Albany

Mark A. Treichel is the Regional Director of the Region I – Albany office. As Regional Director, Treichel is responsible for the oversight of the chartering program for federal credit unions and the examination and supervision programs for all federally insured credit unions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Treichel joined NCUA as an examiner in 1986. He has also served as a problem case officer, supervisory examiner, director of special actions and insurance, acting director of risk management in the Office of Examination and Insurance, associate regional director of operations and deputy executive director. He was named to his current position in April 2003.

Treichel holds an accounting degree from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

Elizabeth A. Whitehead is the Associate Regional Director of Programs in Region I. She is responsible for managing Region I’s field program, which includes nearly 100 examiners and field supervisors in the Northeast and Michigan.

Elizabeth began her career as an examiner in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in March of 1988. In Region I, she held positions as a principal examiner in Hartford, CT, Newburgh, NY and Albany, NY, supervision analyst in Albany, NY, supervisory examiner in New York City/Long Island. Prior to her current position she was Acting Associate Regional Director of Operations in the Region III office in Atlanta, Georgia. Elizabeth was the first NCUA graduate of the Office of Personnel and Management’s Women Executive Leadership Program in 1993.

Prior to joining NCUA, Elizabeth was CEO of Hurlbut Employees Federal Credit Union and branch manager of Berkshire Federal Credit Union. She was very active in the credit union community and local league.

Elizabeth is a graduate of Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts with a BS degree in accounting. She is married and has one son.