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Christiane Gigi Hyland
Board Member
National Credit Union Administration
Gigi Hyland was sworn in as a Board member of the National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA) on November 18, 2005 for a six-year term. Prior to joining
the NCUA Board, Ms. Hyland's career spanned fourteen years serving the credit
union community as an attorney and advocate.
During her tenure, Ms. Hyland has spearheaded a number of key initiatives.
She recently hosted and moderated a two-day Symposium to celebrate the 75th
Anniversary of the Federal Credit Union Act. The Symposium provided a forum for
robust and frank conversation about credit unions’ unique business model and its
future sustainability. In December 2008, Ms. Hyland launched a supplemental
capital initiative to review and formulate the agency’s policy position on this
critical issue. In 2007, she served as Chair of NCUA’s Outreach Task Force and
helped author the Task Force’s report. The Task Force was created to provide a
better understanding of and evaluation of the NCUA’s outreach efforts, credit
union service documentation requirements, and executive compensation disclosure.
That same year, she facilitated a summit to discuss payday lending alternatives
and credit unions’ involvement in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
program. An innovator and strategic thinker, Ms. Hyland initiated the use of
webinar technology at NCUA and has fostered direct communication with examiners
and regional offices at the agency to assure alignment of policy decisions and
examination practice.
Ms. Hyland serves as NCUA’s representative on the NeighborWorks® America
Board of Directors. She also serves as the Board’s liaison to the National
Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS), the Department of
Defense, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. Hyland’s term
expires August 2, 2011.
From 2003-2005, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel for
Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union in Albany, New York. While at Empire, she
represented the corporate by serving as a board member of the National
Cooperative Business Association. From 1997-2002, she served concurrently as
Vice President, Corporate Credit Union Relations of the Credit Union National
Association, Inc. and Executive Director for the Association of Corporate Credit
Unions. Ms. Hyland is a Credit Union Development Educator (DE) and received the
DE Volunteer of the Year Award for Advocacy in March 2006. Ms. Hyland began her
career as an attorney at the family firm of Hyland & Hyland.
A graduate of the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in comparative
literature, Ms. Hyland also earned her J.D. from George Mason University School
of Law and an Advanced Diploma in International Law from McGeorge School of Law.
She resides in Alexandria with her husband, Chris Revere.