Advocacy on the Move
Samantha Beeler
VP, Advocacy
Phone: 503.350.2218
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x218
Samantha Beeler is the Northwest Credit Union Association’s VP, Advocacy, a role that allows her to work closely with elected officials in the Northwest, as well as credit unions to tell our story. Beeler focuses primarily on our Federal legislative and political priorities. She also brings extensive grassroots advocacy experience to the Association after handling […]
John Trull
VP, Regulatory Advocacy
Phone: 503.350.2209
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x209
John Trull is the Vice President of Regulatory Advocacy for the Northwest Credit Union Association. He works to advocate credit unions’ opinions and positions to Federal and State Regulators to ensure reasonable non-burdensome regulations are promulgated. In addition to monitoring regulatory development and participating in the rulemaking processes where appropriate, Trull serves as a contact […]
Jennifer Wagner
EVP & Chief Advocacy Officer
Phone: 503.350.2224
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x224
Jennifer Wagner is the EVP & Chief Advocacy Officer for the Northwest Credit Union Association. She leads the Association’s federal governmental affairs priorities, working closely with the Northwest congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. as well as in our region. Wagner oversees the Association’s grassroots advocacy programs and initiatives to raise political action funds to support candidates […]
Senate Banking Committee Hearing Dives into Canna Banking Issues
July 23, 2019
This is the first time proposed federal legislation aimed at resolving some of those issues, received a Senate hearing.
Of note:
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who is cosponsoring SAFE, noted Oregon took in $80 million in taxes from legal marijuana -related businesses in FY 2018, but due to the dangerous high-cash environment, “that’s $80 million traveling down the roads and highways n duffle bags and backpacks.”
Rachel Pross, Chief Risk Officer at Salem, Oregon-based Maps Credit Union, told the committee about her credit unions’ work to serve 500 canna-related accounts. Pross noted Maps is “on track to remove over $860 million in cash from the sidewalks of Oregon’s communities, in just three years’ time.”
“We need Congress to provide financial institutions that choose to serve state-sanctioned cannabis businesses with a safe harbor,” Pross said.
Posted in Advocacy on the Move.