{"id":10820,"date":"2021-02-09T10:05:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/?p=10820"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:21:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:21:27","slug":"steve-coomes-79-named-to-extensia-financials-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2021\/02\/09\/steve-coomes-79-named-to-extensia-financials-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Coomes ’79 named to Extensia Financial’s Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Extensia Financial, a credit union service organization focused on commercial real estate, recently announced that Steve Coomes ’79 will be one of four new leaders joining its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Coomes is a retired financial services and operational leader with more than 30 years of financial institutions experience, most notably in the credit union environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExtensia Financial is excited about the collective talent these industry leaders will add to our company\u2019s Board of Directors,\u201d Sundip Patel, Chief Executive Officer, said in a news release. \u201cTheir combined expertise in corporate strategy, credit union operations and growth, and financial institutions leadership will be of great value as AVANA Companies and Extensia navigate a planned trajectory of significant growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coomes was the president and CEO of United SA Federal Credit Union in San Antonio, Texas, and retired in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has a master’s degree in finance from Butler University and a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College, where he majored in biology and was a member of Alpha Phi Omega. He also holds the Certified Chief Executive Designation from the Credit Union Executives Society of Madison, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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