Nina Baker started at ProFed FCU as a part-time teller. Forty years later, she runs the place. On October 2, at the Indiana Credit Union League’s Convention and Annual Meeting.
She and three other longtime leaders were inducted into the Indiana Credit Union Hall of Fame, the League’s highest honor for contributions to the credit union movement.
The 2025 class: Bryan Price of Indiana University Credit Union, Nina Baker of ProFed FCU, Jill Banning of REGIONAL FCU, and Karen Madry of Afena FCU. Here’s a quick look at each.
- Bryan Price: nearly four decades in the movement, CEO since 2007, League board chairman in 2025 and 2026
- Nina Baker: 40 years at ProFed FCU, League board chairwoman from 2023 to 2024
- Jill Banning: computer operator turned CEO, now retired, with a legacy in financial education and shared branching
- Karen Madry: national small-credit-union advocate and the first African American woman to chair the League board
Bryan Price, Indiana University Credit Union
Price began his career in 1986 and climbed through roles that included Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. He became President/CEO in 2007. Along the way he earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, a demanding credential in investment and finance, and focused on strengthening the credit union and its members’ financial well-being.
His influence reaches well past Bloomington. Price has served on the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Credit Union Advisory Council, and America’s Credit Unions’ Advocacy Policy Committee.
He also works the political side. Price has hosted elected officials and policymakers at his credit union and spoken for Indiana credit unions at the annual Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C. On the League’s Board of Directors from 2020 through 2026, he served as chairman in 2025 and 2026, guiding work on behalf of Indiana’s 2.8 million credit union members.
Nina Baker, ProFed FCU
Baker moved from part-time teller to President/CEO, serving generations of members and the Fort Wayne community. She led the Northeastern Chapter of Credit Unions for more than 20 years, encouraging collaboration among credit unions across the region.
Her impact goes beyond banking. Under her leadership, ProFed has generously supported Riley Hospital for Children. She also helped establish the Indiana Sister Society of the Global Women’s Leadership Network, which gives women in the movement a place to connect, grow professionally, and back one another.
Baker has been a steady advocate too, through trips to Washington, D.C., events around Indiana, and legislator meetings at her credit union. She has served on numerous League committees, a national committee on emerging issues, and the Indiana Credit Union Foundation Board. On the League’s Board from 2017 to 2026, she was chairwoman from 2023 to 2024.
Jill Banning, REGIONAL FCU
Banning began as a computer operator and rose to President and CEO of REGIONAL FCU, retiring earlier this year. She guided growth and expanded services while building a culture of respect, teamwork, and support among employees and board members.
Financial education was her signature. Because REGIONAL FCU grew out of serving educators, she made financial literacy a priority and helped set up in-school credit unions in 13 Northwest Indiana schools. Students learned about saving, money management, and what credit union membership means, and the programs earned awards over the years. The credit union also offered members of all ages education on everything from budgeting to fraud prevention.
She was just as committed to cooperation. In the 1990s, Banning helped found Credit Union Centers of Northwest Indiana, which brought shared branching to thousands of members and later became part of a larger cooperative network across Indiana and Illinois. She served on its board for 22 years, three as president. The credit union service organization (a company owned by credit unions to share services) oversees roughly 300 Indiana branches and connects to a nationwide shared branching network of more than 5,400 locations.
Banning also served on multiple League committees and on its Board of Directors from 2020 through 2026.
Karen Madry, Afena FCU
Madry has long championed underserved communities, small credit unions, and the cooperative principles behind the movement. At Afena FCU, she has built innovative, compassionate programs to improve members’ financial well-being, along with a culture centered on service.
As chairwoman of a national small credit union committee, she spotlighted the particular challenges smaller institutions face. That work led to an invitation to testify before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on behalf of credit unions nationwide.
Her reach is global. Madry gave award-winning help with disaster recovery in Dominica and traveled to Africa, where she earned the International Credit Union Development Educator (ICUDE) designation. She has also been inducted into the African American Credit Union Hall of Fame.
At home, she has served on numerous League committees and on the Indiana Credit Union Foundation’s Board. She became the first African American woman to chair the League’s Board of Directors, leading its first all-female executive committee in 2022–2023.
About the Hall of Fame
The Indiana Credit Union Hall of Fame honors people whose leadership and service have left a lasting mark on Indiana credit unions. Induction is the League’s top honor. Together, this year’s four inductees have served the state’s 2.8 million credit union members in boardrooms, classrooms, and Washington hearing rooms.
If you’re a credit union member, a good next step is simple: ask your credit union about its financial education programs and how members can get involved. Many, like the ones these leaders built, are open to people of every age.