Audrey McTague – 6 years
What is your current position?
I am a Training Specialist II (just promoted). My main job is to teach our member consultants how Wauna Credit Union does loans, specifically but not limited to, The Fundamentals of Lending, Understanding the Credit Report, the Art of an Interview, as well as how to use our back-end systems. I have also learned to do onboarding new employees and new account opening as well.
What is something that working at WCU has taught you?
I have learned the power of really reading the credit report and deciphering what’s really going on with the members finances. Bad things happen to good people and it’s up to us to find a solution rather than automatically declining a loan.
If you could choose one new hobby what would it be?
I would love to start hiking at all national parks in Washington & Oregon.
Laura Lovegren – 4 years
What is your current position?
I am the Operations Support Manager. My day includes making sure all the behind the scene wheels are turning. We do everything we can to make sure electronic services happen smoothly, and we are a first line against protecting our members from fraud.
What is something that working at WCU has taught you?
My very favorite thing about working for Wauna is that it is a learning organization. I have worked several different positions within the credit union and am currently in my “dream job”. I was encouraged by mentor to find my Blue Flame and the place where I burn the brightest. Operations is an are I am passionate about and feel I can thrive.
If you could choose one new hobby what would it be?
If I could choose a new hobby it would probably be to spend more time at concerts. I could easily hit the road and follow some of my favorite artists around the country.
Hannah Coffey – 3 years
What is your current position?
I’m currently a Member Consultant Level II in the Astoria Branch. Every year my job changes, and everyday I learn new ways to assist our members with their daily needs, whether it’s basic transactions, new accounts, loans, or whatever else they need to build their financial well-being.
What is something that working at WCU has taught you?
When I first started at Wauna, I mainly did teller transactions. Now I’m closing out my third year here and have learned so much – too much to list in a couple of sentences. Throughout my time here I’ve definitely grown as an individual as well as a team player, and have found new ways to improve relationships with everyone I talk to, in addition to tasks within the credit union.
If you could choose one new hobby what would it be?
If I could choose a new hobby outside of traveling (which I always want to do more of), it would definitely be skydiving. I’ve gone once before, but can only imagine how cool it would be to do it on a regular basis and eventually be able to go by myself.
Lidia Sanchez – 3 years
What is your current position?
I’m a real estate loan processor out of the Astoria branch. My job is to assist the real estate loan officers on the Coast while also assisting members with their mortgage lending needs, like home equity loans or purchasing/refinancing. I also go out in the community and build relationships with our business partners.
What is something that working at WCU has taught you?
My journey with the credit union started in 2014 and I’ve been in many different roles since I’ve been here but I am definitely loving my current position and all of the things I’ve learned while working in the mortgage department. While helping members build their financial well-being, I’ve learned how to better myself financially and that helps me while assisting members because I can speak from experience. I also know what to expect when the time comes for me to buy a house.
If you could choose one new hobby what would it be?
Photography would be my hobby. I love being creative and finding beauty in unexpected places and to be able to take pictures of what I find interesting or beautiful and share them with people would be so rewarding.
Michael Murdoch – 2 years
What is your current position?
I’m the credit union’s Communication Specialist. What I love most about this position is that more often than not my voice gets to be the voice of the organization. It’s truly charming to open a paper or online article and observe your words out there for all to see – it’s quite the opposite to find a typo, however.
What is something that working at WCU has taught you?
People are people and they are dynamic and thoughtful and wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful. To be constantly educating and reeducating yourself so that you might better serve another (sometimes someone you may never meet) is a forever-learning experience.
If you could choose one new hobby what would it be?
Train-surfing. I know, I know, it sounds nutty; but I love to travel and have surfed one train south of Paris and another in Guangzhou, China. I’d love to train-surf the Siberian Railway, but I would also become an ice-block during this venture, so maybe my hobby then could be cooling really large drinks.
Others
- Danea Passmore – 14 Years
- Ian Wiggins – 5 Years
- Brittany Warren – 4 Years
- Ericka Barnett – 2 Years
- Brady Leach – 1 Year
- Ro Allison – 1 Year