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East Bay Business Times - 2:31 PM PST Thursday

Patsy Van Ouwerkerk, president and CEO of Travis Credit Union, was named 2006 Executive of the Year by the Credit Union Executives Society.

Madison, Wis.-based CUES, an independent professional development association designed exclusively for credit union executives, originated in 1962 as a professional development division of The Credit Union National Association, a trade group. The 2006 award was presented Nov. 13.

Van Ouwerkerk has been with Vacaville-based Travis since 2002. Under her tenure the credit union has expanded into five new communities and opened five new branches. Van Ouwerkerk is one of only 10 women in the U.S. to run a credit union with than $1 billion in assets.

She was also named to the 2006 Women of Distinction list by the East Bay Business Times."