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1775 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3428
Phone: (703) 518-6330
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Media Contact: Cherie Umbel
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Email: cumbel@ncua.gov

Hogue Named Associate Region V Director

June 15, 2004, Alexandria, Va., -- Twenty year National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) employee John S. Hogue has been selected to serve as associate regional director of Operations (ARDO) in Tempe, Arizona, effective June 21, 2004. As ARDO, Hogue is responsible for managing the regional office divisions of supervision, insurance, special actions and management services.

The NCUA Tempe regional office administers the supervision program for federal credit unions in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

John Hogue joined NCUA as an examiner in Los Angeles, Calif., in May 1983. He became a regional automated specialist in 1987 and was appointed to the position of supervisory examiner in 1988. Hogue served as director of Special Actions for two six month periods, and in November 2003 he became director of Supervision in the Tempe regional office.

Hogue has received numerous special act awards, was twice named Region VI supervisor of the year and graduated from NCUA’s executive development program during his multi-year tenure.

Hogue holds a BA in psychology from Kent State University and a BBA in accounting from Cleveland State University.

The National Credit Union Administration is the independent federal agency that regulates, charters and supervises federal credit unions. NCUA, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, operates and manages the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, insuring the savings of more than 82 million account holders in all federal credit unions and the overwhelming majority of state-chartered credit unions.

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