Nick Kessenich: Working for the member
b'\\u201cHe gave me a chance.\\u201d It\\u2019s what Nick Kessenich hopes members will say when asked about the impact he had on their financial lives. It\\u2019s also what $28 million asset Members First Credit Union in Madison, Wis., would say if credit unions could talk.\\xa0 For nearly 40 years, Kessenich led the credit union as it grew from an organization run out of a basement and a briefcase into a community-based credit union that serves more than 3,000 members.\\xa0 \\u201cThe credit union was my life. What I\\u2019m proud of the most is when somebody thanks me because no one else would give them a chance,\\u201d Kessenich says. \\u201cI gave them a chance, they took it, and they succeeded.\\u201d'