Arlington, VA (June 04, 2025) — National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial services company dedicated to providing banking products and services to cooperatives, their members, and socially responsible organizations nationwide, is pleased to welcome two new members to its Board of Directors.
The Board welcomes Bill Bush, Chief Financial Officer of SparkFund headquartered in Washington, DC, and Gerardo Espinoza, Executive Director of the Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF) located in Boston, MA.
NCB also extends its sincere gratitude to Marc Friedman and Jennifer Dolin, whose terms as Board members have concluded after dedicated service since 2019.
Gigi Hyland, Principal, CU, LLC and former Executive Director of the National Credit Union Foundation, will assume the role of Board Chair, and Thomas Fink, a seasoned Capital Markets Executive, will take on the position of Vice Chair.
The Board benefits from a diverse group of members who come from a variety of industries where cooperatives play a vital role. NCB’s Board of Directors includes:
- Gigi Hyland (Board Chair), Principal, CU, LLC, Washington, DC
- Thomas Fink (Board Vice Chair), Capital Markets Executive, New York, NY
- Josh Ablett, Chief Information Security Officer, Adelia Associates, New Bedford, MA
- Caroline Blakely, Former President & CEO, Rebuilding Together, Washington, DC
- Bill Bush, CFO, SparkFund, Washington, DC
- Robyn DesHotel, Chief Financial Officer, National Co-op Grocers, St. Paul, MN
- Gerardo Espinoza, Executive Director, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Boston, MA
- Brian Obergfell, Chairman and Partner, Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, New York, NY
- Andrew Reicher, Former Executive Director, UHAB, New York, NY
- Maria Smedley, Vice President, Human Resources, Performance Foodservice, Little Rock, AR
- Elizabeth Vealey, President, Sophius, LLC, Lancaster, NY
- Curtis Wynn, CEO, SECO Energy, Sumterville, FL