Governance and Staff

Guido Chezzi has been involved with the Credit Union for 50 years. He is Vice Chair of the Ontario Credit Union Charitable Foundation and has received an achievement award from this organization. He has facilitated with young co-op leaders and has received a “Youth Mentorship Award” from the ON co-op. He was an avid member of Northern Credit Union. In June he received “Safety Recognition” for presenting to co-op students in various high schools about job safety in the workplace. His presentations covered the “Industrial Accident Prevention Association” in Toronto. Guido has managed the Credit Union for 15 years as a founder of the Coniston community. He was the chapter president in Sudbury for 33 different Credit Unions throughout the city. He also sat on the Cumis Board for 10 years on the International Program Committee and spent another10 years being a part of the Canadian Cooperative Association. Guido also dedicated his time in Africa working with various Credit Unions. He was a volunteer fireman for 35 years as well as being a community Lions Club member. He worked at INCO for 38 years. He has been married for 48 years and enjoys spending time with his wife Carol, their 2 daughters and their 5 grandchildren.     

Paul is a Strategic Relationship Manager at CUMIS, accountable for business development and relationship management with credit unions. Paul is a 37 year employee of The Cooperators and CUMIS, having worked in a variety of customer facing and senior management roles across the country.

He has been a Credit Union member for over 48 years. A retired educator, he taught at the elementary, secondary and university level in Germany and Ottawa.  Bruce has been a Director or Chair of Your Credit Union in Eastern Ontario for 27 years; served on the Credit Union Central of Ontario Board for 15 years; and was an Executive Director of Concentra Financial in Saskatoon for 10 years. He was a founding member of the Directors’ Forum and served a term on municipal council. A Legion Member, he is heavily involved each year with the Poppy Campaign in his area. At the 2010 AGM, Bruce received the Credit Union Outstanding Achievement Award from Central 1.

Tim Bossence has been an OCUCF board member since 2005. He recently retired as CEO of 

Unigasco Community Credit Union. He has served 42 years in the financial services industry. Tim was a member of the Board of Directors of the Credit Union Central of Ontario for 16 years, the Co operative Trust Company of Canada for 6 years and the Ethical Funds Mutual Fund Company for 3 years. He has held positions on the Finance Committees, Audit Committees and Planning and Governance Committees of the aforementioned and he has served as Chair of the Credit Union Services Association for 10 years. Tim resides in Chatham Ontario with his wife Pat. He has two grown children Darryl, a Chiropractor and Brad, a business executive.

Liz has been employed at United Communities Credit Union for over 10 years and her current role is Manager of Community Relations.  In 2007 she received a Scholarship through Credit Union Central of Ontario and attended the WOCCU conference as a WYCUP nominee. She is enrolled in Boston College’s Centre for Corporate Citizenship and is a graduate of Leadership Windsor-Essex.  She is active in her local community and is also a Director for the W.E. Care for Kids Foundation.