Merry Pateuk
Merry Pateuk, SVP, Industry Engagement, fulfills Velera’s strategic objective of leveraging the cooperative’s scale to advocate on behalf of the credit union industry. She cultivates relationships between Velera and local, state and national organizations that support credit unions and works collaboratively with industry partners to ensure there is alignment on key topics and a cohesive voice to ultimately strengthen credit unions’ position in the market.
During her tenure at Velera, Merry has served in a wide range of senior leadership roles to include Account Management, Sales, Corporate Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications and Public Relations and played a large part in taking the company from a start-up with a single line of business to an industry leader, serving hundreds of credit unions nationwide with multiple product lines.
She is on the Board of Directors of America’s Credit Union Museum and the Community Impact Fund. Merry champions PSCU’s efforts with numerous other system partners, actively engaged in committee participation with America’s Credit Unions, Children’s Miracle Network, Filene Research Institute, Credit Union Miracle Day and Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, the African American Credit Union Coalition and CUES. Before joining PSCU, Merry worked for KPMG in the Financial Services practice as a Manager of Management Consulting.
She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina. Merry also earned the Credit Union Development Educators (CUDE) and Africa Development Educators distinction from the National Credit Union Foundation.
