Our Owners.

By The Numbers.

Today CU Student Choice has partnered with over 300 credit unions to facilitate student lending solutions that lead to better financial decisions, long-term relationships, and sustainable, high-quality loan assets.

$2B

Loans Under Management

$1.9B

Loans Paid in Full

$1B+*

Net Returns to CU Partners

129,500

Families Helped

*Based on gross income for all credit union partners, minus gross losses and expenses, for originations since program inception.

Board of Directors.

Kathy Duvall, Board Chair

President & CEO
SF Fire Credit Union

Rui Domingos

President & CEO
MIT Federal Credit Union

Jon Jeffreys

President & CEO
Callahan & Associates

Andrea Mosher

Chief Lending Officer, SVP
Desert Financial Credit Union

Scott Patterson

President & CEO
CU Student Choice

Denise Stevens

EVP, Chief Product Officer
Velera

Brian Volkmann

Executive Vice President & CFO
Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union

Meet the Executive Team.

Scott Patterson

President & CEO

Scott is an original founder of Student Choice and formerly served as the CUSO’s Executive Vice President before ascending to the role of President/CEO. He has more than 24 years of experience in the credit union industry, including more than 16 years at Callahan & Associates.

Brian Fritsche

Chief Information Technology Officer

A seasoned fintech veteran with more than 25 years of experience, Brian leads all technology initiatives for the CUSO. He previously held senior leadership positions at financial services firms such as Lendisoft, American Credit Acceptance, and ThinkFinance.

Jim Holt

Chief Development Officer

Jim combines his more than 30 years of lending and financial experience to help credit unions learn about, and successfully enter, the private student lending market. Before joining Student Choice, Jim held leadership positions at Overture Technologies, Citibank’s Student Loan Corporation, and Sallie Mae.

Melissa Hunt

Chief Operations Officer

Melissa uses her vast experience to ensure all systems, and people, are running smoothly. Prior to joining Student Choice in 2008, Melissa spent almost 18 years in the credit union industry working at Smart Financial CU in Houston, TX, and Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union in Tampa, FL.

Mike Weber

Chief Marketing Officer

As the Chief Marketing Officer, Mike builds awareness of Student Choice within the credit union industry and also works directly with client credit unions to help them grow their program. Before joining Student Choice in 2008, Mike spent 9 years at Dupaco Community CU in Dubuque, IA.

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Our Credit Union Partners.

As our name indicates, Student Choice was founded by credit unions, for credit unions. From our 11 owner credit unions to our nearly 300 partners across the country, families can find a local, not-for-profit lender for their higher education funding needs.

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