World Council of Ukrainian Cooperatives conducts its sixth convention in Toronto

TORONTO - The World Council of Ukrainian Cooperatives (WCUC) held its sixth convention, which traditionally takes place at the same time as the conclave of the Ukrainian World Congress.

The WCUC convention is held to report on the activities of the organization for the previous five years; to provide a framework and plan of action for the next five years; and to elect a board of directors and executive officers for the ensuing five years.

Members of the WCUC are the member-credit unions of the National Association of Credit Unions in Ukraine, Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions in Australia, Ukrainian National Credit Union Association (U.S.A.) and the Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions in Canada.

At the convention, Dmytro Hryhorchuk of Chicago ended his five-year term as president of the World Council of Ukrainian Cooperatives.

The following people were elected or appointed for a five-year term to the WCUC:

• Honorary Presidents: Omelian Pleshkevych (U.S.A.) and Wasyl Sytnyk (Canada);
  
  
• President: Bohdan Leshchyshen (Toronto);
  
  
• Presidium (all from Toronto): Mr. Leshchyhen, president, Buduchnist Credit Union; Michael Shepetyk, vice-president, Buduchnist Credit Union; Petro Mykulak, member, Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions of Canada; Orest Romanyshen, treasurer, Ukrainian Credit Union; Natalka Bundza-Iwanitsky, secretary, Ukrainian Credit Union;
  
  
• Vice-Presidents: Ivan Ivasiuk, National Association of Credit Unions in Ukraine; Vsevolod Salenko, Ukrainian National Credit Union Association; Mr. Mykulak, Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions in Canada; Myroslaw Boliuch, Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions in Australia;
  
  
• Members of the board of directors: Bohdan Watral, Chicago, Self-Reliance Ukrainian FCU; Mirko Pylyshenko, Rochester, N.Y., Rochester Ukrainian FCU; Lew Futala, Yonkers, N.Y., SUMA FCU; Bohdan Kekish, New York, Self-Reliance FCU; Ihor Laszok, Newark, N.J., Self-Reliance Ukrainian American FCU;
  
  
• Supervisory Committee: Mr. Hryhorchuk, Chicago, Central of Ukrainian Cooperatives of the U.S.A.; Myroslav Shmigel, New York, Self-Reliance FCU; Yaroslav Pryslak, Montreal, La Caisse Populaire Ukrainienne de Montreal;
  
  
• Legal Advisor: Taras Pidzamecky, Toronto, Ukrainian Credit Union.

The headquarters of the World Council of Ukrainian Cooperatives has been moved from Chicago to Toronto.

The newly elected president of the WCUC, Mr. Leshchyshen, has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked for a chartered bank, the federal regulator of financial institutions, the provincial regulator of credit unions, a trust company, an investment dealer, an investment counseling company and a credit rating agency.

Currently he is the manager of research and special situations analyst with St. James Securities Inc., a newly formed institutional brokerage firm.

He received his Master's in Business Administration from the University of Toronto in 1975, and was named a fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers (FICB) in 1978. In 1990, he completed the requirements of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts and received a CFA designation. He is a member of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts.

He is a director of Buduchnist Credit Union Ltd. and a director of the Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions of Canada.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 7, 1999, No. 6, Vol. LXVII

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