Coastal Hires Emily Nail as VP, Cooperative Strategies and Executive Director

Coastal Credit Union has hired Emily Nail as its new VP of Cooperative Strategies and Executive Director of the Coastal Credit Union Foundation.  In her new role, Nail will be primarily responsible for leading all aspects of the foundation’s operations, including working closely with the nonprofit community to shape grant requests that are consistent with the foundation’s mission and areas of focus for community impact.

Nail will work to build the Foundation’s image and serve as its ambassador to the community.  She will also lead Coastal’s strategies and activities around working with other local, regional and national cooperatives, as well as the industry’s Credit Union Development Educators.

She joins Coastal from the Cooperative Council of North Carolina (CCNC), where she had been the executive director since 2015. Prior to joining CCNC, she had 11 years of banking experience, including four years at High Plains Federal Credit Union in New Mexico.

Nail holds a BS in Management and Economics from Illinois State University and an MBA from Eastern New Mexico University.