Coastal Credit Union’s Creighton Blackwell Earns 2021 C-Suite Award

Coastal Credit Union’s Chief Culture & Impact Officer, Creighton Blackwell has been named among the Triangle Business Journal’s 2021 C-Suite Awards recipients.

Blackwell is being recognized for his contributions to the organization’s growth over the past 12 months, including:

• The launching and development of Coastal’s Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee and helping to set its vision and strategy
• Setting and delivering strategy for Coastal’s relationship with more than 1,800 business and corporate partners
• Serving as Chair of Coastal’s Foundation, which granted over $1 million over the past year to local nonprofits

Blackwell and the rest of the winners were recognized at an awards dinner on September 22. Triangle Business Journal will also profile the winners in a special section that will be published in its September 24 subscriber edition.

This is the 4^th year in a row that Coastal has been recognized. Previous winners include CEO Chuck Purvis, Chief Strategy & Talent Officer Willard Ross and Chief Financial Officer Tami Langton.