Sarah Canepa Bang
sarahcbang@fscc.com 888.372.2669 ext. 1205
Sarah Canepa Bang has been part of THE CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT for more than 28 years now. She has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of FSCC since 1999. During her tenure, FSCC has more than quadrupled in the number of credit unions, branches, and states involved in shared branching. In June 2006 Sarah successfully completed negotiations to bring FSCC Shared Branching to more than 2,200 7-Eleven® stores nationwide.
Sarah is a frequent speaker at national credit union events on emerging technologies. She has been a faculty member of the Western Intermediate Banking School and the Oregon Bankers’ Directors’ College. From 1990 to 1995, Sarah was a faculty member at Portland State University. Since 1999, Sarah has served on the Board of the Richard Myles Johnson Foundation supporting financial literacy in California. She is a director of the Applied Research Institute funding practical research projects for credit unions.
Sarah is a passionate supporter of the Credit Unions for Kids program. In June 2006 she was named to the board of the Credit Union Miracle Day foundation in Washington, DC which raises funds for the Children’s Miracle Network. In December, 2006, she was appointed to the Credit Unions for Kids Advisory Board for the Children’s Miracle Network in Salt Lake City.
In her spare time Sarah is a professional artist with paintings in several galleries in the Northwest and private homes in the U.S. and as far away as Florence, Italy. Her work has been featured on the cover of Country Pleasures magazine.