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PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTHWEST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, HERNDON
PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTHWEST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, HERNDON
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
In September 2023, the Washington Commanders announced a multiyear partnership with Northwest Federal, making it the official credit union of the team and, for a few months, former Commanders quarterback Sam Howell was NWFCU’s spokesperson before being traded to the Seattle Seahawks.
Bentley has more than three decades of experience in consumer and commercial lending. He has said he finds credit unions appealing because he enjoys working for
members rather than investors.
Bentley came to NWFCU in 2014 from Florida’s Achieva Credit Union to work as senior vice president of lending. Three years later, the board promoted him to lead the credit union.
In May, Bentley won Volunteer Fairfax’s Executive Leader of the Year award, which recognized his efforts with the NWCFU Foundation, the credit union’s philanthropic organization, on fundraising drives and with its scholarship program.
Northwest reported about $4.6 billion in assets in 2023, up from $4.1 billion in 2022. Last year, the institution made 23,900 loans totaling $947.8 million.
