Board of Directors Annual Election Notice
Western New York Federal Credit Union would like to notify the Membership of the process for nominating and voting for the Board of Directors at the 2025 Annual Meeting. This credit union’s grand success is largely due to our volunteers and their efforts. Our Board of Directors and Committee members are all dedicated volunteers, sharing their energy, talents and time.
There will be two vacancies on the Board of Directors. The following two incumbents have been nominated for election by the Nominating Committee:
Mike Henry – 3 year term
Tim Elling – 3 year term
Nominations for vacancies may also be made, but only by petition. Any member who wishes to submit a nomination by petition must obtain an Official Nominating Petition Certificate. The signed Certificate stating they are agreeable to nomination and will serve, if elected to office, along with a Statement of Qualifications and Biographical Data must be submitted. The Certificate and Statement, must be accompanied by the petition, which must be signed by one per cent (1%) of the membership. The credit union currently has 9263 Credit Union members, and therefore the Nomination Petition must be signed by at least 93 members. All fully completed petitions must be returned to the Credit Union office by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2026.
An election will not be conducted by ballot and there will be no nominations from the floor when there is only one nominee for each position to be filled. If there is only one nominee for each position to be filled, the election will not be conducted by ballot and all nominees will be elected to the open positions by casting one vote. In the event there is more than one nominee for any position to be filled, voting will take place. The Chair will appoint the Election Tellers, and ballots will be distributed. A vote is taken and tallied by the tellers, and the results announced. All elections are determined by plurality vote. Nominations cannot be made from the floor unless insufficient nominations have been made by the Nominating Committee or by petition to provide for one Nominee for each position to be filled or circumstances prevent the candidacy of a nominee for the position to be filled.
Irrespective of the number of shares, no member has more than one vote. Members must be at least 18 years of age in order to vote, hold office, or sign nominating petitions.
James Hill
Nominating Committee Chair
MIKE HENRY
• WNY FCU Board of Directors member since 1999, currently serving as President
• Retired Chief of Mental Health Treatment Services at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
• Leadership Buffalo Class of 1993
• Board Member and Past Treasurer of Parent Network Center of NY, Inc.
• Executive Committee Member and Past Chairman of Erie County Commission on Homelessness
• Volunteer work completed on the Buffalo Financial Plan Commissions’ analysis of the Buffalo School System
• Past President of the Olmstead Home School Association
• Board Member of Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier
• Member of the Mayor’s H.H. Richardson Building Advisory Task Force
• Past Board Member and President of Adult Residential Care Advocates, Inc.
• 1996 William B. Hoyt Advocate of the Year Award Winner from Erie County Child and Family Services
• Board Member of the Homeless Alliance of WNY
• Member of the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County Advocacy Committee and Impact Council
TIMOTHY ELLING
• Retired from Erie County Water Authority
• Past employment includes:
Erie County Water Authority
Zoom Tan as Facilities Manager
• Erie County Deputy Commissioner of Building & Grounds and West Seneca Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman
• Current member of the West Seneca Masonic Lodge #1111, Ismailia Shriners, Carriagers Social Club, and the West Seneca Democratic Committee
• Current member of the WNY FCU Board of Directors and past member of the Supervisory Committee
• Resident of West Seneca with wife, Noreen
• Past President and Vice-President of Shriners on Bikes