Join us at the APEX convention for the annual Global Women’s Leadership Network event, hosted by CCUA and CULCT! All network members and APEX attendees are welcome to join the sessions.
Attend the afternoon session to hear from female-focused speakers and end the day with the GLWN networking reception.
All events will be held at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. For more location details, visit www.ccua.org/convention.
Global Women’s Leadership Network Event | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
All attendees are invited to join the event to network, reconnect, and share ideas during the APEX 2026 conference at Mohegan Sun. Attendees will also participate in a Community Impact Project, providing an opportunity to give back while connecting with fellow credit union professionals.
Note that this event is not part of APEX 2026 and requires a separate registration.
Global Women’s Leadership Network Reception | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
This session is NOT part of APEX and requires a separate registration. This session is open to all attendees, not just members of the network.
Interested in sponsoring Global Women's? Contact Dawn Roberts, CCUA VP Finance & Administration at droberts@ccua.org.
Attending APEX 2026 & GLWN sessions? Register here.
We are currently transitioning to a new event system. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dawn Roberts at droberts@ccua.org.
Join us at the APEX convention for the annual Global Women's Network event, hosted by CCUA and CULCT! All network members and APEX attendees are welcome to join the sessions.
Registration Fee: $95 per person
Vendor and Partner Registrant:
Contact us for more information or sponsorship details.
Liz Winninger
Executive Vice President of Strategic Growth and Innovation at BankSocial
GWLN Speaker
Tuesday, October 13th at 3:30 pm
The Coach in the Boardroom
Liz Winninger is Executive Vice President of Strategic Growth and Innovation at BankSocial, where she leads go-to-market strategy, partnerships, marketing, client success, and product enablement across the company's orchestration platform for credit unions and community banks. Before BankSocial, Liz built her career in the credit union cooperative sector, most notably at Xtend, the CUSO delivering shared services across the movement. She is an expert in member communications, experience, and a payments strategist, a competitive figure skater, and a coach across figure skating, hockey, and youth baseball. Liz believes the cooperative principles that built the credit union movement and the coaching principles that develop athletes are, at their core, the same set of commitments: shared accountability, long-horizon investment in people, and the discipline to put the team's outcome ahead of your own scoreline.
Session Description:
Most executives treat coaching as a metaphor for leadership. Liz Winninger argues they are the same practice, performed in different rooms. Drawing on her path from competitive figure skating and hockey to coaching youth athletes, and her parallel arc from credit union shared services to fintech executive leadership, Liz makes the case that the sidelines and the boardroom demand the same skill: earning trust from people who owe you none, and developing them anyway. This session is a candid look at what coaching kids who can tune you out by Tuesday taught her about leading teams, building cooperative organizations, and showing up as a leader worth following.
Pre-Conference: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Global Women's Network Registration |
| Global Women's Network Session Liz Winninger |
| 4:45 pm Abenaki Lobby | GWLN Group Photo |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Global Women's Networking Reception
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Are you looking for a unique opportunity to connect with credit union leaders at APEX 2026? Look no further than the Global Women’s Leadership Network Event, taking place on October 13th at Mohegan Sun Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut.
GWLN Meeting & Reception Sponsorship Registration
Cancellation policy:
All cancellations must be received by email to Dawn Roberts (droberts@ccua.org) on or before Tuesday, September 29, 2026. If received before September 29, 2026, the registrant is entitled to a 50% refund. No refunds or cancellations will be credited after September 29, 2026.
Payment:
The total payment is required by September 16, 2026.
Thank you to our GWLN 2026 Sponsors!
