{"id":5866,"date":"2025-11-19T08:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=5866"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:15:18","slug":"applications-for-crash-the-gac-now-open-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=5866","title":{"rendered":"Applications for \u2018Crash the GAC\u2019 Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filene.org\/events\/crash-the-gac-2026\">application<\/a> period is now open for credit union young professionals to Crash the GAC to be held March 1-5, <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5868  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adjusted-Photos-58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"130\" \/>2026 in Washington D.C.\u00a0 The application window will close on December 1st.\u00a0 Crash the GAC is a creation of the Cooperative Trust and Filene Research Institute with the support of America\u2019s Credit Unions and state leagues, including the Nebraska Credit Union League. America\u2019s Credit Unions CEO Jim Nussle said \u201cCrashing the GAC is one of the best ways for young credit union professionals to experience the credit union movement\u2019s premier advocacy event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cooperative Trust will select one (1) credit union young professional from all Nebraska applicants to be Nebraska\u2019s 2026 Crasher. The selected Crasher will receive free registration for the conference provided by America\u2019s Credit Unions, as well as a roundtrip flight and hotel accommodation provided by the Nebraska Credit Union League. If you have questions about Crash the GAC, please feel free to reach out to Cortney Arnold at The Cooperative Trust\/Filene Research Institute at (608) 661-3760.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>Past Nebraska Crashers include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt Hill, Creighton FCU \u2013 2014<\/p>\n<p>Steele Davidson, Trius FCU \u2013 2015<\/p>\n<p>Megan VanDyke, LincOne FCU \u2013 2016<\/p>\n<p>Dan Marquez, LincOne FCU \u2013 2017<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Tworek, Family Focus \u2013 2018<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Cornay, Centris FCU \u2013 2019<\/p>\n<p>Jason Shonerd, LincOne FCU \u2013 2020<\/p>\n<p>Piper Kenny, Family Focus FCU \u2013 2022<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bartek, LincOne FCU \u2013 2023<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Ayers, Family Focus FCU \u2013 2024<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Baldridge, MembersOwn CU \u2013 2025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;] The application period is now open for credit union young professionals to Crash the GAC to be held March 1-5, 2026 in Washington D.C.\u00a0 The application window will close on December 1st.\u00a0 Crash the GAC is a creation of the Cooperative Trust [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}