Serving Since 2014

2019 Committee Participation

Governance & H.R.
Audit & Ops. Risk
Peer Group Rep
CCD designation - CUES Governance Leadership Institute

Bill Wilby

To say Bill is involved with the credit union system would be an understatement. Bill was first elected to the gfcu Board in 2014 and has wasted no time becoming one of the most knowledgeable resources you’ll find at any credit union. He is currently the Vice Chair and has served on every gfcu Board Committee at some point. Currently, he sits on the gfcu Human Resources and Governance Committee and the gfcu Audit and Operational Risk Committee. He is also the chair of this region's credit union peer group Executive Committee and is a director of the Stabilization Central Credit Union, which serves other credit unions and is focused on strengthening the system as a whole.

Bill is also an accredited credit union director (ACCUD), who, for the last three years, has been collaborating with five Boundary, Kootenay, and Columbia Valley credit unions on the goal of amalgamating into one regional credit union. Bill is one of three gfcu directors who have been working extensive on the due diligence process while exploring this possibility, and would move on to become a director should a new credit union be formed. It should be noted that no such process would occur without the approved consent of our membership.

Having been self-employed for his entire working life, Bill brings a wide range of experiences to the board. He and his wife, Sandra, started and operated the Grand Forks business, Contact Photo Arts, which they sold in 2010. They now operate Strida Canada, an online folding bicycle sales business. With his entrepreneurial, change management, and technological experience, Bill provides modern diversity to the gfcu Board of Directors.

Sandra and Bill have two daughters: one is a software engineer living in Vancouver and one is an organic market gardener living in Grand Forks. In an attempt to enhance and expand local food systems, Bill also volunteers his time with groups such as the Grand Forks and Regional Ag Society and the Kettle Valley Food Co-op.