The world of banking and finance can often engender a solitary, cutthroat, cannibalistic mentality. But Sheilah Montgomery, the 20-year president and CEO of a $20 million-dollar operation with 1st Choice Credit Union, is proud that the professional environment of her institution is buoyed by mutual respect and genuine concern.
There is a lot of brotherly and sisterly love at both branches of 1st Choice Credit Union in Atlanta.
“You have to care for people. It gives you some purpose, and then with that purpose you can really set some real goals. … You really do have to have others to help you meet those goals. And I have a fabulous staff. I carry the title, but we work together as a team,” she says. –terry shropshire
