Celeste Cook Email & Phone Number

Montgomery, Al, Us

Montgomery, Alabama, Us

Celeste is a credit union industry expert and strategist, consultant, speaker, and trainer. She partners with credit unions across the nation to help them increase loan growth, profitability, and membership retention transforming their credit union into a culture for growth. Many of her clients have experienced positive loan growth and profitability in addition to greater employee and member engagement as a result of her consulting services, training programs, and strategies. Celeste provides strategic planning, executive coaching, leadership development, lending training programs, sales and service training, collection training, and a business development/community engagement training program as well as a robust sales and service culture transformation program. She also provides consulting services for organizational development and performance compensation structure as well as assessment of the culture, lending, member service, policies, processes, and procedures. Celeste is also a keynote and motivational speaker. She has worked in the credit union industry for 20+ years and has been a professional speaker and trainer for more than 15 years. Celeste is President/CEO of cuStrategies, LLC, which provides consulting services and training programs to the credit union industry. She previously worked for a $1.6 billion credit union in Atlanta, Georgia, and worked as a consultant and trainer with Rex Johnson of Lending Solutions Consulting. Celeste conducts training programs/schools in lending, business development, leadership (coaching, team building, and change management), and sales and service. She brings to you her credit union expertise, experience, and proven strategies as well as her passion and dynamic speaking style that is engaging and filled with positive energy!!!

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Celeste was responsible for sales and service, training, employee development and business development and community engagement with a focus on increasing member engagement, cross sell opportunities, membership growth/retention, and loan growth. During her tenure, Celeste helped create a culture for growth increasing checking accounts, new members, loan growth through increased employee engagement and member engagement strategies and programs. Celeste turned the Business Development Department into a revenue generating department by establishing the right metrics and the right goals as well as hiring the right people. Expanded the field of membership by recruiting corporate SEGs and increased membership growth and loans through her business Development programs and strategies.

Arlington Heights, Illinois, Us

Provided business development consulting services to the Credit Union Industry and conducted lending schools with Rex Johnson, President/CEO of LSI.Developed a 2- Day Business Development School for the credit union industry