David Gilbert
David is a graduate of Harvard, earned a law degree from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Science in Business Administration from George Washington University. He has retired from a distinguished career of civil service with the Department of Army where he earned many outstanding and exceptional service awards as a key executive.
David has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal Credit Union for over thirty years, fourteen as chairman. He is currently an elected Director for Region II of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions and has lobbied for important changes to federal laws and regulations. He also serves as a member of the Maryland & DC Credit Union Association’s Governmental Affairs Committee. He is a strong advocate of people working together to achieve a better life for themselves and their community through the financial services provided by credit unions. To further the credit union movement and philosophy he has made special efforts to help encourage the recruitment and development of outstanding volunteers.
David has served on many civil, academic, and religious organizations in leadership capacities. He is consultant to executives and has been an invited speaker at many different state credit union league annual meetings to present education sessions such as: evaluating boards of directors, evaluating CEO’s, attracting outstanding volunteers and overlooked benefits of being a credit union volunteer. He is an active leader in the National Association of Credit Union Chairmen and a charter member of the Maryland Chairman’s Forum designed to assist smaller credit unions by sharing information and providing advice.
He is married to former Doris Lee Fiedler and lives in Bel Air, Maryland. They have 5 children and 10 grandchildren. His hobbies and other interests are skiing, tennis, sailing and the Maryland Senior Olympics. However, David enjoys spending a large amount of his time promoting the role of volunteers in credit unions.