MichBusiness recently named Cheryl Boodram, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Chief Financial Credit Union, a 2019 Transformative Leader of the Year.

The MichBusiness Transformative Leader award recognizes leaders who are remarkable at elevating the quality of life for employees, clients or colleagues. The award is open to business leaders throughout Michigan, highlighting select individuals who exemplify leadership each year.

During her time at Chief Financial, Boodram has fostered the organization's marketing and sales strategy from the department's inception and has led many cross functional teams as primary lead of credit union project management. Tirelessly working to achieve the organizational mission of empowering financial success and inspiring creative philanthropy, she has developed programs that have cultivated hundreds of thousands of dollars for community partners. Boodram was also honored for her efforts in 2018 with the Oakland County Executive's Elite 40 Under 40 Award.

"To have a leader like Cheryl on our team is truly an honor," said Tom Dluzen, Chief Financial Credit Union President and CEO. "Cheryl leads by example and with a passion to empower each individual on the team to succeed. This award is an amazing recognition of her hard work both at Chief Financial and in the community."

Chief Financial Credit Union is the only financial institution headquartered in the Greater Rochester Area. With a commitment to empowering financial success and inspiring creative philanthropy, Chief Financial has been meeting the needs of its members since 1941 through its branch locations in Pontiac, Dearborn and Rochester Hills, Michigan. Chief Financial is also the official credit union of Leader Dogs for the Blind and Rochester University. For more information, visit www.chiefonline.com.