Whitney Anderson-Harrell
CCDO, Michigan State University FCU (East Lansing, MI)
Whitney Anderson-Harrell serves as the Chief Community Development Officer at MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU). Anderson-Harrell began at MSUFCU in 2015, previously working for Kraft Foods for 13 years. She currently oversees the credit union’s community development, diversity, equity, and inclusion, business development, and financial education departments as well as the Financial Innovation and Education Center. She also serves as the President of the Desk Drawer Fund, a foundation supporting the MSUFCU and Oakland University Credit Union communities.
Anderson-Harrell currently serves as the Vice Chair of Lansing Promise, is a member of the African American Credit Union Coalition's Board of Directors, member of The Links, Incorporated, the MSUFCU African American Affinity Group, Capital Area United Way, Funders, Lansing SAVE board, Lansing School District’s Magnet Programs Advisory Committee, the MLK Commission Greater Lansing, the secretary of MSU Multicultural Business Program, MSU Sales Program, the MSU Student Athlete Engagement Faculty Committee, and the Peckham Community Partnership Foundation board.
Anderson-Harrell holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Marketing from Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University, and has studied in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mexico.