Meet Our Team

John Ingersoll Collins, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Product, and Risk Management

As Alloya’s Senior Vice President, Strategy, Product and Risk Management, John Ingersoll Collins is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic planning process.  John is also responsible for the Product Management function which collaborates internally to ensure that Alloya’s products provide member value, are priced effectively and are profitable.  Further, he is responsible for the Risk Management area that measures, reports and monitors risk associated with interest rates, credit and operations.  He also assists the CEO in the general management and administration of the corporate by providing support and counsel in strategic and industry issues. This includes corporate governance coordination, corporate charter, the coordination of corporate general counsel activities, policy and bylaw administration and compliance, and management of the corporates’ goals and objectives.

He began his credit union career almost 30 years ago and joined the corporate in 2001.  Prior to that, John worked as CFO for Great Lakes Credit Union in North Chicago, IL for ten years.  His background also includes holding several positions at First Community Credit Union in Houston, Texas, where he started his career as a teller, climbing to the position of Vice President. 

John served formerly as chair of Mid-States Corporates’ Credit Committee and Asset/Liability Committee (ALCO), and has the unique distinction of having been both a corporate member and a volunteer official before becoming an employee.  He currently serves as Treasurer of Illinois CUES and has held all other offices, including President.  John serves as the Treasurer of the Fox Valley Montessori School Board of Trustees and as the lead independent Director of CTI, Industries (CTIB), a NASDAQ traded firm.

John holds his Bachelor’s in Economics, History, and English from Ripon College in Ripon, WI.  He also holds his M.B.A. in Finance and Management from Emory University in Atlanta, GA.  He has also attended post graduate education at the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, IL, including the KMI program, and at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.