Board of Directors Applicant Form
✅ From: Julian Hawes
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2026 8:24 PM
To: Stelfanie Williams <stelfamie.williams@board.
Cc: Mark Fleming ; Ben McLawhorn ; Chris Ayers ; Chuck Stone ; Michael Clements;
McKinley Wooten Bob Brinson ; Amaka Flynn; cc: Brady, Leigh
Subject: Board Nomination
I noticed on your website that there is a vacancy on the credit unions' board of directors. I would like for the board to nominate me for the vacancy.
As a 50 plus year member and a prior member nominated candidate that garnered the most votes of the four member nominated candidates that ran in 2024, I feel that I am qualified and represent a large constituency of members in several communities.
Respectfully submitted, Julian Hawes ✔ Julian Hawes was the top member-nominated candidate, receiving 31,203 votes, in the last contested SECU Board election (October, 2024).
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Julian HawesBrought up in Wallace, N.C., a man of his word, suffers from a rural N.C. work ethic. Graduated from N.C. State, as an ardent Wolfpack loyalist. Retired after a 30+ year career at SECU, serving as the SVP for eastern N.C. in Goldsboro. SECU's premier lender and loan officer mentor. About lending: "Listen first, decide second; put yourself in the other fellow's shoes; and, the best collateral for a loan is the borrower's character." Expert in finance, but understands the member-value of the $500 salary advance loan program, which he created. Married, now lives in the Winston-Salem area. Still knows how to “prime” tobacco.
