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Our Leadership Team
Our Leaders Are Here to Serve Everyday Heroes Like You.
Our leadership team was assembled based on their skills and expertise in building an inclusive financial institution to empower members from all walks of life to succeed in meeting their financial goals.

Meet the Team Dedicated to Your Financial Success.
We serve the heroes who serve the Greatest City in the World. MCU exists to help each of our 600,000+ members (and counting!) build strong foundations for excellent financial futures—and we’re led by a team of experts who work every day to accomplish just that.
- Home
- Meet the Team
- Log In
- Contact
- Careers
- Search
- Search Results
- Branches & ATMs
- Rates
- Log In
- About MCU
- Join MCU
- Personal Banking
- Lending
- Meet the Team
- Loans
- Home Loans
- Conventional Mortgages
- Jumbo Mortgages
- High-Balance Mortgages
- Family Homes, Co-Ops, and Condos
- Investment Property
- ARMs
- Adam Gonda
- Xiang He Lin
- Sabrina Kilgore
- Omar Osoria
- Michele Palmucci
- Cesarina Pena
- Walter Skowronski
- Shantell Wynn
- Homebuyer Dream Program
- Heroes Home Improvement Loan
- Mortgage Center
- Insurance
- Member Resources
- MCU Financials
- Forms and Disclosures
- Privacy Policy
- Automated Telephone Banking
- Order New Checks
- Security & Fraud Alerts
- Privacy Notice
- Scholarship Search
- Schedule an Appointment
Board Members

James N. Saunders
Secretary-Treasurer
James Saunders serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Board at MCU, responsible for keeping detailed accounts of Board meetings and overseeing MCU’s operational budget.
He is currently Deputy General Counsel and Chief Health Care Compliance & HIPAA Privacy Officer for the New York City Fire Department. He joined the ranks of the Fire Department in 2014, prior to which he held multiple legal and compliance positions with New York City Health + Hospitals, eventually rising to the position of First Deputy Corporate Compliance Officer.
James earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. He also holds CHC (Certified in Healthcare Compliance), CHPC (Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance) and CHRC (Certified in Healthcare Research Compliance) certifications from the Compliance Certification Board.
We Have a Long History of Serving NYC’s Everyday Heroes.
Keeping the Greatest City in the World moving forward, every day, requires heroic effort by hundreds of thousands of individuals. As a NYC institution that’s been around for over 100 years, we work every day to provide excellent service and support to the everyday heroes who serve New York City.


