2026 Self-Help Credit Union Annual Meeting

Mark your calendars to join us this November 18 for Self-Help Credit Union's 2026 Annual Meeting.

All members are invited to attend in person. We will also be sharing short videos of some of the meeting presentations afterwards for those who don't live in Durham or are unable to attend.

Date: November 18, 2026

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

6:00 - 6:30pm: Mingling and heavy hors d'oeuvres

6:30 - 7:00pm: Credit union business, including board member elections

7:00 - 8:00pm: Presentations from community partners and Self-Help staff

Place: 302 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27701 (Corner of Market St. & Main St.)

Join us as we present some of our activities over the past year; look ahead to what's on the horizon; elect board members; and celebrate the collective impact of our members, partners and staff.

We hope to see you there!

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Members attending the Annual Meeting will have the opportunity to vote for Self-Help Credit Union board members.

This year, there are three seats up for election by the general membership. The nominating committee has nominated the following candidates for each seat:

General seat 1: (Two candidates nominated for this seat)

• Jessica Brown-Linton
• Lida Coleman

General seat 2: Doris Asbury (incumbent, running unopposed)

General seat 3: Jose Oliva (incumbent, running unopposed)

Jessica Brown-Linton:

Jessica is the retired Deputy CFO for Durham County (NC). She currently serves as a Senior Accountant for the City of Richmond, VA. Jessica grew up in the Walltown neighborhood in Durham, where Self-Help renovated over 100 homes starting in the mid-1990s in close partnership with local churches, community leaders, the City of Durham, Duke University and others. Jessica is an active volunteer for Walltown Neighborhood Ministries and St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church. She is a graduate of NC State University.

Lida Coleman:

Lida retired after a long career running her own CPA firm in Chapel Hill. Her firm was the first women-owned CPA firm in North Carolina. She is a board member of the SECU Family House at UNC Hospital and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. Lida’s a long-time volunteer in the field of women’s reproductive rights, having served on the boards of Pathfinder International, Planned Parenthood (nationally and locally), IPAS and The Guttmacher Institute. Lida graduated from UNC-Greensboro.

Doris Asbury:

Doris is a former public schools administrator in Charlotte, where she served as an assistant principal and program coordinator. She was a long-time board member of First Legacy Community Credit Union, serving until First Legacy’s 2020 merger into Self-Help Credit Union. Doris has been involved in countless volunteer programs in Charlotte and nationally, including with the AME Zion church, the Ivy Hall Foundation, Jack and Jill of America and the Alpha Kappa Sorority. She is a recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest award for service to the state of North Carolina. Doris has served on the Self-Help Credit Union board of directors since 2020.

Jose Oliva:

Jose is Special Advisor for Workforce and Education Partnerships in the Office of the North Carolina Governor. He is a doctoral candidate in Harvard University’s Education Leadership program. Jose previously served as Chief of Staff to the Guilford County (NC) Superintendent of Schools for four years. Prior to that, his work focused on legislative affairs, public policy and philanthropy with Replacements, Ltd. And the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. He was first elected to the credit union board of directors in 2023.

We also have two “center-elected” seats open this year. These are seats that are voted on at the Annual Meeting by worker-members (i.e., employees) of Self-Help. General credit union members don't vote for these seats.

The nominating committee has nominated the following people for these two seats:

Center seat 1: Tom King (incumbent, running unopposed)

Center seat 2: Natalie Williams (incumbent, running unopposed)

Tom King:

Tom served on the Board of Jax Metro Credit Union from 2004 until Jax Metro’s 2017 merger into Self-Help Credit Union. He currently serves as Managing Director of Vaco, a global consulting firm, where his work focuses on specialty audits that assist companies to streamline their operations and improve their financial performance. A CPA, Tom started his career with Ernst & Young and has more than 30 years of audit, accounting, finance and sales experience. Tom has served on the Self-Help Credit Union board of directors since 2017.

Natalie Williams:

Natalie is a business management consultant in Charlotte, where her work focuses on leadership and business development for nonprofits and small minority and women-owned businesses. She has served in senior leadership roles for various organizations, including the Urban Leage of the Central Carolinas , the Women’s Business Center in Charlotte. She has served on the Self-Help Credit Union board of directors since 2020.