Brian Gately, CEO of Brian Gately Credit Union Consulting Services, served in Medellín, Colombia from end of '72 to beginning of '75 in the small business/cooperatives program. Most recently (2020) he has worked extensively with Native American credit unions, involved with the chartering of Lakota Federal Credit Union (Pine Ridge, South Dakota) and Northern Eagle Federal Credit Union (Bois Fort, Minnesota). He’s also worked with Native American credit unions in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Oklahoma. Mr. Gately grew up in Texas, San Antonio and Houston, and has a BA degree from the University of Houston in International Business. He also studied doing post-graduate non-degree studies at Harvard Extension University in Massachusetts. (History, Taxation, French). Since 1998 he has lived in Brooklyn, with his wife of 40 years, Louisa.