Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion
Miguel A. Polanco serves as the NCUA’s Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. As Director, Mr. Polanco oversees the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 to develop and promote standards for workforce diversity, supplier diversity, and equal employment opportunity and assess the diversity policies and practices throughout the credit union industry.
Mr. Polanco was named Deputy Director for the NCUA’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in 2018. He joined the NCUA in 2011, managing the agency’s supplier diversity program. He previously worked for the Small Business Administration under the 8(a) program overseeing a portfolio of more than 50 participating small businesses.
A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mr. Polanco served in uniform as a U.S. Army intelligence officer. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, as well as the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.