As president and CEO of the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS), Mary Martha Fortney is a nationally recognized leader in the credit union industry and a highly respected advocate for the state credit union system. As a 14-year veteran of NASCUS she has been a pivotal figure in its growth and development and has championed the NASCUS mission. That mission, which is to enhance state credit union supervision and advocate for a safe and sound state credit union system has been made significantly more prominent as NASCUS continues to highlight the contributions of the states to the well being of the credit union system.

Fortney joined NASCUS in 1993. She was selected NASCUS President and CEO in January 2004 after having served as acting President/CEO since August 2003. She started as the first Director of Accreditation and Communications and successfully transformed the accreditation program into the national standard for credit union supervisory excellence. Since 1995, the number of NASCUS Accredited States increased from seven to 28. Fortney also served as NASCUS' first Vice President of State Regulatory Affairs and was the staff liaison to the NASCUS Association and Credit Union Council Regulatory Development and Government Relations Committees.

Before joining NASCUS, she worked for nearly four years as the Director of Agency Liaison, Office of Presidential Correspondence for the Carter White House. Fortney also spent 12 years on Capitol Hill, where she was the legislative director for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the majority staff director for the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

Fortney is actively involved with Women in Housing & Finance (WHF), an association of men and women who actively promote women in the fields of financial services and housing through professional enrichment and leadership enhancement. Fortney is currently the organization’s President-elect, having previously served as Vice President. She also served two years on WHF's Board of Directors and as the Treasurer for the WHF Foundation Board of Directors. As a sister organization to the WHF, the Foundation offers programs and sponsors events to fulfill WHF’s mission and further help women and families in the Washington, D.C. area with guidance on housing and finance.

Fortney attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.