Vistage Recognizes Rick Patel With a 2025 Impact Award

Pottstown, PA, March 14, 2025 – Rick Patel has been named the recipient of a 2025 Impact Award by Vistage, the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize businesses. The Impact Award recognizes the remarkable development and achievement of trailblazing leaders. From business growth to leadership development, dedicated leaders reach significant heights within their first years as Vistage members, with lasting impact on their company, peers and community.

Rick Patel, DBA, is President and CEO of Diamond Credit Union, a Pennsylvania community-chartered credit union serving Berks, Montgomery, Chester and Bucks Counties. Diamond has helped the community with quality financial services for more than 75 years. Patel received his MBA from Gardner-Webb University and his Doctor of Business Administration from Liberty University.

“I am honored to receive the 2025 Impact Award. Being part of Joni Naugle’s Vistage group has been instrumental in my growth as a leader, and I am grateful for the insights, collaboration, and support that have helped shape my journey,” said Patel. “At Diamond Credit Union, our focus remains on empowering our members financial wellbeing and strengthening the communities we serve. This recognition is a testament to the incredible team I have the privilege of working with every day at our credit union.”

“Rick Patel became a member of our local Vistage Group in 2022 when he joined Diamond Credit Union as President and CEO in 2022,” said Joni Naugle Vistage Master Chair. “He is a visionary leader and is clearly making an impact on Diamond Credit Union, our Vistage Group, and the greater community. Working with Rick over the past 2-1/2 years has been a true honor.”

About Vistage Worldwide, Inc.

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize businesses. For more than 65 years, we’ve been helping CEOs, business owners and key executives solve their greatest challenges through confidential peer groups and one-to-one executive coaching sessions. Today, more than 45,000 members in 35 countries rely on Vistage to help make better decisions for their companies, families and communities. The results prove it: Vistage CEO members grew their annual revenue on average by 4.6% in 2020, while nonmembers with comparable small and midsize businesses saw revenue decrease by 4.7%, according to a study of Dun & Bradstreet data.

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Vistage (March 14, 2025) Vistage Recognizes Rick Patel with a 2025 Impact Award [Press Release]