Credit unions made a number of vice president appointments in finance, IT, and community engagement.

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The $674 million St. Mary's Credit Union appointed Larissa C. Thurston as chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance.  Prior to joining Marlborough, Mass.-based cooperative, Thurston, pictured at left, served as vice president and controller of the Bank of New England in Southern New Hampshire. 

Robert Wohlstetter was hired as IT manager at the $176 million First Financial Federal Credit Union in Wall Township, N.J. He holds more than 14 years of experience industry and previously worked at Citigroup as an assistant vice president of security administration group/infrastructure senior tech analyst.

Edward Muscara was named indirect business development officer at the $817 million St. Mary's Bank.  Muscara brings 28 years of auto industry experience to the Manchester, N.H.-based credit union.

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The $1.4 billion Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis. appointed Vicki Hoehn as its vice president of community engagement.  Hoehn started with RCU in 1982 and has held many different positions within the cooperative.  Most recently she served as its vice president of marketing. 

Smokey Stowers, who serves on the board of directors for the $163 million Allegius Federal Credit Union in Burns Harbor, Ind., was inducted into the Indiana Credit Union Hall of Fame during the Indiana Credit Union League's statewide convention last month. Stowers was a volunteer member of the credit union board for 44 years and served in a number of capacities, including as board chair. 

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Tom Morgan, shown at left, joined the $12 billion Boeing Employees Credit Union in Tukwila, Wash., as senior vice president and chief information officer, replacing Butch Leonardson who retired after 15 years of service. Prior to joining BECU, Morgan served as chief information officer for home lending at Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase. He also worked as chief information officer for corporate technology at Washington Mutual and FleetBoston Financial. 

The $998 million Columbia Credit Union in Vancouver, Wash., said it promoted Jeff Day to home loans officer, replacing Cathy Boepsflug, who retired after 22 years of service. Day holds 10 years of financial sales experience, previously serving as a financial services representative.   

Gerry Agnes, president/CEO of the $998 million Elevations Credit Union and its Board Chair Katie Larson, have accepted the 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence in innovation, improvement, and visionary leadership. Elevations Credit Union is one of only four U.S. organizations to receive the honor this year and is the first credit union in the country to ever win this prestigious award, according to the Boulder, Colo.-based credit union. 

TRADES

The National Credit Union Foundation will honor the Iowa Credit Union League with the 2015 Herb Wegner Memorial Outstanding Organization Award in March in Washington. The award recognizes organization-wide dedication to ensuring the prosperity of credit unions and improving the financial lives of consumers.  John Gregoire, chair of the NCUF Wegner Awards Selection Committee, said the Iowa Credit Union League was selected for the award because of its focus on reaching the Hispanic population, health care, savings initiatives and other programs.

Howard Williams, former director for the $1.1 billion Fort Knox Federal Credit Union in Radcliff, Ky., will be honored in December as the 2014 CUES Distinguished Director award in Palm Desert, Calif. During his tenure, Fort Knox FCU's assets increased ten-fold to more than $1 billion. Williams also was a key contributor to the revamping of the credit union's governance model, according to CUES.

VENDORS

CU Companies in New Brighton, Minn., said it hired Anthony Daddario as an account executive. Daddario holds more than 25 years of experience having most recently served as business development director for Waterstone Mortgage Corp.

The Members Group in Des Moines, Iowa announced the addition of four client business executives, Mark Landry, Yvonne Stelpflug, Ryan Talley and Julie Willse, to the payment processor's client development team. Landry holds more than15 years in the payments industry for more than and worked at PSCU Financial Services and Fiserv. Stelpflug has more than 20 years of experience in the payments industry and held positions with Wells Fargo and BBVA Compass. With more than 12 years of experience in sales, marketing and customer service, Talley comes to TMG from Randstad Technologies, where he served as a senior accounts manager, and Willse joined TMG from the $350 million Greater Iowa Credit Union in Ames, Iowa, where she served most recently as financial services manager.