MIDWEST

The $145 million Astera Credit Union in Lansing, Mich., announced Chris Tyler was promoted to associate vice president of human resources. Tyler joined the cooperative in 2013 as a branch manager and previously worked in various roles in the credit union industry since 2006.

The $185 million Land of Lincoln Credit Union in Decatur, Ill., hired Patricia Kramer as a mortgage loan officer in Vandalia, Ill. She has more than 12 years of experience in the banking industry.

SOUTH

The $1.7 billion University Federal Credit Union in Austin, Texas, appointed Jason Endsley as its senior manager for virtual services. Previously, he served as director of operations at Xerox Corp. Endsley also served as a senior product manager and deputy director of operations at Affiliated Computer Services and as supervisor and operations manager at Lockheed Martin I.M.S.

The $4.6 billion Delta Community Credit Union in Atlanta, named Timothy L. Mitchell as its new chief information officer. Mitchell retired from Delta Air Lines in 2014 after 26 years of service and held a number of senior roles during his tenure, including chief information officer of Endeavor Air.

He succeeds Bill Mesplay who served as the credit union's first SVP of remote delivery for the strategic development of Delta Community's member self-service channels, including ATMs, kiosks and online and mobile banking.

Brian Bell joined the business services department at the $62 billion Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Va., to expand its commercial participation loan program. Bell, who will be based in Pensacola, Fla., previously worked at Centennial Bank where he served as vice president of commercial lending. He held similar positions at Beach Community Bank, Hancock Bank and the Bank of Pensacola.

David Marovich, director of business services for the $437 million 121 Financial Credit Union in Jacksonville, Fla., was promoted to vice president. A 19-year veteran of the banking industry, he joined 121 Financial CU in 2007.

Russ Cesari was ranked the No. 1 financial adviser by Bank Investment Consultant. Jim Christy was ranked No. 10 on the magazine's BIC Top 50 list. Cesari and Christy are wealth advisers for Northwest Financial Advisors, a subsidiary of NW Capital Management and a wholly-owned CUSO of the $2.5 billion Northwest Federal Credit Union in Herndon, Va.

WEST

The $1.5 billion Schools Financial Credit Union in Sacramento, Calif., appointed three new vice presidents to its executive management team. Dave Menker joined Schools Financial as vice president of real estate lending. He holds more than 20 years management experience in the mortgage banking industry. Erik Sordahl, who joined the credit union in 2007, was promoted to vice president of consumer lending. He previously led the indirect auto loan origination team. Steve Langley is Schools Financial's vice president of member services and chief retail officer. He has more than 22 years of credit union management experience.

TRADES

The Pennsylvania Credit Union Foundation named Kathleen Mangan Fey as its new executive director. She worked much of her career in non-profit management, serving as CEO of Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the West Shore Chamber of Commerce. The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association established the foundation following the Oklahoma City bombing in March 1996 to assist people affected by disasters and to promote financial literacy and small credit union development in the Keystone State.

VENDORS

CO-OP Financial Services in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., announced the promotions of three officer-level employees. Terrence Griffin was promoted as chief information officer. Before joining CO-OP in 2012, she was the chief information officer for the $2 billion Atlanta Postal Credit Union, and prior to that, erved 24 years in the U.S. Air Force as a cyberspace warfare officer. Samantha Paxson who was promoted to chief marketing officer, joined CO-OP in 2005 and developed the THINK initiative, a content platform for the credit union movement. She also worked overseas for an international public relations firm. Connie Trudgeon was promoted to SVP of network operations and implementation. Before joining CO-OP in 1998, she was vice president of operations for Redlands Federal Bank and also worked at Bank of America.