Credit unions in the East and Midwest announced new hires and promotions, and recognized employees for a job well done.

EAST

Chaz Rzwenicki joined the $412 million Dover Federal Credit Union in Dover, Del., as its vice president of member services. He holds more than 15 years of diversified credit union experience in sales, service, lending, collections, operations, compliance, branch and call center administration.

The $388 million People’s Credit Union in Middletown, R.I., appointed Christen Meyer, shown at left, as its member experience manager. With nearly 12 years of experience in financial services, she previously worked with Citizens Bank as a personal banker and as a senior training officer.

The $366 million Securityplus Federal Credit Union in Baltimore promoted Ulrica Rawlings to assistant vice president of human resources. She joined Securityplus in 2004 and previously served as a teller supervisor and HR manager.

Laura Young was promoted to assistant vice president of loan servicing at the $1 billion Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union in Lowell, Mass. She joined the credit union in 2010. Young holds more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. 

The board of directors for the $617 million First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union in Fairhaven, Mass., announced the appointment of the Rev. David A. Lima to the cooperative’s supervisory committee. Rev. Lima will serve a one-year term.  He also serves as the executive minister of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford.

The $5.8 billion Bethpage Federal Credit Union appointed Gyll Sbrocchi, shown at left, as a mortgage loan officer.  She  joined the Bethpage, N.Y.-based cooperative from Centerpoint Funding in Williston Park where she served as director of reverse mortgages.

Alex Hau, a marketing assistant with the $847 million Charter Oak Federal Credit Union in Waterford, Conn. was named "Young Professional of the Year" by the Young Professionals of Eastern Connecticut organization. He received the award because he epitomizes the spirit of the young professional’s group  by always willing to lend a helping hand and giving back to his community.  Hau joined the credit union in 2013.

MIDWEST

Matt Anderson joined the $467 million Heritage Federal Credit Union in Newburgh, Ind., as its vice president of residential lending. He holds several years of mortgage lending experience with a strong knowledge on the secondary market.

The $2.7 billion Michigan State University Federal Credit Union East Lansing announced the promotions of Renee L. Bush to business services manager and Franklin Porter Jr. to business services assistant manager. Bush joined MSUFCU in December 2013 and previously worked  as a customer service manager at two other companies. Porter joined the credit union in March 2014. Like Bush, he also was a member of MSUFCU’s Management Development Program.

The $2.6 billion Veridian Credit Union announced that Chris Demory was promoted to the position of training specialist for Veridian Fiscal Solutions. He joined the Waterloo, Iowa-based cooperative more than six years ago and previously worked as a representative for Veridian Fiscal Solutions. Veridian CU also said that DeNicca Luker was  promoted to team leader for Veridian Fiscal Solutions. Luker joined the cooperative more than four years ago and previously worked as a representative for Veridian Fiscal Solutions. In addition, Angel Marie Peters was promoted to the position of systems analyst for the credit union’s Veridian Fiscal Solutions. She was hired by Veridian more than 12 years ago and previously served as a representative for Veridian Fiscal Solutions. 

Angie Crawford, shown at left, joined the $434 million Kellogg Community Federal Credit Union in Battle Creek, Mich. as a retail training coach. She brings more than 10 years of experience in training and development in the communications industry to KCFCU.

The $3.5 billion Lake Michigan Credit Union in Grand Rapids said its President/CEO Sandy Jelinski was named a Newsmaker of the Year in the finance division by the Grand Rapids Business Journal. The award is based on the positive business impact nominees had in the west Michigan region.

SOUTH

The $1.9 billion Robins Federal Credit Union in Warner Robins, Ga., said it recognized Amy Miller, Stephanie Thompson and Jennifer Bartlett for their outstanding work performance and written recommendations from their peers.  Miller is a branch manager who joined the credit year a year ago. Thompson is a training and development specialist who was hired by the credit union six years ago and worked as a teller and member service representative. Bartlett is a member service representative. She was hired more than three years ago and previously worked as a teller and call center representative. Quarterly, Robins FCU selects three employees that represent the “best of the best” in three categories, manager, support department staff and branch staff.