MIDWEST

Gary Easterling, president/CEO of the $1.8 billion United Federal Credit Union in St. Joseph, Mich., was selected to join the NAFCU board of directors. He will be the Region 1 director representing NAFCU members in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.

The $3.5 billion Lake Michigan Credit Union in Grand Rapids, Mich., hired Doug Dangelo as a mortgage loan originator. With more than 17 years of experience, he previously worked for Hamilton Mortgage, AmeriFirst Financial and Mortgage One.

Josh Angliss joined the $109 million Heartland Federal Credit Union in Dayton, Ohio as a marketing specialist. He holds experience in digital marketing, paid search, social media and eCommerce programs.

The $2.6 billion Veridian Credit Union in Waterloo, Iowa promoted Melissa Oleson to the position of software development analyst. She joined the credit union more than seven years ago and previously served as a learning and development specialist. The Waterloo, Iowa-based credit union also hired Jason Steenblock as a mortgage lending servicing supervisor. He previously worked as a branch manager at Gateway Funding. The cooperative also said it hired Matthew Peterson as an Enterprise Risk Management officer. He previously served as an IT senior consultant at Athene.

SOUTH

The $539 million Greater Texas Federal Credit Union appointed Araceli Cabrera to a branch manager position. She joined the Austin-based cooperative in 2010 when she started in the call center. She most recently served as a teller supervisor.

WEST

Lindsey Myhre was promoted to vice president of finance at the $2 billion STCU in Liberty Lake, Wash. She was hired by the credit union in 2000 and most recently served as cooperative's director of accounting and finance.

TRADES

Michael Hale was the 2015 recipient of the African-American Credit Union Coalition's Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award. Working in the credit union movement since 1975, Hale was recognized for his hard work and dedication that advanced the interests of numerous credit unions, AACUC and other credit union organizations. He currently serves as the executive vice president and chief strategy officer for the $1.2 billion Arizona Federal Credit Union in Phoenix. He also previously worked as president/CEO of the $1 billion Andrews Federal Credit Union in Suitland, Md., for more than 12 years.

Kay Moon, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the $6.1 billion Corporate One Federal Credit Union in Columbus, Ohio was appointed to the board of directors for EPCOR, a trade group that provides payments education and support to members with managing compliance, operational processes, risk and fraud.

VENDORS

Payments CUSO PSCU in St. Petersburg, Fla., selected Chuck Fagan as its president/CEO. He is returning to PSCU where he previously served for more than 16 years in numerous capacities that included leading the organization's national sales and client relationship team. Acting CEO Tom Gandre will return to his role as executive vice president and chief operating officer at PSCU on April 27 when Fagan takes over. Fagan is stepping down as president of CUES.

Alison Carr joined Your Credit Union Partner in Sumner, Wash., as a senior strategist and consultant. She previously served as director of learning events for CUNA in Madison, Wis. Carr also worked as vice present of corporate development for the $94 million Point West Credit Union in Portland, Ore., and spent six years as director of education and training for the former Credit Union Association of Oregon.

Sister companies CUSO Financial Services of San Diego and Sorrento Pacific Financial LLC hired Mark Hoaglin as a national sales manager. Some of his previous experience includes working as an advisor for Merrill Lynch, a first vice president and regional investment manager at Cal Fed Bank and Citibank. He also served as president/CEO of XCU Capital Corp.