Across the nation, credit unions filled positions from entry-level roles to the top executive spot. Plus, CUNA Mutual Group and credit union software firm Venminder announced new hires.
EAST
Judy McCullough, assistant branch manager of Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union's Lowell branch, received the Founding Mothers Award from Budget Buddies. McCullough began her career at Jeanne D'Arc CU in 2001 as a member service representative and has more than 18 years of industry experience. She has also been with Budget Buddies, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote financial literacy and confidence among low-income women, since March 2011, starting as a coach and soon becoming a presenter. Jeanne D'Arc CU has $1.1 billion in assets and is based in Lowell, Mass.
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The $5.4 billion, Rochester, N.Y.-based ESL Federal Credit Union announced President and COO Faheem Masood will replace current CEO Dave Fielder next year. Masood joined ESL FCU in 1991 as a senior financial analyst and was promoted to his current position in 2012. Fielder, who joined ESL FCU in 1997 and became CEO in 2003, recently announced his plans to retire effective March 2016.
MIDWEST
The $1.5 billion Indiana Members Credit Union of Indianapolis hired Ryan Kellum (pictured) as a business development officer. Kellum is a 2015 graduate of Indiana University, where he studied marketing. Previously, he worked for Indy Eleven Professional Soccer in the corporate sponsorship department.
SOUTH
BrightStar Credit Union promoted Dustin Jacobs to from marketing manager to vice president of marketing. Jacobs has more than a decade of experience developing strategic marketing plans, corporate branding strategies, supervising staff and implementing public relations, community relations and social media campaigns. BrightStar CU has $427 million in assets and is headquartered in Sunrise, Fla.
WEST
The $188 million, Portland, Ore.-based Consolidated Community Credit Union added Armand Stevens (pictured) to its mortgage loan team as a loan officer. Stevens has more than a decade of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Consolidated Community CU, he served as a project advisor for Advisicon and as a vice president for the $1 billion, Vancouver, Wash.-based Columbia Credit Union.
The $2.3 billion Washington State Employees Credit Union of Olympia, Wash. promoted Gary Swindler from chief member officer to COO. Swindler joined the credit union in 1989 as a loan officer. Over the past 26 years, he held many positions at WSECU, working his way up in areas related to the credit union's service delivery division. For the past 10 years, he has overseen what is now a 20-branch retail outlet network, contact center and digital services team. In addition, he leads WSECU's mortgage, investment and lending divisions.
VENDORS
CUNA Mutual Group hired David G. Brown as its new chief investment officer. Brown will replace David Marks, who plans to retire at the end of the year after 10 years of service. Brown most recently served as chief investment officer for the TIAA-CREF General Account. In addition to serving as chief investment officer, Brown served as the chairman of the TIAA Investment Management Committee and was a key voting member of the firm's Asset/Liability Committee, the CREF Investment Management Committee, the Investment Risk Management Committee, the Real Asset Operating and Oversight Committee and the Information Barrier Oversight Committee. Brown also held several senior-level investment positions at Prudential Financial across the firm's Prudential Mortgage Capital, Prudential Capital and Prudential Real Estate Investors institutional investment platforms.
Venminder, a leading credit union and bank vendor management software and services firm, hired Kelly Vick as its new president. Vick previously served as COO of iPay Technologies, where current Venminder President/CEO Dana Bowers was the CEO and founder. Upon acquisition of iPay in 2010 by Jack Henry & Associates, Vick continued to lead the team as senior director of operations while Dana moved on to her next venture, Venminder.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
