The $226 million New Horizons Credit Union in Mobile, Ala., hired Jearil Crawford (pictured) as COO. Crawford was most recently employed with Callahan and Associates as director of account management. Prior to that, he worked in the credit union industry for more than 17 years.

The $790 million Amplify Credit Union in Austin, Texas hired Michael Koch as SVP/chief lending officer. A seasoned banking executive, Koch brings 25 years of financial services experience to the position. Throughout his career, he has successfully built lending operations by focusing on the credit, operations and production sides of the business.

Mary Ann Melchers (pictured), a longtime credit union volunteer and current board member for the $516 million ABNB Federal Credit Union in Chesapeake, Va., was honored with the Virginia credit union system’s highest individual honor, the James P. Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award. Melchers, 78, got her start as a credit union volunteer in 1965.

Chris White, security/fraud officer at the $1.3 billion Pen Air Federal Credit Union in Pensacola, Fla., received the Charles Bates Award for Outstanding Community Partner. The award was given in recognition of White’s outstanding commitment to the protection of vulnerable adults (elderly and disabled persons).

MIDWEST

The $1.4 billion Corporate Central Credit Union in Muskego, Wis., selected Chris Felton as president/CEO. Felton became the fourth CEO in the corporate’s 35-year history, succeeding Bob Fouch, who retired at the end of 2015. Felton has been with Corporate Central for more than 21 years, most recently serving as EVP until his appointment as interim CEO while the search was conducted.

The $309 million INOVA Federal Credit Union in Elkhart, Ind., promoted Leroy Thompson (pictured) to vice president of member experience. In this new position, Thompson will be responsible for providing the executive team with insight and recommendations on how to best serve members from a delivery standpoint. He will also be in charge of enhancing employee morale and corporate culture. Thompson has served the members of INOVA for 30 years.

TRADES

CUES promoted Leiha Fiddler to vice president/sales and member relations – Canada. Fiddler joined CUES in 2014 as director of sales and member relations – Canada. Fiddler has an extensive background in the Canadian credit union system. She was SVP at Stabilization Central Credit Union in British Columbia.

VENDORS

TMG Financial Services promoted four financial services experts. Corey Skadburg (pictured), formerly senior credit and risk manager for TMGFS, was promoted to director of credit and risk. In this position, Skadburg will oversee the credit, regulatory compliance and operational risk on more than 116,000 consumer and business credit cards. He joined TMGFS in 2010. Angie Pedersen was promoted to operations manager. Pedersen will lead the development and integration of TMGFS’ new education and training team, which will service both internal and partner staff. She joined TMGFS in 2011 as manager of client services. Julie Wigg was promoted to project services manager. Formerly project services lead, Wigg will manage the onboarding of new partners, including those with startup credit card programs and those moving existing card programs to the TMGFS platform. She joined TMGFS in 2009. Robin Caddell was promoted to senior marketing manager. Caddell will lead a team of marketers in strategy and execution of direct to consumer credit card marketing campaigns. She joined TMGFS as a senior marketing specialist in 2013.

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