The $511 million Direct Federal Credit Union in Needham, Mass., named Jackie Bobola position of controller. In this role, she will be responsible for the day to day operations of the accounting department and ensuring that all accounting procedures are in place. She brings nearly 30 years of banking experience to her role at Direct FCU. Prior to joining the credit union Bobola was a vice president of finance and CFO for the $50 million SouthCoast Federal Credit Union in New Bedford, Mass.

SOUTH

The $1.2 billion Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C., promoted Garrick Throckmorton to vice president of strategy. He will lead new efforts to ensure that business strategies, innovation and goals are aligned, communicated and executed. He will also continue to direct the external well-being efforts and create an internal culture of innovation. Throckmorton has been with the credit union since 2012 and most recently served as assistant vice president of organizational development.

The $155 million Park View Federal Credit Union in Harrisonburg, Va., hired Debbi Mowery (pictured) as a financial advisor. Mowery provides advisory services and securities through ProEquities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, and is also licensed for life insurance and annuities. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech, holds a master's degree in public administration from James Madison University and has been a Harrisonburg area resident for 25 years.

The $1 billion SAFE Federal Credit Union in Sumter, S.C., named Elizabeth Duquette branch manager at the Bishopville branch. She now leads the staff of seven at the branch. Duquette has 13 years of financial services experience. Before moving to South Carolina, she worked at banks in Rhode Island, managing customer support operations.

After 16 years Dale E. Kimble, CEO at the $868 million DATCU in Denton, Texas, is retiring at the end of the year. His financial services career has spanned 40 years. Since he took the helm, the credit union has grown from $186 million in assets to $868 million. The number of branches has grown from four to 10 and membership from 40,000 to more than 88,000. Glen McKenzie, current president, will succeed Kimble as CEO in January. In the last 15 years at DATCU, McKenzie has served in every executive role. He has a great work ethic, is dedicated to helping people and is enthusiastic about the future.

MIDWEST

The $3 billion Veridian Credit Union in Waterloo, Iowa promoted Angi Fischels to commercial credit review specialist. Fischels, a La Porte City resident, has been employed at Veridian for 27 years. She was previously a bankruptcy and probate specialist.

Larry Champeaux, president/CEO of the $72 million Northern Communities Credit Union in Duluth, Minn., retired on Dec. 2, 2016. Champeaux has been in the credit union industry for 28 years, eight of those with NCCYou. Trina Hoff, currently NCCYou's EVP, assumed the role of president/CEO. Hoff has been an employee of NCCYou for 22 years. She works in both the Duluth and Virginia offices regularly, but is mostly stationed out of Duluth.

VENDORS

MountainView Capital Holdings, an advisor to the financial services industry, hired David Bennett (pictured) and Michael Riley for managing director positions on the firm's risk analytics team. Bennett and Riley filled new roles focused on expanding the range and quality of services that MountainView currently delivers to its customers. Bennett joined MountainView from Compass Analytics, where he was managing director and responsible for hedging pipeline risks for mortgage originators, building out custom client settings within CompassPoint, and developing new products and models for the mortgage servicing rights asset. Riley joined MountainView from W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital, where he held SVP and vice president positions on the capital markets team.

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