Kristina Derkos, SVP of administrative services for the $3.4 billion Redwood Credit Union in Santa Rosa, Calif., was recognized with a Women in Business award by the North Bay Business Journal. Derkos received the award for her contributions to RCU's growth and internal company culture and for her leadership in the local professional community.

Derkos has more than 20 years of professional human resources experience and has been an SVP with RCU for 11 years.

EAST

The $7 billion Bethpage Federal Credit Union in Bethpage, N.Y., promoted two employees.

Gerard Schmitt was promoted to SVP of marketing. In his new role, Schmitt will oversee brand and digital strategies to support new member growth, product growth and market expansion. Schmitt is a 10-year veteran of Bethpage and has played a significant role throughout the years in leading Bethpage's brand strategy.

Lawrence Jones was promoted to SVP of lending. Formerly Bethpage's vice president of commercial lending, Jones will now head up all lending groups for Bethpage including the real estate, consumer, business and commercial lending divisions, as well as its small business group.

The $1.3 billion Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union in Lowell, Mass., promoted Joshua Porter to assistant treasurer, regional financial education manager. Porter will work in the credit union's newest high school branch at Nashua High School South. He will be responsible for the management and operation of all high school branches, as well as educating students in multiple areas of personal finance through the credit union's course offered at the high school.

MIDWEST

The $3.2 billion Veridian Credit Union based in Waterloo, Iowa promoted Vila Baccam to branch manager at its Edgewood Hy-Vee location. Baccam, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa resident, has worked at Veridian for eight years. She was most recently a loan officer at the Marion Hy-Vee branch. Baccam has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Comcenter College and an associate's degree in accounting from Kirkwood Community College.

SOUTH

The $761 million Honor Credit Union Berrien Springs, Mich., expanded its leadership team with the promotion of four employees.

Megan Hendrix was promoted to vice president of operations. She brings 13 years of experience with the credit union to the operations, facilities and project management teams. Originally from Decatur, Mich., Hendrix lives in St. Joseph with her husband and son.

Kaylee Ganus was promoted to vice president of community and brand leading Honor's marketing, communications, community and brand teams. While born and raised a Hoosier, Ganus lives in St. Joseph, Mich., with her husband.

Frank Witucki was promoted to vice president of risk management. He brings his expertise in the compliance and regulation arena to honor's compliance, collections and processing teams. Growing up in Stevensville, Mich., Witucki spent time volunteering as a baseball coach for Lakeshore.

Scott DeFries was promoted to vice president of commercial and consumer lending. He brings more than 25 years of financial industry experience to his new role. He'll be managing all lending operations for business, consumer and indirect lending portfolios.