SOUTH

The $471 million PrimeWay Federal Credit Union in Houston named Bob Morgan chief information officer. Morgan comes to PrimeWay from Alert Logic where he served as director of business application support and development. He was responsible for leading a team that provided development and support for 40 business applications, and he helped the company mature from a group of disparate teams doing separate processes to a more cohesive unit.

The $6.9 billion VyStar Credit Union in Jacksonville, Fla., selected Brian E. Wolfburg as president/CEO. Wolfburg had been serving as COO at the $7 billion Alaska USA Federal Credit Union in Anchorage, Alaska. Wolfburg has more than 20 years of industry experience and has several areas of expertise, including risk management, strategic planning, member service and performance management.

The $3.3 billion Northwest Federal Credit Union in Herndon, Va., promoted Erin Krause to SVP of lending. Krause has been the vice president of lending since 2011 and employed with the credit union for more than 38 years. Krause was instrumental in creating and implementing the first mortgage program at the credit union in 2000, which is now one of the largest credit union mortgage lending and servicing programs in the nation.

MIDWEST

The $1.2 billion TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union in Plymouth, Minn., welcomed Linda Finch as assistant vice president/branch manager at the Oak Creek, Wis., location. Finch comes to the credit union from a large financial institution and prior to that, she served for 10 years as an office and branch manager for Southport Bank.

The $758 million Marine Credit Union in La Crosse, Wis., announced several hires and promotions. Paul Leckie was hired as SVP of marketing. Leckie will be responsible for developing and managing Marine's marketing program to support the credit union's strategic growth goals. He has more than 15 years of experience in marketing and business development. Leckie mostly recently served as SVP and chief marketing officer at Guaranty Bank in Milwaukee.

Christina Starr-Mesko was hired as a district manager. Mesko has more than 13 years of experience in upper management finance, sales and lending.

Jason DeGarmo was hired as a district manager. DeGarmo has more than 15 years of experience in upper management finance and sales. He joins Marine from Nicholas Financial Inc., where he was a district manager.

Zach Denneau was promoted to branch manager in Winona. Denneau began his career at Marine as an intern in 2015. After finishing his first summer as a top-performing intern, he was promoted to an associate consumer loan officer in La Crosse, while finishing his degree at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.

Ashley Foreman was promoted to human resources manager. Foreman joined Marine in 2015 as a human resources generalist and most recently served as interim human resources manager.

Abigail Welty was promoted to talent acquisition manager. Welty joined the Marine team in 2015 as a consumer loan officer. She was promoted to senior consumer loan officer and then associate branch manager in La Crosse, before recently transitioning to the recruiting team.