7 Credit Unions Start 2019 With New Hires, Promotions

WEST

The $7.5 billion Alaska USA Federal Credit Union in Anchorage, Alaska promoted four employees to executive-level positions.

Wayne Bailey was promoted to EVP and chief experience officer. Bailey has more than 25 years of experience with Alaska USA in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as chief lending officer.

Scott Hansen was promoted to chief lending officer. Hansen has more than 40 years of consumer lending and collection experience and has been with Alaska USA for more than 13 years, most recently as executive director, consumer lending.

Jessica Graham was promoted to chief risk officer, general counsel. Graham has more than 15 years of in-house corporate law experience, most recently as SVP, general counsel. Graham also clerked for the Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Maria Quick was promoted to SVP, accounting and treasury. Quick has more than 13 years of industry experience, and most recently held the position of manager, finance and accounting.

EAST

The $1 billion St. Mary’s Bank in Manchester, N.H., hired Mary Sullivan and Jason Miles as residential lending sales managers. The lenders fill positions newly-created as part of St. Mary’s Bank’s strategic plan to strengthen and expand its presence in New Hampshire and beyond its borders. Both will work with their teams to develop a streamlined, member-focused lending process as well as meet individual loan origination goals.

Sullivan will oversee residential lending in eastern New Hampshire; the Seacoast; Concord, N.H., the Lakes Region and Maine. Sullivan, with more than 30 years of residential lending and management experience, was most recently assistant vice president and residential loan officer for a community lender in Concord. Prior to that, she worked as a residential loan officer for St. Mary’s Bank.

Miles will focus on southern New Hampshire, the Monadnock Region and Massachusetts. Miles has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and residential lending. Prior to joining St. Mary’s Bank, he was SVP of the retail mortgage division at Federal Savings Bank in Lawrence, Mass.

MIDWEST

The $1.1 billion Hiway Federal Credit Union in St. Paul, Minn., hired Ed Kugland as mortgage operations manager. Kugland brings more than 13 years of mortgage lending and leadership experience to Hiway. In his new role, Kugland will drive strategies to align business unit goals with Hiway’s vision and mission while implementing strategies to support the perpetual changes within the industry. He will also support the business unit as a liaison to external partners and internal divisions.

SOUTH

The $2.6 billion Keesler Federal Credit Union in Biloxi, Miss., hired Brian M. Adams, Jr. as a commercial loan officer for the Picayune market. He will be part of the business services department of the Picayune branch located on Highway 43 South. Adams will be responsible for business development and growing member relationships through business loans as well as deposit and investment accounts. He will also be working with select employee groups and members who own businesses.

The $634 million Greater Texas Credit Union in Austin, Texas promoted Brandy Conway to SVP, chief marketing officer. Before joining Greater Texas CU, Conway was a teller at the $233 million Ft. McClellan Credit Union in Anniston, Ala., and marketing administrator at the $299 million AOD Federal Credit Union in Anniston. Conway started at Greater Texas CU as the first business development officer in 2005 and was promoted to marketing director in 2006, and to vice president, marketing in 2013.

The $33 million Government Printing Office Federal Credit Union in Washington, D.C., named Stephanie Covington president/CEO, effective Dec. 17, 2018. She replaced Timothy Anderson, who assumed an executive management position at another credit union. Prior to her new role at GPO FCU, Covington, a D.C. native, held management positions at several Maryland banks, and worked at the $24 billion, McLean, Va.-based Pentagon Federal Credit Union for 18 years.

The $1.4 billion Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C., hired Karen DeSalvo as SVP of digital and retail banking. DeSalvo has more than 20 years of financial executive management experience and has spearheaded strategies that integrate data and technology to enhance consumer experiences. In her role at Allegacy, she is responsible for developing and driving a comprehensive digital and retail banking strategy for Allegacy’s operations and will directly oversee the leadership of the financial centers, contact center, digital delivery and ATM/ITM/mail functions.

LEAGUES

The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association hired Dana Fischer as auditor after several years of working in the credit union movement. Prior to joining PCUA, Fischer worked at two other credit unions. She has also worked as an internal accountant and auditor for several non-credit union entities. Fischer is a graduate of Widener University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s of science in business administration and majored in accounting.

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