Careers Grow at MCU, Marine CU & 5 Other CUs

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The $960 million St. Anne’s Credit Union Fall River, Mass., promoted Jody Lauzon to commercial loan officer. Lauzon has worked at St. Anne’s CU since 2005, most recently serving as credit analyst/portfolio manager, where she facilitated comprehensive credit analysis while collaborating with the commercial lending team. In her new role, she will continue to expand the credit union’s portfolio of commercial loans, helping borrowers achieve their financial goals by tailoring the credit union’s available business product and service suite to the members’ defined strategic objectives.

The $2.8 billion Municipal Credit Union in New York, N.Y., made four employee changes.

Shannon Mashburn was named SVP and chief human resources officer. Mashburn has more than 25 years of experience in human resources, most recently serving as president of HR XPRESS, LLC, a human resources consultancy, working closely with executive teams to provide support, design trainings and educational programs, and develop policies to meet specific organizational needs.

Lisa Mingoia was named SVP and CFO. She brings 24 years of proven experience in the credit union industry. Most recently, Mingoia spent seven years as CFO at the $309 million Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union in Oceanside, N.Y. She also spent 10 years leading the finance department at the $1.1 billion Suffolk Federal Credit Union in Medford, N.Y. At these institutions, Mingoia was responsible for overseeing all key financial functions.

Amanprit Kaller was named SVP and chief audit executive. In her new role, Kaller will be responsible for leading the credit union’s internal audit activities, including establishing an audit risk assessment and audit program, overseeing audits and reporting findings. Kaller operates independent of the CEO. Prior to joining the credit union, Kaller served as an executive director of internal audit at JP Morgan Chase.

Richard Cowell was named vice president and chief risk officer. Cowell has more than 15 years of experience working in audit and enterprise risk management in the financial services industry. He most recently served as vice president of enterprise risk management at Apple Bank for Savings. Prior to moving to Apple Bank for Savings, he worked as a consultant at First American International Bank, where he managed the internal audit program, and merger and acquisition activities.

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The $694 million LAFCU in Lansing, Mich., promoted Angie Ruzinsky to the newly-created position of chief membership officer. In the new position, Ruzinsky provides strategic direction and executive oversight to the operation of LAFCU’s 10 branches, contact center, interactive teller machines and loss prevention department.

The $753 million Marine Credit Union in La Crosse, Wis., hired one employee and promoted another.

Brad Nicholson was hired as central lending manager. Nicholson will work to expand a new mortgage pilot program. He previously served as senior mortgage loan representative at Marine CU’s Onalaska branch from 2016 to 2018. For the past year, he served as mortgage advisor for Finance of America Mortgage, LLC.

Amanda Weese was promoted to branch manager at the location in Stanley, Wis. Weese will be leading the efforts of the team in Stanley to serve the banking needs of the Stanley community and help people on their financial journey. She has more than 15 years of experience in branch management. She has served in leadership positions through two mergers: From Anchor Bank to Old National Bank in 2016 and Old National Bank to Marine CU in October 2018.

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The $2.4 billion Truliant Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C., promoted Chris Murray to SVP of member experience and operations. In his new role, Murray will be responsible for overseeing member financial centers, credit administration, traditional marketing and indirect auto lending. Murray helped develop and implement several strategic initiatives such as the no-cost credit review, an employee coaching model and its brand ambassadors program. More recently, he enhanced the business model for Truliant’s indirect auto lending program.

The $635 million Greater Texas Credit Union in Austin, Texas hired Sidney Burkins as vice president of collections. Burkins comes to Greater Texas from the $489 million, Dallas, Texas-based Resource One Credit Union, where he served as member solutions manager. In this role, he managed a team of around 10 people in the collections department. He also had responsibility for regulatory compliance and business ethics within the credit union.

The $1.7 billion Achieva Credit Union in Dunedin, Fla., named Jeff Blake chief people officer, a role in which he will lead Achieva’s human resources team in driving an employee culture that’s focused on collaboration and personal growth. He brings nearly 20 years of human resources and credit union management experience to Achieva. Blake will be responsible for leading the company’s employee relations, recruiting and retention strategies. He will also oversee employee professional development and community outreach initiatives.

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