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Blair Korschun

The $703 million Christian Community Credit Union in San Dimas, Calif., named Blair Korschun as its new CEO, effective March 23, 2020. Korschun's career spans more than 27 years. Since 2011, he has served as president/CEO of CU Direct Connect. He spent 10 years in the beverage industry, primarily with Pepsi-Cola in both finance and operation roles. He also served as SVP of Encore Capital Group. As the general manager of Ascension Capital subsidiary, he was responsible for the management and profit and loss of Ascension, which provided bankruptcy servicing for large consumer lenders.

James Oneil

The $1.7 billion Columbia Credit Union in Vancouver, Wash., hired James Oneil as a business outreach representative. As the founder and lead chair of the John McKibbin Legacy Classic, and with 17 years of business development experience at The Sherwin Williams Company, Oneil brings a wealth of local knowledge and expertise to Columbia's outreach team. In his new position, Oneil will focus his efforts on developing long-term business relationships with Columbia throughout the greater Vancouver community – a place he's called home his entire life.