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John Zmolek John Zmolek, CEO of the $689.9 million, Seattle-based Verity Credit Union, will retire on April 14 after seven years as Verity's CEO. Zmolek spent 31 years with Verity, first as a board member and then in several different executive roles before being named CEO in 2014. As CEO, Zmolek targeted lending programs that have a positive impact on the environment, affordable housing and serving the underserved. He also led Verity as it became one of only 11 financial institutions in the U.S. and 65 in the world to join the Global Alliance for Banking on Values. Zmolek currently serves on the GSBA Advisory Board, is the vice chair of Business Impact Northwest, is on the board of YouthCare, and is a trustee and chair of the Staff Parish Relationship Committee with Wallingford United Methodist Church.
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Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
