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Jonathan Wasey Jonathan Wasey

SECU Financial Partners, a division of the $4.6 billion State Employees Credit Union of Maryland in Linthicum, hired Jonathan Wasey as an LPL Financial Advisor. Wasey is a Certified Financial Planner with more than 24 years of experience in the financial services industry, and joins from BB&T, now Truist, where he spent 10 years as a wealth advisor working with high net worth clientele. Before joining BB&T, he worked with SunTrust for more than nine years as a client advisor in the medical and legal specialty field. Prior to that, Wasey partnered with American Express Financial Advisors, now Ameriprise Financial, for more than five years to develop an investment advisory practice with a focus on portfolio management.

Sam Kachidza Sam Kachidza

The $818.3 million, Philadelphia-based Ardent Credit Union elected Sam Kachidza, director of real estate at Lidl US, LLC, to its board of directors. Kachidza brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in real estate, finance and accounting to the board. In his current role with international grocery chain Lidl, he is responsible for the company's expansion strategy in Pennsylvania and oversees a team of real estate and construction managers. He previously held positions of increasing responsibility with Deloitte, ING Americas and Robert Charles Lesser & Company, and holds an MBA from the Gouizueta Business School at Emory University.

Lori Goodell Lori Goodell

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Natasha Chilingerian

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.