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Bay Federal Credit Union ($1.5 billion, Capitola, Calif.) promoted Emily Quatman to assistant vice president of investment services at LPL Financial Advisor. Quatman joined the investment services team at Bay Fed in 2020. She has more than 14 years of financial services experience and was an investment advisor representative at a large national bank for nine years.

The $4.6 billion, Richland, Wash.-based Gesa Credit Union promoted Cheryl Brown to EVP of member support and service. Brown has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 10 at Gesa, where she most recently served as vice president of operations and program management.

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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.