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The $7.4 billion Redwood Credit Union in Santa Rosa, Calif., announced one new hire and one promotion.
Kate Harkin Kate Harkin was hired as community programs manager. In her new role, Harkin will be responsible for ensuring successful financial wellness and community programs to support the California counties RCU serves, including Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Lake, Mendocino and San Francisco. She will also lead RCU's team in developing strong relationships with local nonprofits and community leaders. Harkin joins RCU from Vantage Aging, where she worked for three years as the point person in implementing the U.S. Department of Labor's Senior Community Service Employment Program. She also worked as a Peace Corps volunteer, providing two and a half years of service in rural Thailand. Harkin holds a master's degree in organizational development and analysis from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Johanna Szostak Johanna Szostak was promoted to branch experience manager for RCU's Petaluma branch in Petaluma, Calif. In her new role, Szostak is responsible for overseeing member service, staff development and daily branch operations, as well as partnering with local businesses and community organizations. She joined RCU in 2002 and has since been promoted six times, moving from teller to member services, assistant branch service manager and most recently branch experience manager of the Mendocino Avenue location in Santa Rosa. Szostak is a former ambassador for the Petaluma Chamber of Commerce and a graduate of Leadership Petaluma.
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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.
