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Bill Hampel The $3.4 billion, Chatsworth, Calif.-based Premier America Credit Union appointed Bill Hampel to its board of directors effective April 28. Hampel will serve as a member of the finance committee and credit oversight committee of the board. He is CUNA's former chief economist and chief policy officer, one of the trade association's longest tenured executives and also served as CUNA's interim president/CEO from June to September 2014. Hampel has testified before Congress about a number of key credit union issues and holds a doctorate in economics from Iowa State University.
Patrick Twohy Hawaii State Federal Credit Union ($2.2 billion, Honolulu) hired Patrick Twohy as in-store banking program and senior regional manager. In his new role, Twohy will be responsible for overseeing daily operations and hiring for the credit union's four new branches located in Safeway store locations on Oahu and Maui. Twohy brings more than a decade of banking experience, most recently serving as vice president and retail lending operations manager at First Hawaiian Bank. He also held several positions throughout his six years at Bank of Hawaii, including vice president and manager of its Ala Moana Banking Center in Honolulu.
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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.
