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Gerardo Martin

Redwood Credit Union ($7.6 billion, Santa Rosa, Calif.) named Gerardo Martin, a wealth manager for LPL Financial, as a new associate board member on its board of directors. In his new role, Martin will attend all board meetings and participate in key discussions, but will not currently take part in voting. He has more than 15 years of community leadership experience and formerly served as president of the Napa County Hispanic Chamber and president of the Napa Valley College Foundation, and is the co-founder of Latino Leaders Roundtable.

The $3.4 billion Premier America Credit Union in Chatsworth, Calif., appointed Mechelle Best, Ph.D. to its board of directors effective Aug. 1, 2022. Best is the interim dean of the College of Health and Human Development at California State University, Northridge in Northridge, Calif. As part of the university's senior leadership team, she is responsible for multiple academic departments, centers and institutes, with a focus on building a world class institution of higher learning for its diverse student body. She is a Fulbright and Organization of American States Scholar, and has advised numerous state, local and private entities on both boards and committees.

Mechelle Best

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The $11.7 billion Bethpage Federal Credit Union in Bethpage, N.Y., hired two new executives.

Emilio Cooper