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Sharif Burdzik

Columbia Credit Union ($2.2 billion, Vancouver, Wash.) hired Sharif Burdzik as a small business lending officer. In his new role, Burdzik will spearhead the credit union's small business outreach and support in the greater Vancouver and Portland, Ore., metro areas. He brings a decade of experience working at banks with nationwide footprints. Burdzik has served on the boards of many local organizations, including the Clark College Veterans Advisory Board, Leadership Clark County, the Hazel Dell Salmon Creek Business Association, Cascadia Technical Academy Foundation, the New Day Community Dental Clinic, the Fourth Plain Business Coalition and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. Burdzik also currently serves on the Washington State University Diversity Advisory Board and is a director for Partners in Careers, the Clark College Foundation and the Watershed Alliance. He has also served the City of Vancouver on both the Fire Service Delivery Committee and Police Department Community Task Force, and currently serves on the annual evaluation committees for the City's CDBG, HOME and Affordable Housing Fund grant programs.

Scott Sager

Colorado Credit Union ($308 million, Littleton) hired Scott Sager as CFO. Sager brings a decade of industry experience, having most recently served as COO at the $359 million Trona Valley Community Federal Credit Union in Green River, Wyo. In his new role, Sager will oversee the accounting, finance and investment functions for the credit union, as well as financial forecasting and reporting. He has served as chairman of the Wyoming Young Credit Union Professionals and a graduate assistant at Western CUNA Management School. In addition, Sager is a Certified Public Accountant, and a graduate of the Mountain West Credit Union Association Executive Leadership program and Western CUNA Management School. In 2017, he was named to the Mountain West Credit Union Association's Top 20 Under 40 class.

Barbara BJ Jones