Professionals Advance Their Credit Union Careers

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Carol Hauck, president/CEO for the $532 million, Sacramento, Calif.-based First U.S. Community Credit Union, announced her plans to retire in the first quarter of 2023. The board of directors of First U.S. Community has hired D. Hilton Associates Inc. to conduct a nationwide search to find its next president/CEO.

The $4.4 billion, Eau Claire, Wis.-based Royal Credit Union hired Alan Wilson as project portfolio manager. In his new role, Wilson is responsible for leading a team of project managers and working with the vice president of shared project services to set the strategy for Royal’s project process, ensure process adherence, and identify and implement improvements. Wilson brings over 10 years of experience in project and program management with companies such as McDonald’s, United Airlines and IBM Global Services. He has a master’s degree in business administration from LeTourneau University and holds Professional Project Manager and IT Infrastructure Library certifications.

EAST

Bruce K. Foulke, president/CEO for the $4.2 billion, Philadelphia-based American Heritage Credit Union, was named Credit Union Executive of the Year by American Banker for his leadership at American Heritage and year-long efforts to support those affected by the war in Ukraine. Throughout the year, Foulke spearheaded multiple local and global initiatives to support Ukrainian refugees as well as credit unions in Eastern Europe. In early March, Foulke completed his first humanitarian trip to Eastern Europe, and during the summer, he rallied credit union executives from the U.S. and Europe to establish The Polish American Credit Union Support Fund, raising more than $400,000 to help purchase and distribute ambulances and other medical transport vehicles to hospitals in Ukraine. Foulke completed his second trip to Eastern Europe during October, where he delivered two ambulances purchased through the support fund to Lviv City Children’s Clinical Hospital in Ukraine; the vehicles are now being utilized to transport refugees to Polish health care facilities.

MIDWEST

The board of directors for the $2.8 billion, Muskego, Wis.-based Corporate Central Credit Union selected Angela Hanson, president/CEO of Heartland Credit Union ($615 million, Madison, Wis.) to fill a vacant board position left by the recently retired Sally Dischler. Hanson has over 22 years of credit union and management experience including strategic planning, innovation and human resources. She holds the designations of Certified Chief Executive, Certified Credit Union Executive and Society for Human Resources Management – Certified Professional, and currently serves as board chair of the Wisconsin CUES Council.

SOUTH

The $2 billion, Arlington, Texas-based Texas Trust Credit Union hired David Garza as vice president of marketing. Garza brings more than 15 years of experience, having most recently served as associate director of marketing for Gateway Church, where he oversaw project management and marketing for a department within the multi-campus church and an associated international ministry. His diverse marketing and operations background also includes overseeing marketing for an Inc. 500 company, serving in the mission field and handling operations for large charitable organizations.

VENDORS

First Community Trust, N.A. (FCT), a Dubuque, Iowa-based a nationally-chartered trust company offering trust, investment and retirement services primarily through credit unions, announced two promotions.

Kathleen Donnelly was promoted to EVP and will be a part of the FCT Executive Management Committee. Since first joining FCT in 2001, Donnelly has worked closely with trust clients in the areas of estate planning and risk-based investing. She also has experience in trust tax planning and returns. With more than 30 years of personal trust administration experience, Donnelly helped coordinate the tax reporting function for FCT. She is a graduate of the ABA National Trust School and Cannon Financial Institute for Personal Trust Administration.

Jim Liddle was also promoted to EVP and will be a part of the FCT Executive Management Committee. Liddle joined FCT in 2013 after working at a regional accounting firm, where he supervised the income tax and estate planning departments. Liddle also worked closely with clients in the area of trust administration and estate planning, and brings additional expertise in taxation, retirement planning and investments. He received his CPA designation in 2011.

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