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Charles Ciapponi The $1 billion, Modesto, Calif.-based Valley First Credit Union announced two new hires.
Charles Ciapponi was hired as director of compliance. Ciapponi brings nearly 20 years of credit union experience, including at Educational Employees Credit Union ($4.6 billion, Fresno, Calif.) and Pacific Service Credit Union ($1.4 billion, Concord, Calif.). He began his career in financial services as a customer service rep in the Fresno call center of a large national bank. Ciapponi worked his way up through lending, operations and compliance over 16 years with EECU, where he was a compliance supervisor when he left to join Pacific Service in 2020. He graduated from Western CUNA Management School in July.
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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.
