Credit Unions in Massachusetts, California & Tennessee Appoint CEOs

Jay Wolohan has been appointed president/CEO of the $268 million Holyoke Credit Union, the board of directors said.

He succeeded Michael E. Murphy, who retired in January after 40 years of service at the Holyoke, Mass.-based credit union.

Wolohan joined the credit union in 1993 and previously served as its EVP.

Holyoke’s 37 employees run three branches and serve nearly 23,000 members.

Heather Rizzo will become president/CEO of the $137 million Siskiyou Credit Union in Yreka, Calif., in June.

She will succeed current President/CEO Becky Ives, who will retire after more than three decades of service. Ives joined the credit union in 1990 as a loan officer and advanced through the ranks until she was named CEO in 2010.

Rizzo began working at Siskiyou as a teller in 2001 and later became a transmission specialist and operation supervisor. In 2010, she was named EVP and COO. Four years later, she was promoted to chief lending officer.

Siskiyou’s 34 employees operate a branch and serve more than 10,000 members.

The board of directors has named Adrian Muniz III as president/CEO of the $17.3 million Your Best Credit Union in Nashville, Tenn.

He succeeds Joseph A. Menninger, Jr., who will retire on April 30 after 40 years of service to the credit union movement.

Muniz most recently served as the credit union’s vice president and holds more than 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. Before joining Your Best, he served as a branch manager for the $294 million US Community Credit Union in Nashville, according to his LinkedIn profile page.

Your Best’s five employees operate a branch and serve 1,800 members.