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EAST


Paul Annunziata

The $3 billion, Virginia Beach, Va.-based Chartway Credit Union announced three board elections and two board retirements.

Paul Annunziata, an incumbent, was elected to the board and will serve as treasurer. Annunziata is also on the board for Chartway’s charitable arm, the Chartway Promise Foundation. He retired from Chartway in early 2021 after serving for more than four decades in various roles, including COO, CFO and corporate development executive.

Jim Bibbs

Jim Bibbs, an incumbent, was elected to the board and will serve as a director. Bibbs, chief human resources officer at LifeNet Health, initially joined the board of directors in 2020 through its associate director development program and was appointed as a director later that same year. Due to competing priorities, Bibbs stepped away from the board in 2021, but remained actively involved by serving on the board executive compensation committee and returned to the board last year. Bibbs brings more than 25 years of leadership experience developing and leading HR infrastructure within multi-site, global and Fortune 500 companies, including the Port of Virginia, Quintiles and Citi. He holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash.

Jared Perry

Jared Perry, an incumbent, was elected to the board and will serve as vice chair. Perry has served on the board since 2017 and is a long-time partner of the Chartway Promise Foundation. He’s also served on the credit union’s legislative and regulatory advocacy committee and as chair of the strategic planning committee. His career includes roles as legislative correspondent for Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), senior advisor for Sen. Bob Bennet (R-Utah), executive director for the University of Utah’s Hospital Foundation and later as CEO of Make-A-Wish Utah. Now, he is chief revenue officer of Make-A-Wish America. Perry holds a master of public administration degree from the University of Utah.

Nancy McMahon

Nancy McMahon, outgoing chair, and Robert Holmes, outgoing treasurer, both retired from the Chartway board with board emeritus distinction.

SOUTH


Monica Benavides

The $613 million, San Antonio, Texas-based Soarion Credit Union announced four promotions.

Monica Benavides was promoted to chief member experience officer. Benavides joined Soarion in May 2023 and most recently served as assistant vice president of loan servicing and credit solutions. She has nearly 38 years of financial industry experience. In her new role, Benavides will continue to enhance the member experience by overseeing all the credit union’s financial centers, call center, digital banking, deposit products, training and deposit, and loan servicing areas.

Justin Eddleton

Justin Eddleton was promoted to chief lending officer. Eddleton joined Soarion in May 2024 and most recently served as assistant vice president of HomeX Lending. He has nearly 17 years of financial industry experience, and in his new role, he will oversee all the credit union’s lending operations, leveraging his extensive expertise to drive growth and support the members’ financial needs.

Felipe Mayoral Jr.

Felipe Mayoral Jr. was promoted to assistant vice president of member experience. Mayoral is an 18-year veteran of customer operations, with seven of those years spent in the credit union industry. He joined Soarion in May 2023 as director of member experience. In his new role, Mayoral will lead the credit union’s financial center and contact center teams with the goal of enhancing member engagement by delivering meaningful improvements to the customer journey, leveraging a strategic blend of people, processes and technology.

Sierra Saldaña

Sierra Saldaña was promoted to assistant vice president of finance. Saldaña joined Soarion in October 2022 as treasury manager and was later promoted to director of finance and accounting. She has five years of experience in the financial industry. In her new role, Saldaña will manage payment operations and continue overseeing Soarion’s accounting and procurement departments with a focus on enhanced reporting, data-driven analysis and the continuous optimization of accounting processes.

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Natasha Chilingerian

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.

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