The $724 million Pelican State Credit Union said Melissa Ott was named president.
Jeffrey K. Conrad, who has served the credit union for 38 years, including 29 as president/CEO, will focus his last four years on sustainable strategic growth of the credit union as CEO, Pelican State said in a prepared statement.
Ott joined the credit union in 2000 and served in leadership positions in marketing, financial outreach and electronic services. After working as CFO since 2016, she was named EVP in 2022.
Pelican State’s 311 employees operate 19 locations and serve nearly 79,000 members.
Kenyon Warren took over as president/CEO of the $518 million UT Federal Credit Union in Knoxville, Tenn., on March 3.
He succeeded Debbie Jones who retired after nearly 30 years of service.
Warren joined UTFCU from the $3.9 billion University Federal Credit Union in Austin, Texas, where he served as chief retail officer, overseeing key initiatives in member service, operational growth and retail banking.
UTFCU’s 89 employees run 8 locations and serve more than 25,000 members.
The $329 million Signal Financial Federal Credit Union in New Kensington, Md., appointed Kenyahda “Ken” Cahoon as president/CEO.
He succeeded Francois Verleysen, who served president/CEO since 2014 and retired in January.
Cahoon brings more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry to Signal Financial, having previously held leadership positions at the $793 million National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union in Rockville, Md., the $3.5 billion UNIFY Financial Federal Credit Union in Allen, Texas and the $73 million American Spirit Federal Credit Union in Newark, Del.
Signal Financial’s 73 employees run four locations that serves more than 22,000 members.
The board of directors of the $322 million Great Plains Federal Credit Union in Joplin, Mo., appointed James Wileman as president/CEO.
He succeeded Kelley W. Melton. Wileman had been serving as interim CEO since last July.
Before joining the credit union, Wileman led his own consulting business in Anchorage, Alaska and previously served as CEO of $1.4 billion Credit Union 1 also based in Anchorage.
Great Plains' 84 employees operate 12 locations and serve nearly 29,000 members.
The $114 million City Employees Credit Union in Knoxville, Tenn., named James R. Carroll as president/CEO.
He succeed Larry D. Pressley.
Carroll had been serving as an interim CEO since the second quarter of 2024, according to the credit union’s NCUA profile reports. Since 2009, he has also held multiple leadership positions such as vice president of finance, vice president of operations and lending manager.
City Employee CU’s 21 employee operate four locations and serve more than 8,500 members.
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