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The $776 million St. Marys Bank of Manchester, N.H. appointed Pamela Ordway vice president, loan operations manager. Ordway will be responsible for the direct workflow of residential and consumer loan operations, including processing, underwriting, closing, post-closing, and the secondary market portfolio. She served as vice president, processing and underwriting, at...

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Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Anchorage, Alaska, announced promotions to its executive management team. Geoff Lundfelt has been promoted to chief operations officer. Lundfelt has held a variety of increasingly responsible positions during his 15 years with Alaska USA, most recently serving as executive director of retail financial services. Lundfelt...

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Heartland Credit Union announced that Ed Gvazdinskas is retiring as president/CEO after 38 years of service. Gvazdinskas is slated to retire in February.I feel extremely fortunate to have worked at Heartland Credit Union for so long. For 38 plus years I have been blessed to serve the members of our...

First Heritage Federal Credit Union, Painted Post, N. Y., has named Frank D. Vassallo chief financial officer, responsible for financial analysis and operational oversight of accounting, compliance, collections, electronic funds transfers and Visa departments. Before joining First Heritage, he was CFO for Bank-Fund Federal Credit Union. While there, he supervised...

Aggieland Credit Union, Bryan, Texas, presented Rebekah Snodgrass with a $1,000 scholarship check to attend Texas A&M University for the upcoming fall 2013 semester. Snodgrass is a recent Bryan High School graduate/ She was chosen as the scholarship winner by a panel of judges and credit union representatives. Aggieland...