EAST

Oceanside Christopher Federal Credit Union, Oceanside,N.Y., announced that Eva Casale was hired as the vice president oftechnology. Casale was previously at the diocese of RockvilleCentre in New York where she worked as the assistant director ofIT.

Jeanne D' Arc Credit Union, Lowell, Mass., has named JamesL. Milinazzo as its new vice president/ business services.Milinazzo will now be responsible for the credit union's businesslending and business deposit services.

Northeast Family Federal Credit Union, Manchester, Conn.,Director of Marketing and Member Development Fred Brown recentlyreturned from a two-week exchange program in Trinidad and Tobago.Brown spent two weeks learning and sharing information with EasternCredit Union in La Joya, Trinidad.

SOUTH

Robins Federal Credit Union, Warner Robins, Ga., selectsthree employees that excel in each of the following categories:managers, support department staff and branch staff every quarter.Collections Assistant Manager Wendy Christian, was selected as themanager of the quarter. Christian has been with the credit unionsince 1993. Lending Specialist Bobbi Jo Creamer has been selectedas support department employee of the quarter. She has been withthe credit union since 2004. Member Service Representative VickieBailey has been selected as the branch employee of the quarter. Shehas been with the credit union for four years.

Insight Financial Credit Union, Orlando, Fla., has hiredHeather Bumgardner marketing executive and Carlos Herrera as publicrelations executive. Bumgardner will bring her previous experienceas a marketing and business development specialist at McCoy FederalCredit Union to the position. Herrera will bring his knowledge ofpublic relations and advertising with him to the position.

MIDWEST

Neighbors Credit Union, St. Louis, announcedthe addition of Kenneth Craycraft as the new vice president ofinformation technology and Denise Brady as the new vice presidentof sales and services. In the newly established position, Craycraftwill be responsible for establishing strategic direction andtactically driving and enhancing technology. He will apply hiscommunications and technology experience to his new position. Bradywill be responsible for the overall membership strategy. She hasover 17 years of executive management experience in the creditunion industry.

Heritage Federal Credit Union, Newburgh, Ind.,announced that Karen Garrett has been promoted to the newly createdposition of director of lending resolutions. Garret previouslyworked as the collection supervisor. She will be responsible forthe staff and operations of the lending resolutions team formallyknown as the collections department.
Members Cooperative Credit Union, Cloquet, Minn., has named AdeleHartwick to the board of directors of MCCU. Hartwick recentlyretired from a 30 year career at Advanstar Communications, whereshe served as vice president, treasurer and controller.

WEST

Ent Federal Credit Union, Colorado Springs, Colo., namedCathy Grossman director of corporate communication. Grossman willbe responsible for guiding the strategic planning of corporatecommunications and community involvement. She has over 20 years ofindustry experience. Liz Finn has been promoted to Ent's directorof center operations. Finn will oversee all 27 service centers.Finn, most recently a service area manager for Ent, has been withthe credit union for over 17 years. Shannon Lathrop has beenpromoted to manager of Ent's Falcon service center. She has beenwith the credit union since 2002.

Greater Nevada Credit Union, Carson City, Nev.,announced that Wally Murray, president/CEO of Greater Nevada CreditUnion, was elected as the Nevada Credit Union League BoardChairman. Murray has worked in the financial services industry forover 20 years, all with the Greater Nevada Credit Union.

Idaho State Credit Union, Pocatello, Ind., has appointedLisa Leyshon, an assistant controller at Idaho State University, toits board of directors. Prior to her appointment, she served on thecredit union's supervisory committee for eight years.

VENDOR

The National Association of Credit Union Chairmen,Denver, recently held its annual business meeting. At the meeting,Howard Spencer was elected to serve as chairman for the board.Spencer has been a member of the NACUC board since 2000 and hasserved as vice chairman for the past year.

CMG Mortgage Insurance Co., San Francisco,announced that Mark Berkowitz is its new senior vice president andgeneral manager. Berkowitz was formerly vice president forunderwriting and operations. He has been with the company since2004.

Card Services for Credit Unions, Clearwater,Fla., appointed Henry Wirz, president/CEO of SAFE Credit Union inNorth Highlands Calif., to its board of directors. Wirz has beenwith SAFE for nearly 30 years, and he has served as president since1984. Wirz has served on the board of several other organizations,including chairman of CUNA's due diligence task forcecommittee.