EAST

SECU, Linthicum, Md., has  namedStacey K. Rineer to be the credit union's newcontroller. Rineer comes to SECU from Seton Keough High School,where she served as director of finance and operations. In thatposition, Rineer was responsible for all critical businessprocesses at the school, including cash management, payroll,tuition billing and collections, financial aid administration andannual budget preparation. She also managed human resources,maintained all insurance coverage and assisted in the developmentof the school's annual technology plan. Rineer previously was apartner at Clifton Gunderson LLP, where she managed a portfolio of45 clients, generating $1.7 million in annual fees. There, sheserved as the engagement partner on the audit of a variety ofmiddle market clients, including a number of business risk servicesclients in the financial services industry. She was also a memberof the Baltimore office's marketing and business development team.The graduate of King's College started her professional career atthe Baltimore office of Ernst & Young LLP, where she rose fromstaff accountant to senior manager. She managed the audits of bothlarge, publicly held commercial clients and privately held middlemarket clients in the financial services, technology, consumerfinance, leading and health care industries. A member of theAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Rineer wasrecognized as a Smart CPA by Smart CEO Magazine in 2009.

Workers' Credit Union, Fitchburg, Mass., namedJ. Timothy Smith chief financial officer andtreasurer. Smith is a CPA with more than 20 years of experience inthe banking industry as a financial manager. His experienceincludes many years with KPMG and Darling Consulting Group, as anauditor and consultant to financial institutions. In addition,Smith was a financial manager at Berkeley Federal Bank in Floridaand First City Bank in Texas. Smith earned a bachelor'sdegree in accounting and an MBA in finance from the CT BauerCollege of Business at the University of Houston. He lives inFranklin, where he serves on his town's finance committee and istreasurer of the Boy Scout of America's Troop 99.

WEST

Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, Honolulu,announced the promotions of Floralyn Wassum tobranch manager of Hawaii State FCU's newest branch location at theKapolei Shopping Center and Maria Pacupac toteller services supervisor of Hawaii State FCU's new Kapoleibranch. Wassum will be responsible for directing and administeringthe operational efforts of the branch, as well as overseeingprovision of a full range of services to credit union members andprospective members. Wassum has been employed at Hawaii State FCUsince 2006 and previously served as assistant branch manager atHickam FCU. Pacupac's responsibilities will include directing andadministering the operational efforts of the teller servicessection, ensuring that established policies and procedures arefollowed, and that members are promptly and professionally served.Pacupac has been employed at Hawaii State FCU since 2006 and bringsmore than nine years of financial industry experience, havingpreviously served as an operations supervisor at TerritorialSavings Bank.

MIDWEST

Partners 1st Federal Credit Union, Fort Wayne,Ind., promoted Kelly Johns to assistant vicepresident, human resources. Johns joined Partners 1st in 1999 andhas previously held the positions of human resources administratorand most recently human resources manager.

RCU, Eau Claire, Wis., named JulieWilson as home loan representative and loan originator forthe New Richmond area. Wilson joins a dynamic home loan team thatoffers a variety of options from zero down payment programs totraditional 15-, 30- and 40-year fixed mortgages. She will beresponsible for providing residential mortgage lending andassistance out of RCU's New Richmond Office. Wilson has 12 years ofexperience working in the mortgage and title business. Mostrecently, she worked at Postal Credit Union in North St. Paul,Minn., for seven years. Wilson is currently enrolled at CenturyCollege in White Bear Lake, Minn., and is working toward a degreein business.

Veridian Credit Union, Waterloo, Iowa,announced that Ashley Conover has been hired tothe position of production traffic coordinator. Conover, a residentof Ankeny, was previously employed at Wiley-Blackwell Publishing asa senior marketing product manager. She has a bachelor's degree inbusiness administration, with an emphasis in marketing andmanagement, from Wartburg College.

SOUTH

Local Government Federal Credit Union, Raleigh,N.C., announced the addition of Chris Brown to itsResearch Triangle Advisory Council, which comprises Chatham andDurham counties. Brown, who is a managing member of Vaughn-BrownWealth Management LLC, will be an integral part of LGFCU'svolunteer-driven initiative not only to educate people on thebenefits of credit union membership, but also torelay feedback to the board of directors regardingavailable/potentially available products and services,delivery of service and member needs. Advisory councilmembers, who represent the philosophical character of thecredit union and contribute their time without compensation,function as LGFCU's eyes and ears throughout the state, serving asliaisons between credit union members and nonmembers and LGFCUmanagement.

OSU Federal, Dallas, announced thatBonnie Beck has been promoted from assistantbranch manager to branch manager. Beck started with OSU Federal inJune 2003 at the Monmouth Branch and assumed the assistant branchmanager position at Dallas in November 2005. She was named therecipient of OSU Federal's community contribution award for 2011.Beck is currently serving on the board for the Dallas AreaVisitors' Center and also volunteers for Polk County Association ofRealtors, Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce, Law Enforcement forYouth and the Dallas High School Band Boosters.