America's First Federal Credit Union,Birmingham, Ala., has appointed Audra Weber as thenew vice president of human resources and training. Weber has beenwith America's First since 2011 and was formerly the assistant vicepresident of human resources. She has over 23 years of experiencein human resources and is SPHR certified. Callahan FinancialServices, Washington, a subsidiary of Callahan & Associatesannounced the addition of Kevin Heal as vice president of sales& business development. Heal joins Jon Jeffreys, vicepresident, and Mike Philbin, vice president of sales on themanagement team. Heal brings with him more than 25 years of salesand trading experience with both large investment banks andregional broker dealers. Heal will also manage the expansion ofCallahan Financial Services role in the credit union market bycollaborating with new distribution partners to expand thedistribution and investor base of the TCU funds. 

CUNA Brokerage Services, Madison, Wis.,recently announced that Mike Bunge has joinedCBSI  to lead new- business development for thebroker-dealer. Bunge most recently served as the senior vicepresident of business and community development at Summit CreditUnion in Madison. In that role, he promoted financial literacy bylaunching a credit union branch in a local high school as well ascoached families participating in the credit union's “ProjectMoney” program, which helped members work to reduce debt, increasesavings, and learn how to make every dollar count. Bunge alsohelped facilitate the largest credit union merger in Wisconsinbetween Great Wisconsin Credit Union and Summit Credit Union. Hemanaged several areas of the merger and was a key member of themerger steering committee. Before joining Summit Credit Union in2004, Bunge served for many years with CUNA Mutual Group in anumber of capacities.

CUNA Mutual Group, Madison, Wis., has added toits lending compliance resources with the hiring of JonBundy as compliance manager, Lending Service Products. Inthis role, Bundy will focus on lending and deposit laws andregulations, and the resulting compliance challenges facing creditunions. Bundy will provide regulatory lending compliance expertiseto LOANLINER Documents and loanliner.com^® customers anddevelop lending solutions to help credit unions expand their loanportfolios, with a special focus on the expected mortgagecompliance changes from the Consumer Financial Protection Board in2013. Bundy earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin.He also attended the University of North Carolina School ofGovernment, where he earned a master of public administrationdegree. 

Fort Knox Federal Credit Union, Fort Knox,Ky.,  has announced that after more than 36 years ofservice, Carolyn F. Drake is retiring effectiveDec. 1. She was appointed to her current position of executive vicepresident more than 27 years ago. Ray Springsteen, senior vicepresident at Fort Knox Federal since 2009, will be promoted to theexecutive vice president position.

HVFCU Financial Services, Poughkeepsie,N.Y.,  a division of the Hudson Valley Federal CreditUnion, announced the appointment of Reid Jecmen asa financial consultant based in its Montgomery, N.Y.,office.  As an HVFCU financial services consultant, Jecmenis experienced in retirement planning, estate planning, insuranceand wealth management for individuals and businesses. He is alsocertified by the New York State Insurance Department as an approvedlong-term care and life insurance professional.

myCUmortgage, Fairborn, Ohio, announced that Jon Fogel has joined the CUSO asits newest business development manager. In his new role, he willhelp credit unions become stronger mortgage lenders. Fogel willfocus on adding new credit unions to the myCUmortgage program aswell as support existing credit unions. He brings more than adecade of mortgage banking experience to myCUmortgage, largelyconsisting of managing credit union partnerships throughout thesoutheast. Fogel received dual bachelor of science degrees incommunication studies and computer science from the University ofMichigan. 

MoneyDesktop, Provo, Utah has announced thehiring of former Mountain America Federal Credit Union executiveBret Skousen as vice president of strategicpartnerships and public relations. In his role at MoneyDesktop,Skousen manages existing partner interaction as well as creates newpartner relationships. Skousen also leads public relations outreachfor the company. Before joining MoneyDesktop, Skousenserved as senior vice president of sales, research and development,and corporate real estate for MACU.

PSCU, St. Petersburg, Fla., named BrianCaldarelli as the new chief financial officer.Concurrently, the company appointed Rini Fredetteas vice president of enterprise risk management to manage all ofPSCU's internal risk areas, including operational, informationtechnology and reputational. Caldarelli brings to PSCU a diversebackground in finance, strategy deployment and enterprise riskmanagement. Since 2008, Caldarelli served as chief financialofficer of the European division of Recall Corp. Caldarelli holdsan undergraduate degree in finance from Stetson University and anMBA from Emory University. Fredette will lead the company'sinitiatives to develop and execute formal processes to managerisk.

Securian Financial Group, St. Paul, Minn.,announced that Christopher R. Sebald was promotedto president of Advantus Capital Management, a Securian subsidiary.Formerly executive vice president and chief investment officer ofAdvantus, Sebald will continue to serve as CIO. Sebald, 47, hasbeen active in the investment industry for 24 years, 15 of themwith Advantus. As CIO, he will continue to oversee investmentpolicy, strategy formulation, product development and businessdevelopment. Sebald also will continue his involvement in portfoliomanagement for several fixed income portfolios in the SecurianFunds Trust, institutional portfolios and the Ivy Bond Fund, whichAdvantus sub advises. Sebald, has a bachelor's degree in economicsand an MBA degree from the University of Minnesota.

TDECU, Lake Jackson, Texas, announced therecent selection of TDECU real estate agents, ShayneMcGehee and Ryan Birdsong as 2012five-star real estate agents by Texas Monthly magazine.Less than the top 2% of Houston-area real estate agents are awardedthe honor which is based solely on feedback obtained from clients,peers and industry experts. Birdsong has nine years of industryexperience. Through an independent survey, McGehee and Birdsongwere evaluated in nine different areas which determined their topranking in providing exceptional service and overall clientsatisfaction. These areas included integrity, customer service,communication skills, industry knowledge and whether clients wouldrecommend them to a friend or family member.