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The $861 million, 59,000-member CFCU Community CreditUnion of Ithaca, N.Y., recently announced the selection ofJim Struble as the organization’s new vicepresident of sales and service. Struble has spent the last fiveyears at the $635 million, 50,000-member Mayo Employees FCU inRochester, Minn., where he most recently served as director ofinnovation and production manager. During his time at Mayo FCU, thecredit union increased in asset size from $300 million to $600million and more than doubled its online banking and electronicstatement users.

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The $138 million, 15,000-member ILWU CreditUnion in Wilmington, Calif., announced the selection ofRalph Ruiz as the organization’s newpresident/CEO. Ruiz has 23 years of extensive financial servicesindustry experience with more than 15 years at a senior executivelevel. He most recently served as the chief operating office of the$367 million, 28,000-member SkyOne Federal Credit Union inHawthorne, Calif. Prior to that position, Ruiz was vice presidentof marketing and technology at SkyOne where he was responsible forproduct development and promotion, all member communication,technology strategy, data integrity, e-commerce, brand and image,and membership growth. He earned his Bachelor of BusinessAdministration degree from Loyola Marymount University.

The $1.2 billion, 98,000-member Numerica CreditUnion of Spokane, Wash., recently announced thatDerek Brownson has joined the credit union as abusiness services relationship officer. Brownson has 15 yearsof experience in the finance industry, most recently as vicepresident of business banking for Bank of the West in Kennewick,Wash. Brownson graduated from Eastern Washington University with aBachelor of Arts degree in education with an emphasis on socialscience. Brownson is also on the board of directors for EasternWashington University Alumni Association and Pasco Chamber ofCommerce.

The $160 million, 18,000-member Wauna Credit Unionin Clatskanie, Ore., haschosen John Moore as its new vicepresident of lending. Since 2005, Moore has held the position ofvice president-community manager for the Clatskanie SterlingSavings Bank, where his responsibilities included overseeingseveral branches as a regional manager. He also was also employedwith Washington Mutual as a personal banker, a branch manager, andarea manager. Moore earned a Bachelor of Science degree ineconomics from Western Oregon State College in 1994.

The $670 million, 60,000-member Ventura County CreditUnion in Ventura, Calif., has hired MarkRoss as their new vice president of technology. Rosspreviously held the position as vice president of informationtechnology at the $251 million, 15,000-member Burbank City FederalCredit Union in Burbank, Calif., where he also served for 12 yearsas a webmaster and programmer. Ross graduated from PepperdineUniversity’s undergraduate program with degrees in journalism andpolitical science, and went on to achieve his MBA with an emphasisin finance. Prior to working at BCFCU, Ross produced web contentfor the Ventura County Star.

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The $340 million, 13,000-member TopLine Federal CreditUnion in Maple Grove, Minn., announced it has hiredDan Schultz as the director of training. He joinsTopLine from the $597 million, 64,000-member Spire Federal CreditUnion in Falcon Heights, Minn. Schultz started his career infinancial services as a personal banker with Wells Fargo and workedat the $399 million, 38,000-member City & County Credit Unionin Saint Paul, Minn., as a member service consultant before joiningSpire in 2006. Most recently, Schultz was the service qualityspecialist at Spire and brings experience in developing andimplementing sales training through classroom and remote deliverymethods as well as developing and managing leadership curriculum.He holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin,River Falls.

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The $55 million, 6,900-member OU Federal Credit Union in Norman,Okla., has selected a as the organization’s newpresident/CEO In her last position, Hudzinski had been senior vicepresident/COO at the $159 million, 32,600-member First FlightFederal Credit Union. Shannon was instrumental in implementingstrategic growth plans and creating a successful e-service platformfor the credit union. Hudzinski holds a Ph.D. in Political Sciencefrom the University of Mississippi, a M.S from the University ofToledo and a B.S. from Western Michigan University.

The $1.5 billion ORNL Federal Credit Union ofOak Ridge, Tenn. announced Cissi Reagan willtransition to the newly created position of assistant vicepresident of mortgage. In this new role, Reagan will be primarilyresponsible for the day to day operations of the overall mortgagedepartment within the credit union’s mortgage lending CUSO, CUCommunity, LLC.

Reagan has been a member of the ORNL Federal Credit Union teamfor more than 19 years, working her way up from teller to mostrecently assistant vice president of sales and service. Shecompleted Southeast CUNA Management School’s three-year program inJune 2011.