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The $423 million GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, Mass., said it promoted three executives. David C. Bojarczuk was promoted to executive vice president/chief financial officer. He joined the credit union in 2007 as vice president/chief financial officer and later served as senior vice president. Linda Carmichael was appointed to the position of senior vice president/enterprise risk management officer. She joined the cooperative's management team in 2008 and worked as senior vice president/director of member resources, risk and technology. Joan Moran was promoted to senior vice president/chief lending officer. She joined the credit union as vice president/lending in 2012 and most recently served as interim head of lending and collections.

Issa Stephan, president/CEO of the $179 million First Financial Federal Credit Union in Wall Township, N.J., was appointed to the Professional Services Group by the New Jersey Credit Union League board of directors. The Professional Services Group, a subsidiary of the New Jersey league, works through partnerships to provide operational and service level efficiencies, and cost savings for credit unions.