This past week, eight credit unions from coast to coastannounced board members elections and re-elections, new hires andexecutive awards. Plus, CUSOsConstellation Digital Partners and CUCapital Market Solutions hired new executives.

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The $390 million UNCLE Credit Union inLivermore, Calif., re-elected Board Chairman ChungBothwell and Vice Chairman Randy Wernerto serve in their respective leadership positions for the 2017 to2018 term. For more than 25 years, Bothwell and Werner have beenhighly instrumental in the financial cooperative'sgrowth. Board Treasurer Lee Neely and BoardSecretary Mila Shapovalov were also re-elected forthe 2017 to 2018 term. Also retaining their seats were BoardDirectors Ellen Raber and JohnStein. In addition, Robin Morris wasre-elected to the supervisory committee and NedaGray was elected to succeed Mark Weiss, who retired thisyear as supervisory committee chairman.

The $4.7 billion OnPoint Community CreditUnion in Portland, Ore., hired Liz EnomotoMartin as director of marketing. A veteran of the techindustry, Martin has more than 16 years of professional experiencein public relations and marketing. She most recently served asdirector of marketing and communications at Janrain, focusing onbrand awareness, content strategy and influencercommunications.

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The $986 million St. Mary's Bank in Manchester,N.H., appointed ShirleyBhutto to SVP, director of enterprise risk management andcompliance.

Bhutto (pictured) has more than 30 years in the financialservices industry and celebrates her 20th anniversary with St.Mary's Bank in August. She oversees St. Mary's Bank's riskmanagement, compliance, and enterprise risk management programs andholds certifications in anti-money laundering, information securitymanagement and fraud examination.

Wealth Management located at the $1 billion CFCUCommunity Credit Union in Ithaca, N.Y., hiredMatthew Stoutenburg as a LPL registered financialconsultants.

As a wealth management financial consultant, Stoutenburg(pictured) will use a comprehensive process to help understand whatis most important to CFCU members, create personally tailoredfinancial strategies based on what they value most, and meetregularly with clients to help them stay on track.

The $571 million Direct Federal Credit Union inNeedham, Mass., announced Donald Kelliher of NorthReading has been elected chairman of its board of directors.Kelliher has been a member of the board since 1985, serving as vicechairman, treasurer and chair of the personnel/governancecommittee. He also served on the member service committee and theliquidity committee. His career as a financial and administrativeexecutive and CPA includes tenures with Boston Trust and InvestmentManagement Company; Hutchins, Wheeler and Dittmar; and AbtAssociates Inc.

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Amy Downs, CCE, SVP/COO of the $263 millionAllegiance Credit Union in Oklahoma City, Okla.,received the 2017 CUES Exceptional Leader award. Downs, a CUES CEOInstitute graduate, has worked for Allegiance Credit Union for morethan 25 years, rising to her current position of SVP/COO. In herrole, she is a member of the executive management team instrategizing and directing the overall vision of her creditunion.

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The $196 million JetStream Federal CreditUnion in Miami Lakes, Fla., hired RickPerez as the new vice president, chief lending officer.Perez will oversee JetStream Federal's lending and collectionsdepartments. He will be responsible for all of JetStream's loanoperations including consumer, business and mortgage loans. Perezwill also be charged with overseeing all of JetStream's collectionsand recovery efforts. Perez brings more than 30 years of lendingexperience in the Miami Dade and Broward County markets to his newposition.

The $556 million ABNB Federal Credit Unionin Chesapeake, Va., hired Heiner Kessler as afinancial advisor.

Kessler is well-versed in all aspects of financialplanning including initiating IRAs, planning for college,establishing term insurance, income planning in retirement,long-term care insurance and leaving a financial legacy. HeinerKessler holds series 6, 63 and 65 securities licenses, as well asVirginia life, health and variable contracts licenses.

CUSOs

Constellation Digital Partners, LLC, a digitalservice platform company, hired Ed Brooks as chieftechnology and information security officer. In his new role,Brooks is responsible for planning and directing technologyactivities in the establishment of Constellation as a CUSO. He willoversee the development of the digital services platform, as wellas define and implement information security practices. Brooksbrings more than 30 years of experience to the position, with thelast 23 years exclusively dedicated to credit unions.

CU Capital Market Solutions, a credit union CUSO,hired Jeremy Colvin to lead its capital marketseffort. Colvin will serve as managing director and work from CMS'newly opened office in Summit, N.J. Colvin spent the last sevenyears at Bank of New York Mellon in a number of leadership roles.Most recently, he was managing director, where he led capitalmarkets sales and relationship management.

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