East

HarborOne Credit Union, Brockton, Mass.,announced the promotion of Leo MacNeil to seniorvice president of community relations and CRA officer. MacNeil wasformerly senior vice president of marketing and CRA officer. In thenewly created position, MacNeil is responsible for strengtheningthe HarborOne branch by building or expanding partnerships withinthe nine communities it serves. MacNeil is working with localgroups and government leaders to assess community needs and thencoordinate assistance through support and volunteer efforts byHarborOne staff. MacNeil has worked for Harbor for 15 years.

South

Ascend Federal Credit Union, Tullahoma, Tenn.,announced the promotion of Matt Jernigan frominternal auditor to vice president of operations. In this position,Jernigan will oversee financial center operations, the consumer andstudent lending departments, the certificates/IRA department,support services and business continuity/disaster recovery. Also,Nancy Parker was hired as the new director ofmember business services. Prior to coming to Ascend, Parker was acommercial lender managing business banking portfolios in excess of$30 million.

GTE Federal Credit Union, Tampa, Fla.,announced that Theodore Zangwill was named seniorvice president and chief lending officer. Zangwill will overseeconsumer, business and mortgage lending and collections. Zangwilljoins GTE from Tyndall Federal Credit Union where he was seniorvice president and chief operations officer. Also,Katherine Snell was promoted to director of lossprevention and risk management. Prior to her promotion, Snell wasthe manager of insurance and recovery in the GTE loss preventiondepartment. Snell started at GTE in 2004.

FedChoice Federal Credit Union, Washington,announced the appointment of Marc D. Brice asmanager of the Lanham Headquarters Financial Service Center. Briceis responsible for the overall management and success of thefinancial service center. Brice came to FedChoice from Bank ofAmerica, where he was branch center manager for over three years.Brice has over seven years of experience in management, sales,coaching, recruitment and operations. He has also participated inand developed local educational events to help the communityachieve and maintain financial stability through local outreachprograms.

Five Star Credit Union, Dothan, Ala., announcedthe hiring of Deborah Street as mortgage director.Street has 20 years of financial industry experience and has beenrepeatedly awarded for her excellence in customer service. Over theyears, Street has also been heavily involved in the Dothan areacommunity through the Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Dothan and asvice president of the Dothan High Tiger Club.

Midwest

Corporate Central Credit Union, Muskego, Wis.,announced the hiring of Heather Paris asrelationship development officer. In this role, Paris will meetwith members and future members to determine their needs andprovide correspondent investment and liquidity solutions. Prior tocoming to Corporate Central, Paris worked at Fort Community CreditUnion for five years as an assistant supervisor.

NuMark Credit Union, Joliet, Ill., announcedthe hiring of Michelle Balog as executive vicepresident. Balog has worked in banking for eight years and was inprivate practice for five years before coming to NuMark. Balog hasbeen a licensed attorney since 1995 and an active adjunct facultymember for the past five years at St. Xavier University.

West

OSU Federal Credit Union, Woodburn, Ore.,announced the promotion of Jenipher Miller tobranch manager of the branch in the Woodburn Safeway grocery store.Miller has six years of experience in the financial institutionindustry and joined OSU Federal as the Woodburn branch assistantmanager in 2005. Miller has volunteered for the Woodburn Relay forLife throughout her time with OSU Federal and is now the chair ofthe event's publicity committee. Miller replaces Nathan Wuerch whotransferred to serve as branch manger of the new West Salemlocation.

The Golden 1 Credit Union, Sacramento, Calif.,announced that Nicole Blanchette has been namedbranch manager of the Centro office. Blanchette joins The Golden 1from a large financial institution where she served on themanagement team. She has eight years of experience in the financialservices industry working for both banks and credit unions.Blanchette has also been supportive of community projects such asjunior achievement and the YMCA literacy program.

America First Credit Union, Ogden, Utah,announced the promotion of Dustin Thomas tomanager of the West Valley Wal-Mart branch. Thomas started atAmerica First in August 2004 as a teller at the West Jordan branch.Thomas also served as a loan interviewer, lead teller and mostrecently as the assistant manager of the West Valley 5000 branch.Bo Rosario was named the new service center manager at the ParkCity branch. Rosario started working at the credit union in 1996 atthe Sandy branch as a student trainee. While at the Sandy branch,Rosario worked as a teller, loan interviewer and loan officer. Healso worked as the assistant manager of the Sandy branch and mostrecently at the Sandy 2100 branch. George Fawson was named the newservice center manager of the South Jordan Harmons branch. Fawsonstarted at the credit union as a teller in 2004 and has worked as aconsumer loan officer, lead teller and assistant manager at theSandy branch.

Vendor

New Ground, St. Louis, a leading internationaldesign and implementation firm serving the financial serviceindustry announced the appointment of EduardoAlvarez as managing director of brand and retail strategyand Geoff Walters as managing director of nationalaccounts. Prior to joining New Ground, Alvarez was the executivevice president of strategy and design for BrandPartners. Prior tocoming to New Ground, Walters served as executive vice president ofbusiness development for BrandPartners.