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Teachers Federal Credit Union, Farmingville, N.Y.,announced that Christopher B. Welga has been named TFCU assistantvice president, risk management. In this position Welga designs,develops and evaluates risk-management strategies for the creditunion. His role includes the maintenance of effective personal,physical and technological security. He is also responsible fordisaster recovery and business continuity planning, fraud-lossprevention, maintenance of the credit union's compliance programand the development of policies and procedures. Welga previouslyserved as TFCU's information technology supervisor for almost nineyears.

United Teletech Financial Federal Credit Union, TintonFalls, N.J., announced the promotion of Francis James from chieffinancial officer/vice president administration to chief financialofficer/executive vice president operations. In his new position,James will assume responsibility for directing all operationalfunctions of the company. UTF also announced management shiftswithin its branch locations. Laura Black has assumed the positionof branch manager at the new UTF Neptune location. Black had beenthe branch manager at UTF's Middletown branch. Sarah Nazario waspromoted to branch manager at the AT&T location in Middletown.Nazario had previously held the position of financial salesrepresentative at UTF's Tinton Falls location. Randy Pietsch willassume the role of branch manager at UTF's new Marlboro location.He had been branch manager of the North Brunswick location. PhillipWoolfolk has been hired to assume the responsibility of branchmanager of UTF's North Brunswick location. Woolfolk previously heldmanagement positions at both Sovereign and United Jersey banks.

Northeast Family Federal Credit Union,Manchester, Conn., announced that Fred Brown, its director ofmarketing and member development, was elected vice president of theHartford Chapter of the Credit Union League of Connecticut, whichwas founded in 1935 to represent and provide services to the creditunions in Connecticut.

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CUNA, Washington, announced that Lisa J. McCue has beennamed its new vice president of editorial communications. As vicepresident, McCue will head up CUNA's News Now, a dailyInternet-based news and information service for credit unions andthose interested in credit unions. She will also be in charge ofCUNA's “NewsWatch” newsletter, a biweekly publication distributedto all CUNA-member credit unions. A former American Bankerreporter, McCue joined CUNA as a communications specialist in2005.

Insight Financial Credit Union, Orlando, Fla., has hiredTodd Mellenberndt as its vice president of lending. Mellenberndtbrings more than 12 years of financial experience to InsightFinancial Credit Union, having held various positions with Bank ofAmerica, Wachovia Bank, Colonial Bank and Sunshine State CommunityBank. In his new position, he will oversee all lines of lending forInsight Financial, including commercial and business lending,indirect lending, mortgage and collection.

Pen Air Federal Credit Union, Pensacola, Fla.,has named Ron Fields to serve as CEO/president. Fields has beenserving as the interim president and chief executive officer sincethe death of John A. Davis Jr. Fields has been with Pen Air FederalCredit Union since 2001, serving as the executive vice presidentand chief financial officer. Fields' career in the credit unionindustry spans over 30 years.

Alabama Telco Credit Union, Birmingham, Ala.,announced the hiring of Robby Clark as branch manager for itsSoutheast Alabama Medical Center location. Clark comes from CompassBank and has been in banking for about 18 years. She has heldvarious positions in the financial world, including teller,personal banking assistant, financial service representative,premier banking assistant, financial sales representative andbanking center manager.

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Rocky Mountain Credit Union, Helena, Mont.,announced that Laura Littleton has joined the credit union as itsnew vice president, branch sales and service. Littleton'sresponsibilities include guiding branch managers and member servicestaff at RMCU's three locations to produce greater opportunitiesfor RMCU's members. Littleton is also responsible for facilitysecurity and operations.

San Antonio Federal Credit Union, San Antonio,announced that Leslie J.A. Sachanowicz has joined the managementteam as senior vice president and corporate counsel. Sachanowiczhas served on the SACU board of directors since 1997 and has servedas vice chairman since 2004. He previously served on the SACUsupervisory committee from 1995-1997. Since 1990, Sachanowicz hasworked with the Bexar County district attorney's office, civildivision, as a civil trial attorney. He has tried cases in statejustice of the peace, county, district and federal courts.

Kinecta Federal Credit Union, Manhattan Beach, Calif.,announced that John Greenlee has joined Apollo Agencies Inc. asdirector of sales. Apollo is Kinecta's wholly owned property andcasualty subsidiary. Greenlee joins Apollo from Washington MutualInsurance Services Inc. in Irvine, where he most recently served asfirst vice president and national sales manager. Prior to WaMu,Greenlee was senior vice president at Western Insurance ServicesInc. in Denver.

Ent Federal Credit Union, Colorado Springs, Colo.,announced a new hire and a promotion. Jennifer Taylor has beenpromoted to service center coordinator at the credit union'sWoodmen service center. Taylor has been with Ent for more than fiveyears and most recently served as the coordinator of Ent's JacksonCreek service center. Ryan Panariso has joined the Ent team as abusiness banker. Panariso has been in the financial servicesindustry for more than four years. Most recently, Panariso servedat FirstBank as a banking officer. Panariso will be serving Ent'ssouthern locations, including the Fountain, Decibel, Spaulding, Ryeand South service centers.

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CMG Mortgage Insurance Co., San Francisco, has named JoeDillon senior vice president and co-general manager. He replacesBrian Shepherd, who left the company. Dillon comes to CMG from CUNAMutual Group, where he served as a products executive for thecompany's credit union protection division, managing the financialaspects of the company's bond, special insurance package,collateral products, and property and liability programs. Prior tojoining CUNA Mutual, Dillon worked as an underwriting executive attwo major insurance companies, and as an insurance broker.

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Connex Credit Union, New Haven, Conn., promoted EdgardoQuinones Jr. to branch manager of its Long Wharf and Church Streetlocations in New Haven. Previously, Quinones worked as assistantbranch manager at the Connex North Haven location since May 2007.He brings seven years of experience in the financial servicesindustry to his new position.

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Local Government Federal Credit Union, Raleigh, N.C.,announced the appointment of Don Larsen to the position of vicepresident, human resources. Larsen, who has more than 20 years ofhuman resources experience, most recently served as the seniormanager of compensation and benefits for the American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants in Durham, N.C. Larsen will directLGFCU's human resources and training functions, includingemployment, compensation, benefits, employee relations, trainingand development, performance management and compliance.

BrightStar Credit Union, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., haspromoted Jenny Menendez to branch manager of the downtown FortLauderdale branch. She was previously assistant branch manager ofthe Hollywood branch. Menendez has extensive experience in creditunion operations, organizational leadership and team-building.During her seven-year career at BrightStar, Menendez has played asignificant role in improving cross sales and service by conductingextensive training.

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Heritage Federal Credit Union, Newburgh, Ind., announcedthe addition of Glenn Kingsbury as the assistant branch manager at331 East Boonville-New Harmony Rd. in Evansville. Kingsbury comesto Heritage Federal Credit Union from United Fidelity Bank where hemost recently was the office manager. Previously, he worked forIntegra Bank as a banking center manager.

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Elevations Credit Union, Boulder, Colo., announced thepromotion of Craig Burkhard to the position of executive vicepresident/chief operating officer. Burkhard had been the chieflending officer at Elevations since June 2007. He joined the creditunion in 2004 as vice president of lending. In his new role, hewill be responsible for all lending, branch operations, wealthmanagement, and marketing and business development functions at thecredit union.

First Financial Credit Union, Albuquerque, N.M., announcedthat Marie Shrake has been appointed chief operations officer.Shrake has been with the credit union since 2002, previouslyserving as chief financial officer as well as internal auditor. Shehas 25 years of financial industry experience. Ron Moorehead joinedFirst Financial as chief financial officer. Moorehead has 28 yearsof experience in corporate finance. Before accepting his newposition, he served as a volunteer on the credit union'ssupervisory committee for 18 years.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Anchorage,Alaska, announced the appointment of Lisa Hall to regional vicepresident, Interior Alaska. Hall will be responsible for managingseven branches, five in the Fairbanks/North Pole area, as well asEielson and Bethel. Lisa brings more than eight years of financialinstitution experience to her new role, most recently as theregional membership banking manager for a large national bank inTucson, Arizona.

Sandia Area Federal Credit Union, Albuquerque, N.M.,announced that Paula J. Peknik has been promoted to the position ofexecutive vice president/chief operating officer for the creditunion. Peknik began her financial services career at Sandia Area 25years ago.

Ent Federal Credit Union, Colorado Springs, Colo.,announced the addition of Bob Walla to its human resourcesdepartment. Walla will serve as the credit union's manager ofemployment, relations and welfare. Walla has been in the humanresources industry for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Ent, heworked for Intel Corp. as a human resources manager. Stacey Harrishas joined Ent as a business banker for the credit union's westregion. Harris brings more than five years of business bankingexperience to the position. Most recently, she served as a businessbanker for Chase Bank. Harris will serve the business banking needsof Ent's Bon, Uintah and Westside service centers.

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NewOak Capital, New York, announced theappointment of Tom McAvity as managing director to market thefirm's advisory, asset-management and capital markets services tothe insurance industry and design customized solutions forinsurers, banks, pension and endowment funds. McAvity has 40 yearsof professional experience, including 20 years dedicated to theinsurance industry. He brings to his new position extensiveexperience in managing the portfolios of insurance companies in thecontext of their liabilities.

Creditor Resources Inc., Atlanta, named Tom Kazar vicepresident of sales. Kazar has been in the financial industry formore than 23 years. A graduate of University ofWisconsin-Whitewater, he holds a bachelor of businessadministration with a concentration in marketing. Kazar is workingwith key business partners to add new products and expand marketingdistribution channels for CRI.