NORTHEAST

Greylock Federal Credit Union, Pittsfield, Mass., announced the appointment of two new executives to its risk management team. Jodi Rathbun-Briggs has been hired as Greylock's assistant vice president/risk management. She brings with her more than 16 years of experience in internal audit, risk management and commercial lending, most recently serving 10 years at Legacy Banks. George Austin was recruited to fill the position of assistant vice president/loan review officer. Austin has over 21 years of experience in the financial industry, most recently at Berkshire Bank serving as vice president of loan review and credit officer. His new position will support loan review and quality control functions for consumer and real estate loans.

Service Credit Union, Portsmouth, N.H., said that President/CEO Gordon Simmons was elected chairman of the Armed Forces Financial Network board of directors at the group's annual meeting. He succeeds outgoing chairman Greg Oveland for a two-year term. Simmons has served on the AFFN board of directors since 1997. During his tenure he has held the positions of chairman, vice chairman and audit committee member along with being an active volunteer member. Simmons has more than 40 years of credit union experience, including 36 years with Service Credit Union. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in business and the University of Utah with an MBA in quantitative analysis. He is the immediate past chairman and currently serves as a board member of the Defense Credit Union Council and is also a past board chairman of the New Hampshire Credit Union League. Simmons also serves as chairman of the board for America's Credit Union Museum.