The $2.3billion TexasDow Employees Credit Union in Lake Jackson, Texas, has promotedCourtland Crouchet to SVP and chief retail officer.

Crouchet had been chief risk officer and vice president ofstrategic planning. He was president/CEO of San Jacinto Area Credit Union when it merged into TDECU in2011.

Crouchet will now lead the following divisions at TDECU: Retaildelivery, e-commerce, marketing, TDECU Insurance Agency, TDECU RealEstate and Century Oaks Title. He will also continue to lead thecredit union's security team, the credit union said in its recentannouncement.

In other people news from around the industry:

EAST

The $416 million Vermont Federal Credit Unionin Burlington, Vt., promoted Kevin Parish tobranch manager of the Burlington Branch. He joined Vermont Federalin 2013 and has more than 12 years of financial services andlending experience. The $241 million New Hampshire FederalCredit Union in Concord, N.H., hired TimothyKing as vice president of finance. He has 30 years ofcommunity banking and brokerage experience, most recently asassistant vice president for finance for Fidelity in Merrimack,N.H.

The Maryland DC Credit Union Associationappointed Bernard McLaughlin, president/CEO ofPoint Breeze Credit Union in Hunt Valley, Md., to the MDDCCUA'sboard of directors. He will serve as vice chair of the advocacycommittee.

SOUTH

The $433 million ABNB Federal Credit Union inChesapeake, Va., hired Michael Eskenazi as vicepresident of lending. He has more than 30 years of lendingexperience, most recently at a midsize credit union in CentralFlorida.

The $1.7 billion Founders Federal Credit Unionin Lancaster, S.C., realigned several departments to handle growthand new technology. Ken Ackerman has been namedSVP of consumer lending. He most recently was regional vicepresident of branch operations. Resa Blackmon hasbeen named SVP for mortgage and loan administration. She has servedin various management positions at branches and in loanadministration. Pam Gilmore was named SVP fore-commerce. She has served in various capacities in the Visa andEFT departments.

MIDWEST

The $370 million ProFed Federal Credit Union inFort Wayne, Ind., promoted Steven Piekarski tovice president of lending services. He has nearly 30 years ofbusiness and consumer lending experience and had been vicepresident and manager of commercial lending and services.

The $581 million LAFCU in Lansing, Mich., hiredBill Clifton as senior programming analyst andJulie Roll as network administrator. Cliftonhas more than 25 years of information technology supportexperience, including at his own consultancy and before that forAFTECH. Roll most recently was network administrator at EatonFederal Savings Bank. She also had worked for Michigan StateUniversity Federal Credit Union. The $436 million KelloggCommunity Federal Credit Union in Battle Creek, Mich.,hired three new members to its KCFCU Investment Services Team:Jerry T. Pawlowicz, ChristopherMerrill, and Calvin Ernsberger. Pawlowiczhas eight years of financial advisory experience and will be afinancial consultant. Merrill also will be a financial consultant.Ernsberger will be a sales assistant and has five years of creditunion financial experience. KCFCU also promoted AmandaLeBeau to interim regional branch manager. She has 12years of banking experience, including six in management positionsat KCFCU. The $76 million Hopewell Federal CreditUnion in Heath and Newark, Ohio, hired three new tellers:Amelia Boehmer, Jessica Mackeyand Courtney Miller. Boehmer also works for theLicking County Library and Maurice's. Mackey had been with ParkNational Bank. Miller worked for Kay's Jewelers.

TRADE GROUPS

The Police Officers' Credit Union Associationhired Rebecca O'Brien as its assistant conferencecoordinator. O'Brien was marketing and member developmentcoordinator for the State Highway Patrol FCU in Columbus, Ohio.Planning is currently underway for the 12th annual POCUA conferenceset for May 3-6, 2015, in St. Louis.

The National Association of Credit Union Supervisory andAuditing Committees filled three seats on its board ofdirectors. Incumbents re-elected were Tom Suter,supervisory committee chairman from Wescom Credit Union inCalifornia, Maureen McCabe, audit committee memberfrom FAIRWINDS Credit Union in Florida, and DeborahMunson, supervisory committee chairperson from CinfedCredit Union in Ohio.

NASCUS President/CEO Mary Martha Fortney wasre-elected president of the Women in Housing & FinanceFoundation Board of Directors. The organization partnerswith local nonprofit organizations whose missions are to helplow-income women and children with basic financial literacy skills,housing assistance, transition services and economic empowerment.Fortney has been active with the foundation for more than 20 yearsand president for the past two years. She appointed NASCUSRegulatory and Public Policy Counsel SabrinaCotter to serve as the foundation's general counsel.