Credit unions in the East were active this week in announcingnew executive promotions and new hires. Meanwhile, trades in theMidwest and South honored a young credit union professional and alawmaker for advocating financial literacy requirements for highschool students and the developmentally disabled.

EAST

The $2 billion Municipal Credit Union in NewYork City announced the promotions of three senior executives andthe promotions of two staff members. RichardCasamassa was promoted to executive vice president/chiefmember services officer. He joined the credit union 42 years agoand most recently served as senior vice president of memberservices operations. Norman Kohn was promotedto executive vice president/chief credit officer. He joined MCU 37years ago and most recently served as senior vice president, chiefcredit officer. Linda Lambert was promoted tosenior vice president/chief financial officer. An employee of MCUfor the past 25 years, she most recently served as vice presidentof accounting and finance. Joseph Rini waspromoted to vice president of accounting and finance. A four-yearMCU employee, he was most recently worked as assistant vicepresident of accounting, and Stacy Riley waspromoted to financial analysis manager. Employed at MCU for twoyears, she was most recently served as a financial analyst.

Christine Phillips joined the businessdevelopment team at the $252 million Sussex County FederalCredit Union in Seaford, Del. Phillips and otherbusiness development team members Deb Jewell and John Rodriguez,hold a combine 28 years of experience in the financial servicesindustry.

ErinCarlotto, shown at left, joined the $1 billionGreylock Federal Credit Union in Pittsfield,Mass., as a mortgage loan officer. She holds 11 years ofbanking experience, including three years as a loanoriginator.

Audrey Stone was promoted to sales andmarketing specialist for the $439 million Sunmark FederalCredit Union. Stone, who joined the Latham, N.Y.-basedcredit union four years ago, also volunteers for the SunmarkCouncil, which directs staff-driven community engagementefforts.

MIDWEST

Julie Roll,left, a network administrator for the $573 millionLAFCU in Lansing, Mich., was selected as the 2015Woman of the Year by the Seven Islands Chapter of theAmerican Business Women Association. The awardrecognizes a member who embodies the mission of ABWA and madenotable contributions to its success. Roll has been active in ABWAsince she joined it in 2010 by leading programs and working onnearly every committee. She currently serves as chapter secretaryon the executive board.

The $2 billion Veridian Credit Union inWaterloo, Iowa announced that Joe Lichty waspromoted to manager of account resolution. He joined the creditunion 11 years ago and most recently served as a branch manager.Veridian CU also announced that Alan Stalnaker waspromoted to branch manager. He joined the credit union nearly nineyears ago. SOUTH

Ron Smith, president/CEO of the $60 millionElectric Credit Union in Nashville, was appointedto fill an unexpired term of the $1 billion VolunteerCorporate Credit Union also in Nashville. Smith brings tothe VolCorp board 25 years of financial services industryexperience in consumer, real estate, wholesale and indirectlending, as well as legal, loan processing, skip tracing andrepossessions.

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The $4.1 billion Patelco Credit Union inPleasanton, Calif. hired of Nathaniel (Nate) Burnsto serve as its Credit Union Affairs Executive Director. He holdsextensive experience in the financial services industry includingformer roles as vice president of de novo branches at JP MorganChase and vice president of corporate marketing, sales and servicefor California Bank and Trust. The credit union also hiredLuis Jara to serve as the financial literacyspecialist on its first- community outreach team. Jara joinedPatelco with more than a decade of financial services expertise andworked as a mortgage banker, retail branch bank manager, communitylending supervisor and as a Series 7 and 66 licensed banker.

Jack Kerr,shown at left, joined the $4 billion Ent FederalCredit Union in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a corporatelending officer. Kerr's 35-year career in the financial servicesindustry includes extensive commercial lending and regulatoryexperience as a senior liquidator for the FDIC.

TRADES

The League of Southeastern Credit Unions andAffiliates announced that Florida State SenatorDorothy Hukill was honored with CUNA'sDesjardins Financial Education Award for statepolicymakers. Sen. Hukill was recognized for introducing a bill,which would require high school seniors to earn a half credit offinancial literacy before they graduate. She also introducedanother bill that would require financial literacy for individualswith developmental disabilities.

Meagan Peasley, a senior member servicerepresentative at the $175 million Central Macomb Community CreditUnion in Clinton Township, Mich., received the Young Professionalof the Year Award from the Michigan Credit Union League &Affiliates. The award honors credit union professionals under theage of 40 who show enthusiasm and dedication for the credit unionmovement. The Michigan league said Peasley implemented a programthat teaches members how to manage their accounts, executed aninitiative that streamlines the loan process and earned manyexcellent member reviews.

The board of directors of the American Association ofCredit Union Leagues appointed Pennsylvania CreditUnion Association President/CEO Patrick Conway to fill anunexpired term on its board. Conway's appointment to the unexpiredterm runs through the AACUL annual meeting in November.