This week, many of the new hires and promotions came from credit unions in the Midwest, while several experienced cooperative professionals joined vendors and trade groups.

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The $423 million GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, Mass., said it promoted three executives. David C. Bojarczuk was promoted to executive vice president/chief financial officer. He joined the credit union in 2007 as vice president/chief financial officer and later served as senior vice president. Linda Carmichael was appointed to the position of senior vice president/enterprise risk management officer. She joined the cooperative's management team in 2008 and worked as senior vice president/director of member resources, risk & technology. Joan Moran was promoted to senior vice president/chief lending officer. She joined the credit union as vice president/lending in 2012 and most recently served as interim head of lending and collections.