In addition to new hires and promotions, a cooperative on the west coast honored a board member's three decades of volunteer service and a foundation in the Midwest named new trustees.

EAST

John H. Craig was appointed vice president/chief financial officer at the $92 million MetroWest Community Federal Credit Union in Framingham, Mass. He recently he served as director of municipal partnerships at WasteZero, Inc. in North Andover, Mass. From 1982 to 2005, Craig served as treasurer for Natick Metro West Federal Credit Union, which merged with Framingham Municipal Federal Credit Union in 2005 and was renamed MetroWest Community FCU in 2009.

The $1 billion Island Federal Credit Union in Hauppauge, N.Y. promoted John McGregor to vice president/chief lending officer. He replaced Anthony Sidoti who retired. Previously, McGregor served as the credit union's senior director of retail banking.

The $2.8 billion SECU in Linthicum, Md. named Steve Hazan assistant vice president of business services. He joined the cooperative from Bank of America where he served for 27 years in a variety of executive positions. Most recently, he worked as the senior vice president of small business banking.

The $1.1 billion Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union in Lowell, Mass. promoted Kimberly Beaulieu to assistant treasurer-financial education officer and Anexis Sanchez to assistant treasurer-member service center manager. Beaulieu joined the credit union nine years ago and has worked in financial education since 2008. Sanchez has been with the credit union for nearly five years and recently served as an assistant branch manager.

The $301 million Maine Savings Federal Credit Union in Hampden hired Ashley Corriveau as a loan operations specialist. The cooperative also hired Ranelle Smith, Ashley Stanhope, Ryan Hill, and Marcia McFarland as tellers. The credit union also announced Kayla Grindle was promoted to a teller position, Siobhan Grogan was promoted to retail assistant and Emily Morin was promoted to lead teller.

MIDWEST

The $1.9 billion United Federal Credit Union in St. Joseph, Mich. named Dana L. Wales as its first associate director of the cooperative's board of directors. The new associate director program is designed to provide a prepared and ready supply of succession candidates for the board of directors to ensure leadership continuity. In addition to owning and managing a private wealth advisory practice, Wales is a partner in Newport Properties of Michigan, a real estate development and management company in Southwest Michigan.

The $1.1 billion Advia Credit Union in Parchment, Mich., appointed Jerry Johnson as a financial advisor. He holds more than 25 years of financial services experience.

The $77 million Hopewell Federal Credit Union in Heath, Ohio appointed JP Keefe to an IT specialist position. The credit union also hired Sarah Gearhart and Amy Frischen as tellers.

SOUTH

Paul McManus was named human resources and learning manager at the $307 million Piedmont Advantage Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C. He previously worked at a large regional bank where he served in multiple capacities, including human resources.

WEST

The $714 million Bay Federal Credit Union recognized Bob Bugalski for his 30 years of volunteer service on the credit union's board of directors. In 1986, Bugalski was elected to Bay Federal's board and consistently supported education and training for both his fellow board members and for all employees. To honor his dedication, Bay Federal Credit Union named its headquarters' boardroom the Robert A. Bugalski Board Room.

TRADES

The Michigan Credit Union Foundation announced that Carma Peters, president/CEO of the $166 million Affinity Group Credit Union in Pontiac, Mich. was elected president of the foundation's board of trustees. In addition, Jim Franics, president/CEO of the $24 million Jackson Community Federal Credit Union in Jackson, Mich., was elected to serve as a trustee. Vance Vargo, president/CEO of the $82 million Family First Credit Union in Saginaw, Mich., was re-elected to serve as vice president of the board of trustees and Janice Rose of the $1.1 billion Advia Credit Union in Parchment, Mich. was re-elected to serve as a trustee of the board.

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