Credit unions, particularly in the eastern U.S., announced newhires, promotions and awards this week. Plus, the Western CUNAManagement School welcomed two new board members.

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The $441 million Connex Credit Union inNorth Haven, Conn. hired Dennis Klemenz(pictured) as vice president and chiefinformation officer. Prior to joining Connex CU, Klemenz was themanager of big data and analytics in mobile development andbusiness intelligence at Sikorsky Aircraft. He has also been aprofessor of computer science at the University of New Haven since2010.

The $428 million Crescent Credit Union inBrockton, Mass. announced the hiring of MarkHennessey as vice president, consumer lending andAbigail Camara as branch manager, as well as thepromotions of Nancy Van Lenten to businessdevelopment officer and Natalia Piasecki tomortgage originator. Hennessy brings more than 30 years of bankingexperience to Crescent CU, and most recently served in a similarcapacity with Brookline Bank. Camara has been in banking since 2006and was the branch manager at Webster Bank's Brockton office priorto joining Crescent CU. Van Lenten, previously with the $336million Bridgewater Credit Union in Bridgewater, Mass., has 18years of lending experience. Piasecki has been with Crescent CUsince 2011, most recently as an account executive in the callcenter.

IC Federal Credit Union has appointedChristopher P. Hendry (pictured) as a newmember of its supervisory committee. Hendry is currently vicepresident of university advancement for Fitchburg State University.IC FCU is headquartered in Fitchburg, Mass. and has $508 million inassets.

The $89 million, Hunt Valley, Md.-based AtlanticFinancial Federal Credit Union hired KevinZaegel as marketing director. He previously spent threeyears in marketing at the $274 million Freedom Federal Credit Unionin Bel Air, Md. and eight years as a marketing coordinator atDunbar Armored, Inc.

ABNB Federal Credit Union hired JimPowers (pictured) as vice president of lending.Powers has more than 30 years of lending experience, recentlyserving a 10-year tenure with a national financial institution.ABNB FCU is based in Chesapeake, Va. and has $495 million inassets.

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Ideal Credit Union promoted MarcusWinter and Joshua Anderson as branchmanagers. Winter began his career with Ideal CU in 2012 and has sixyears of experience in the financial services industry. Andersonbegan his career at Ideal CU in 2011 and has four years ofexperience in the financial services industry. The $600 millionIdeal CU is based in Woodbury, Minn.

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The $8.8 billion Security Service Federal CreditUnion in San Antonio announced that YvonneFernandez (pictured), its vice president of commercialoperations, has been named Alumnae of the Year by The University ofTexas at San Antonio. In addition, Security Service FCUpromoted Jessica Ralston to vice president ofindirect lending and Aaron Sluzevich to vicepresident of mortgage lending. Ralston joined Security Service FCUas a senior loan officer, eventually being promoted to manager andassistance vice president. Sluzevich was previously assistant vicepresident of mortgage originations.

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The $1.4 billion NuVision Federal Credit Unionin Huntington Beach, Calif. hired Barbara A. Barryas chief member experience officer. Barry's previous roles includedchief marketing officer for Jenny Craig International, vicepresident of marketing for Bally Total Fitness and chief marketingofficer for Mitochon Systems.

Landings Credit Union hired CeciliaEstrada Ashe as vice president of business sales andoperations. Ashe holds 37 years of experience in the bankingindustry and previously served as a vice president ofcommercial/consumer loans, market president, business developmentofficer and branch manager. Landings CU is based in Tempe, Ariz.and has $143 million in assets.

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The $1.4 billion, Burbank, Calif.-based Partners FederalCredit Union's president/CEO John Janclaes and the$431 million, Hawthorne, Calif.-based SkyOne Federal Credit Union'spresident/CEO Eileen Rivera will be joining theWestern CUNA Management School Board of Trustees.Comprised of nine credit union CEOs, two league presidents, theWCMS president and WCMS provost, the board is responsible foroversight and direction of the school. Janclaes has more than 25years of financial services experience, spanning retail banking,brokerage and insurance. Before joining Partners FCU, he wasan executive at Logix FCU (formerly Lockheed FCU) for 14 years,where he contributed in various executive roles. Rivera hasworked at SkyOne FCU for 28 years, including 23 years aspresident/CEO. She worked at Xerox Federal Credit Union (nowXceed Financial) for seven years, starting as a teller.