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The $441 million Connex Credit Union in North Haven, Conn. hired Dennis Klemenz as vice president and chief information officer. Prior to joining Connex CU, Klemenz was the manager of big data and analytics in mobile development and business intelligence at Sikorsky Aircraft. He has also been a professor of computer science at the University of New Haven since 2010.

The $428 million Crescent Credit Union in Brockton, Mass. announced the hiring of Mark Hennessey as vice president, consumer lending and Abigail Camara as branch manager, as well as the promotions of Nancy Van Lenten to business development officer and Natalia Piasecki to mortgage originator. Hennessy brings more than 30 years of banking experience to Crescent CU, and most recently served in a similar capacity with Brookline Bank. Camara has been in banking since 2006 and was the branch manager at Webster Bank's Brockton office prior to joining Crescent CU. Van Lenten, previously with the $336 million Bridgewater Credit Union in Bridgewater, Mass., has 18 years of lending experience. Piasecki has been with Crescent CU since 2011, most recently as an account executive in the call center.

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Natasha Chilingerian

Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.