This past week, credit unions across the nation announced newhires and promotions.

Plus, vendors providing credit unions with marketing, technologyand lending assistance revealed personnel additions.

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The $3.9 billion OnPoint Community Credit Union inPortland, Ore., promoted Andrew Emerson tovice president, mortgage. Emerson has 13 years of financialservices experience, including eight years with OnPoint. Asvice president, mortgage, Emerson is responsible for overseeing theday-to-day operations of OnPoint's retail mortgage businessunit.

EAST

The $3 billion Northwest Federal CreditUnion in Herndon, Va., hired one employee and promotedanother. Mary Jo Anderson (pictured) washired as senior vice president, member experience. Anderson bringsstrategic leadership and direction to the credit union's e-servicesand retail banking areas. Victoria Gillespie waspromoted to senior vice president, enterprise marketing. In her newrole, Gillespie will develop and fulfill marketing strategies forall divisions of Northwest Federal Credit Union.

Maria Porto, assistant vice president ofpartner relations for the $1.1 billion Hanscom FederalCredit Union inHanscom Air Force Base, Mass., was namedpresident of the Bedford Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.She will lead the board for a two-year term. She has been an activemember of the Bedford Chamber since 2010, most recently serving asthe board's first vice president.

The $735 million Point Breeze Credit Union in HuntValley, Md., hired Michael L.Rogers (pictured) as financial advisor for the newlylaunched MEMBERS Financial Services. The addition of Rogersprovides credit union members with new investment management andretirement planning services. Rogers brings more than 25 yearsof experience in the financial services industry.

Mark Cruz, assistant on-site financial servicesmanager for the $815 million Educational Systems FederalCredit Union in Greenbelt, Md., was appointed to serve aone-year term as the young professional advisor to the CUNAmarketing and business development executive committee. Cruz wasalso appointed to a two-year term as a board member ofthe MD/DC Credit Union Association Young ProfessionalNetwork.

MIDWEST

The $825 million SPIRE Credit Union inFalcon Heights, Minn., hired Matt Heger as acommercial loan officer. Heger has more than 11 years of experiencein the financial services industry. He began his career withCentral Bank as a commercial analyst and worked his way up tocommercial lender.

SOUTH

The $1.7 billion GTE Financial in Tampa,Fla., promoted Dona Svehla to vice president offraud/BSA and member resolution. Svehla has more than 20 years ofexperience in lending, loss prevention and collections with severalcooperatives. Svehla has held various positions at Grow Financial,including her most recent role as senior vice president of retaillending and loss prevention.

The $1.7 billion ORNL Federal Credit Union inOak Ridge, Tenn., announced two leadership transitions.Derek Saidak has been appointed to fill the newlycreated role of chief loan officer. Saidak will be responsible forall aspects of ORNL's lending strategy, including business lending,consumer lending, mortgage lending and collections. In addition,Tom Wright was promoted to chief marketingofficer. Wright will continue to be responsible for thestrategic direction and day-to-day operations of ORNL's branding,marketing and communications, as well as the enhancement and growthof the ORNL brand.

VENDORS

Weber Marketing Group, a Seattle-based branding andstrategic consulting agency serving the financial industry,announced members of its senior leadership team have becomeprincipals of the firm with their purchase of an interest in thecompany. The three long-term members of the senior leadership teaminclude Vice President of Client Services KarenMcGaughey (pictured), Creative Director JoshStreufert and Vice President of Operations BenStangland. Each of the three leaders has worked at WeberMarketing for more than 16 years. They're responsible for strategicplanning, creative development and the day-to-day management of thefirm.

Del Mar Recovery Solutions, a repossessionmanagement company, added two key positions to its leadership team.Jessyca Andrews (pictured below) was hired asvice president of human resources and talent acquisition. Andrewswill be charged with creating innovative recruitment initiativesthroughout Del Mar's three national call centers, retentionstrategies as well as the implementation of tools for continuedorganizational health. Erick Magnuson was hired asvice president of information technology. Magnuson will oversee DelMar's information technology strategy and operations as well asdrive IT-supported business process innovation. He will overseecorporate information systems, network security, telecommunicationssystems and database development.

ReliaMax, a financial technology-based, completeprivate student lending solutions provider, appointed JohnHyland to director of credit union partnerships. Hylandbrings more than 17 years of financing product sales and managementexperience to ReliaMax, most recently with Principis Capital andRadian Guaranty.

Ensenta, a mobile imaging and payment softwaresolutions provider, promoted Xan Kasprzak to vicepresident of risk management and client relations. Xan will now beresponsible for managing channels and key account relationships,and consulting with financial institutions to balance risk, enhanceconsumer experience and optimize operational efficiency.

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