This past week, nine credit unions across the nation helped anumber of professionals take the next step in their career with newhires and promotions. Numerica Credit Union led the pack with fournew hires and one promotion.

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The $4.7 billion Ent Credit Union inColorado Springs, Colo., promoted LisaHand (pictured) to director of cash delivery systems.In this new role, Hand will be responsible for Ent's instant issuedebit card equipment, teller cash recyclers and coin machines, aswell as Ent's fleet of more than 50 local ATMs and ITMs.

The $1.6 billion Vantage West Credit Union inTucson, Ariz., appointed Augustine Gomez as thenew associate director to the board of directors. Gomez iscurrently an executive at a large real estate investment firm withmore than 130 properties in the southwestern United States. He willprovide valuable insight to the Vantage West board ofdirectors.

The $2.9 billion Spokane Teachers CreditUnion in Liberty Lake, Wash., promoted two employees.Lindsey Myhre (pictured) was promoted to CFO.She previously was vice president of finance. DavidFlood was promoted to chief lending officer. Floodpreviously was vice president of lending. The two Inland Northwestnatives have had similar career paths. Both started at the creditunion in 2000 when STCU was half its current size. Both benefitedfrom STCU's many programs for developing leaders, working upthrough the ranks before being promoted to the senior managementteam in 2015.

The $3.9 billion Kinecta Federal Credit Unionin Manhattan Beach, Calif., promoted Brett Stubbsto first vice president, CFO. Stubbs will oversee the creditunion's overall financial management and internal controlsincluding accounting, financial and management reporting, treasury,budgeting/forecasting and asset liability management. He will alsodirect the secondary marketing activities of mortgage products aswell as provide material support to the strategic planning process.Stubbs joined Kinecta in 2012 and brings 18 years of experience tothe position.

The $1.7 billion Numerica Credit Union inSpokane Valley, Wash., hired four new staff members and promotedanother.

Kendra Edlin (pictured) was hired asassistant vice president for retail experience. She brings morethan 10 years of experience in financial institutions to theposition and will oversee seven Numerica branches in Spokane andAirway Heights.

Chris Simchuk was hired as assistant vicepresident for retail lending. Simchuk will oversee underwriters atNumerica's 18 branches and two member service centers in order toensure loan quality, timely turnaround and team development. He hasmore than 13 years of experience in the financial industry.

Deanna Ervin (pictured) was hired as the newmanager for the Coeur d'Alene branch. For more than 18 years,Deanna has helped people with their financial well-being.Previously, she was the manager at the Sullivan Branch in Spokane.Ervin graduated from Western CUNA Management School and is nearlycompleted with her bachelor's degree from Washington StateUniversity.

Laina Walkington assumes a new positionwithin Numerica as a business development officer. Walkington hasbeen with the credit union for more than nine years and previouslyheld positions at the headquarters in Spokane Valley and the Haydenand Coeur d'Alene branches.

Katie Hunt (pictured) was hired as abusiness development manager. Hunt brings more than three years ofdevelopment experience, most recently as business developmentdirector for Advanced Benefits.

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The $1.1 billion Firefly Credit Union inBurnsville, Minn., hired Annette Stephens as chiefinformation officer. Stephens has more than 30 years of experiencein financial services, 20 of those years dedicated to IT strategy.Before coming to Firefly, she was a vice president executiveresponsible for national data center operations to financialindustry clients. She also served as an assistant vice presidentdivision leader and bank officer of IT application development atan $18 billion bank.

The $2.9 billion Teachers Credit Union in SouthBend, Ind., hired Jon Glesing as director ofpublic relations. As a member of TCU's communications team, Glesingwill be primarily responsible for the strategy, development andexecution of the organization's public relations efforts across allexternal channels, including social media. He brings more than 25years of experience in the public and media relations industry tothe position.

The $2.2 billion United Federal CreditUnion in St. Joseph, Mich., appointed ColiSmith (pictured) to director of regional marketing.In this new role, Smith will lead all marketing, advertising,sponsorships, events and branding campaigns that directly supportUFCU's markets in exceeding their targets and growth goals. Shewill create regional marketing plans that reflect the individualmarket, yet that are in support of overall organizational goals andmission.

The $1.9 billion Royal Credit Union in EauClaire, Wis., named Jean Zimmer mortgageoperations manager. In this role, she will be responsible forplanning, organizing and overseeing all activities of the home loanprocessing and closing department. She will also ensure that allreal estate processing and closing operations are in accordancewith established policies and legal requirements. Zimmer bringsroughly 30 years of experience in mortgage lending to theposition.

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