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Karen Salman Karen Salman

The $9.3 billion OnPoint Community Credit Union in Portland, Ore., hired Karen Salman as vice president of operations. Salman comes to OnPoint after 15 years at Unitus Community Credit Union ($1.7 billion, Portland), where she most recently served as associate vice president of deposit administration. In her new role, Salman will provide strategic operations leadership and oversee all deposit operations and support functions, including ATMs, electronic payments, check services, records retention, account/branch support, IRA/HSA/tax reporting, escheatment and business account services. She brings national experience leading core conversions and deep branch and operations experience, with a 15-year tenure at Bank of America and two years at Sterling Savings Bank. She has also served as co-leader of the Global Women’s Leadership Network’s Portland-Vancouver Sister Society since 2017, and mentored Portland’s Rose Festival Princesses since 2015, working directly with Parkrose High School students.

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Natasha Chilingerian

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.

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