4 Credit Unions Name New Executive-Level Leaders

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Gary Nakata

Hawaii Central Federal Credit Union ($325 million, Honolulu) promoted Gary Nakata to EVP. He most recently served as controller and legal counsel for Hawaii Central. Nakata previously served as an examiner for the NCUA, as SVP of finance for Hickam Federal Credit Union ($672 million, Pearl City, Hawaii), as vice president and CFO for Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union ($1.2 billon, Honolulu) and has been a practicing attorney for nearly three decades. As an attorney, he headed the Enlisted Advisory Council for his unit in the Hawaii Air National Guard, and practiced privately with the Kobayashi, Sugita and Goda law firm before his appointment with the City and County of Honolulu as a deputy corporation counsel and later as director of the Department of Community Services. He holds a Juris Doctor from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, graduated from the American Bankers Association’s Compliance School, earned his Credit Union Compliance Expert designation and holds certifications as a Certified Management Accountant, as a Certified Credit Union Executive and in Certified Financial Management. Nakata also serves on the Government Affairs Committee with the Hawaii Credit Union League.