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Craig Lundquist Craig Lundquist, a financial professional at Ideal Wealth Advisors located at the $1 billion, Woodbury, Minn.-based Ideal Credit Union, was appointed to the Senior Advisor Leadership Team (SALT) with TruStage. This distinction is awarded to a select number of financial professionals working through credit unions with TruStage who demonstrate a consultative approach with their clients, exceptional sales productivity, and leadership within their credit union and among their peers. Lundquist has worked in the investment and insurance industry since 2003. In addition to providing sound input and representing his fellow advisors with TruStage leadership and staff, Lundquist will also serve as an ambassador for TruStage and fellow financial professionals across the country.
The $2.2 billion, Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Consumers Credit Union hired Joshua Ruggles as a financial advisor. As a CUSO Financial Services financial advisor, Ruggles will assist Consumers members in making investment decisions and retirement plans in support of their financial goals. He has served a wide range of members in the financial services industry for the past decade.
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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.
