People

EAST

Service Credit Union, Portsmouth, N.H., has promoted Patrick Kimball to financial services supervisor; Kimberly Barrett to member services supervisor; Greg Kennedy to manager of the Pease Branch; Sarah McCoomb and Kimberly Boulay and to member services representatives level II; Courtney Morgridge to contact center administrative representative; Randy Corbin to contact center representative level I; Rachel Sicari and Jessica Chabot to contact center representatives level II; and Dennis Donnelly to contact center supervisor level II. The credit union also named new employees, Tiffany Merchant as member service representative level I; Kristin Rosati and Christine Perreault as financial services representatives; and Mark Vogt as marketing manager.

Service 1st Federal Credit Union, Danville, Pa., has re-elected Barbara Criswell, Steven Endress and O. Fred Miller III MD to the CU's board. The officers were also elected: Kathy Linn chairperson; Barbara Criswell vice chairperson; Harold Hurst treasurer; and David Cutright secretary.

MIDWEST

Community First Credit Union, Appleton, Wis., has named Minh Do-McKenzie vice president of sales and service.

FAA Credit Union, Oklahoma City, has promoted Jef Fialkowski to senior vice president of information technology.

WEOKIE Credit Union, Oklahoma City, has

re-elected Frank Cory and Max Cowherd to serve three-year terms on the board. The 2007 Officers of the board are Ron Wynne chairman; Warren Pybas vice chairman; Frank Cory secretary/treasurer; Max Cowherd, Jack McCurdy, Bill Manger and Don Wright directors; and Wanda Beaman and Dale Roberts associate directors.

The West Virginia Credit Union League, Charleston, W.Va., elected Ron Bragg as chairman of its board during its 71st Annual Meeting.

SOUTH

Christina Bervaldi, information technology manager for Keys Federal Credit Union, Key West, Fla., recently celebrated 10 years of service with the credit union.

SOUTHWEST

PrimeWay Federal Credit Union, Houston, recently announced the retirement of its CEO Dale Roberts and that the former executive vice president, Larry Hudson, has been tapped as the credit union's new CEO.

WEST

North Island Credit Union, Temecula, Calif., has appointed Estella Cline as branch manager of its Temecula Branch.

Unitus Community Credit Union, Portland, Ore., has named Gayle Evans vice president of human resources.

Lacamas Community Credit Union, Camas, Wash., has appointed Randall D. Ellis as its new director of member service.

America First Credit Union, Ogden, Utah, elected to its board James Wendler chairman; Ed Cline acting vice chairman; Barney Chapman director; and Linda Carver secretary.

Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union, Van Nuys, Calif., has promoted Carol Martin as senior vice president of operations and member relations.

Global Credit Union, Spokane, Wash., recently awarded Leimomi Garcia with the Dominic Allessio Employee of the Quarter award.

VENDOR

BCI, a national design/build firm focusing on financial institutions, recently announced the addition of Terry S. Altomari as vice president/sales and James R. Kosterman as Midwest sales manager.

People In Focus

Desert Schools Combines Two to Create New Position

PHOENIX -- Recently, Desert Schools Federal Credit Union combined its product management and quality service functions into a new group called quality product management. This combination created the new position that the credit union's Scott Fulmer was promoted to--manager of deposit products.

"Increasing emphasis on the management of deposit products for both consumer and small business applications is part of our long-term strategy," said Brian Gregory, assistant vice president.

As part of the quality and product management group, Fulmer will coordinate the development and implementation of new deposit products as well as the ongoing management of the current deposit account structure at the $3 billion credit union.

Fulmer's career includes more than a decade in

banking with a focus on marketing and product management. His career at Desert Schools began in 2004 as senior marketing research analyst. He holds a bachelor's degree in business management from California State Polytechnic University.