Executives Appointed at Nassau Financial, 3Rivers CU & Allegiance CU

Jeff Fedewa was hired as accounting manager. In his new role, Fedewa is responsible for the supervision of a nine-person team, control of general accounting functions, and the recruitment and development of accounting personnel. He most recently served as director of finance at Emergent BioSolutions, where he held several positions including senior accounting manager, accounting manager and general ledger specialist. Before that, he was with Andrews Hooper Pavlik PLC as a manager, senior accountant and staff accountant. Fedewa holds a master of science in accounting from Grand Valley State University in Allendale Mich., and holds a Certified Public Accountant license.

The $2.3 billion, Fort Wayne, Ind.-based 3Rivers Credit Union hired Gautam Borooah into the newly-created role of chief growth officer. Borooah brings extensive experience in driving profitable growth in financial services, having most recently served in senior leadership roles at Bright Light Capital and Ygrene Energy Fund, both in the home improvement industry. Prior to his role at Ygrene, Borooah spent 16 years at Synchrony Financial/GE Capital. Borooah was recruited to GE Capital after eight years in Citigroup across multiple product management and marketing roles in student loans and mortgages, to engineer GE’s entry into the home equity market. In his new role, he will lead marketing, digital experience and business intelligence/analytics at 3Rivers. Borooah has an MBA (Beta Gamma Sigma), with concentrations in marketing and finance, from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y.

SOUTH

The $354 million, Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Allegiance Credit Union promoted Lindsey Deinhardt to SVP/COO. Deinhardt has been with Allegiance for almost four years, most recently serving as vice president of training and development. In her new role, she will be responsible for overseeing and managing the operational functions of the credit union, including branch locations, the call center and the training department. Deinhardt holds CCUF, CUDE and SHRM-CP certifications and has 18 years of experience in the financial services industry.

AGENCIES

The NCUA named Julie Cayse regional director, Western Region, effective Jan. 12. In her new role, Cayse will oversee the examination and supervision of all federally insured credit unions in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. She most recently served as associate regional director of operations for the Western Region. Cayse began her NCUA career in 2010 as an examiner after several years working in financial services in the private sector. She has served as a supervision analyst, supervisory examiner, director of supervision and director of risk management in the agency’s Office of Examination and Insurance. Cayse holds a master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at The Graduate School in Washington, D.C., and the NCUA’s Executive Training Program.

VENDORS

NCR Atleos, which operates the largest independently-owned ATM network, appointed Andy Wamser CFO, effective Jan. 27. Wamser most recently held the role of SVP and CFO for BlueLinx. He brings extensive experience as a finance leader in both corporate and capital markets roles, including EVP and CFO of Mativ Holdings; vice president, finance, treasurer and investor relations at AutoNation; senior-level investment banking roles at Barclays Capital PLC and investment banking at UBS.