C-suite

Joe Nowland will be succeeded by COO Mary Svoboda, who will lead the Jacksonville, Fla.-based credit union on an interim basis.

Under CEO Charlie Scharf, the bank that has historically viewed itself as more Main Street than Wall Street is becoming deeply embedded in the nation’s financial capital and its hard-charging culture.

Karyn Davis has taken over as chief executive following Linda Stanton's retirement.

Roger Heacock, president and CEO of the South Dakota-based institution, will step down in January.

Alexander most recently headed up mortgage lending and before that co-led the integration of Key's acquisition of First Niagara. He replaces Dennis Devine, who recently left the company.

Section 705 FCU, originally chartered to serve postal employees, has a new chief executive following the retirement of its longtime CEO.

Humanidei and the African-American Credit Union Coalition have committed to the goal of at least 30% racial and gender diversity in the C-suite within the next 10 years. It will take more than just lip service from the rest of the movement.

Mike Weinbach will lead consumer lending as part of a reorganization that will change the responsibilities of three longtime bank executives.

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Greg Seibly guided Sterling through the financial crisis before engineering its sale to Umpqua Holdings in 2014. He had most recently served as CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.

Michael Cleary will report to Scott Powell, who had been his boss at Santander Bank.

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The Appleton, Wis.-based credit union has tapped Christopher Allen to take the helm following Greg Hilbert's retirement.

The promise of post-closing payments encourages top executives to pursue deals that aren’t necessarily in their self-interest, but investors may eventually raise concerns that the packages are expensive and too focused on the short term.

The New York-based credit card issuer is expanding its board to 13 members with the addition of Karen Parkhill.

All three executives began as tellers and have been with the institution for a dozen years or more.

Mendell Thompson, who has led the Glendora, Calif.-based institution for more than 30 years, plans to retire later this year.

The promotion of Melinda Chausse was one of several leadership changes the Dallas company announced this month.

Eric Smith and Michael Morton have been brought on as vice chairs to help build out the Chicago bank's commercial lending arm.

Justin Olson will take the helm from CEO Jim Lumpkin, who led the $90 billion-asset USAgencies for more than two decades.