Career moves

BILOXI, Miss. -- Keesler Federal Credit Union, announced Wednesday that John R. Goff is retiring as president and chief executive after spending some 30 years at the $2.3 billion institution and the last six years at the helm.

New York senators approved Vullo Wednesday as the superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, a year after the exit of the last permanent superintendent.

The $15 billion-asset bank said in a press release Wednesday that Kevin Moffitt has been hired to succeed Brian Wildman, who was named MB Financial's executive vice president of consumer banking in March.

The $3.2 billion-asset Park Sterling announced this week that it will hire four commercial and industrial bankers from the $2.3 billion-asset CommunityOne Bancorp to help expand its commercial banking team in the Charlotte metropolitan area.

National Association of Federal Credit Unions President and CEO Dan Berger welcomes attendees to the Defense Credit Union Summit held just before NAFCU’s annual conference in Nashville, Tenn., this week.

Southside Bancshares in Tyler, Texas, said that Sam Dawson, its chief executive since 2012, will retire at the end of the year and that its president, Lee Gibson, will succeed him.

Comerica in Dallas said Tuesday that the head of its business bank is stepping down. J. Patrick Faubion will retire from the bank in January, after serving in his current role for less than a year.

Dickson Chu transitioned to the board after two years as the company's chief product officer, it said in a June 14 news release. In his new role he will continue serving as an advisor to the company's leadership regularly and formally.

Seattle Metropolitan CU elects six and UNCLE CU re-elects its chairman.

AUORA, Colo. -- Fitzsimons Credit Union announced Monday that long-time chief executive Sandy Neves will retire at the end of June.

DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) announced that current President/CEO Gerald B. Hershey will retire effective March 2017.

Mobile commerce company Spindle has hired a Fiserv executive to be its interim chief executive.

The latest shot was fired this week in the ongoing feud between an investor group and Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida in Stuart.

Two CUs name controllers, a CEO earns special recognition and other CU officials in the news.

John Murphy, President/CEO of the Maine Credit Union League and Synergent – the league's service subsidiary – announced that he will be retiring effective June 1, 2017.

Carolyn Berkowitz stepped down as president of that Capital One Foundation in McLean, Va., in late April to pursue other opportunities, the company confirmed Wednesday.

A longtime California bank regulator and executive has joined the board at Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles.

A CU that is about to change its name has also created a new position in its C suite, and other CU professionals and volunteers in the news.

First Federal Bank of Wisconsin in Waukesha has a new chief executive lined up.

John Garbarino will step aside as chairman of the $4.2 billion-asset company on Dec. 31, but he will turn over the job to a familiar face — Christopher Maher, who will remain president and chief executive, also.