Career moves

Sound Financial Bancorp in Seattle has hired a former Federal Home Loan Bank executive as chief administrative officer of its bank.

Premier Financial Bancorp in Huntington, W.Va., has hired a former BB&T executive as its bank president and chief executive.

Western Alliance Bancorp's Bridge Bank in San Jose, Calif., has created a lending group to focus on the life sciences sector.

Credit unions and associations across the country announce promotions, new hires and honors.

The founder of Reno Teacher's Federal Credit Union, John Herbert Marean, has passed away.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., has opened an Atlanta office to focus on asset-based lending in the southeastern U.S.

Washington Federal in Seattle said its chief financial officer, Diane Kelleher, plans to step down at yearend.

Severn Bancorp in Annapolis, Md., has hired a former Susquehanna Bancshares executive as its chief lending officer.

In an effort to get a head start on the feeding frenzy, Malvern Federal Savings Bank in Paoli, Pa., will hold job fairs to gobble up employees laid off by BB&T in Pennsylvania.

Catskill Hudson Bank in Kingston, N.Y., has hired Orville Aarons as its president. Aarons, a former director at Naugatuck Valley Financial, had been working as a consultant to Catskill Hudson since April.

U.S. Bank has promoted Jeffrey W. Jones to president of its corporate payment systems group after he spent nearly 15 years as head of global treasury management.

Codorus Valley Bancorp in York, Pa., has hired Dwight Utz as its chief operating officer. Utz succeeded Mike Allen, who resigned in March and is now executive-in-residence of The Graham Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies at Penn State University.

United FCU names associate board members, Western CUNA Management School appoints trustees and other CU people in the news.

Money360, a marketplace lender that focuses on commercial real estate, has hired mortgage industry veteran Gary Bechtel as its president.

U.S. Bank has promoted Jeffrey W. Jones to president of its corporate payment systems group after he spent nearly 15 years as head of global treasury management.

Credit Union Journal's Second Annual Best Credit Unions to Work For rankings offer insight into what some of the top CU employers are doing to attract and find and keep the best employees.

The board of directors of Chartway Federal Credit Union, a $2-billion institution based in Virginia Beach, Va., appointed Brian Schools as its new president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 21.

The board of directors of Greylock Federal Credit Union, a $1.1-billion institution based in Pittsfield, Mass., named John Bissell as its new president and chief executive officer, succeeding CEO Marilyn Sperling, who will retire on Oct. 1.

Fidelity Bank, a mutual in Fitchburg, Mass., that's merging with another mutual, has named Christopher McCarthy chief operating officer.

Merchants Bank of Bangor in Pennsylvania has tapped its chief operating officer, Tracey Smith, to become chief executive next year.