Career moves

Kendall Speed will succeed Douglas Key, who led the credit union out of conservatorship when he was installed in 2009.

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A little more than two years after Community National Bank in Great Neck, N.Y., agreed to sell itself, Stuart H. Lubow, its former chairman and CEO, has jumped back into banking.

New VPs, branch managers, board members and more credit union officers in the news.

Zions Bancorp. has appointed a new CEO at Nevada State Bank.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has a new chief legal officer.

CP Federal CU in Jackson, Mich. and West-Aircom FCU in Beaver, Penn. have both named new leadership in the wake of CEO retirements.

Willard will replace retiring CEO Dick Ensweiler, who has more than 50 years of experience in the credit union movement.

Washington Federal Chairman and Chief Executive Roy M. Whitehead will hand off his CEO duties to Brent Beardall this spring.

Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., has a new president. The $22 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Rudy Schupp had also become chief banking officer at its bank.

The $605 million-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that Stephen Marsh, its CEO since 2008, retired on Dec. 31.

The chief operating officer of Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., will step down next month.

Mark Wierman, the chief lending officer at Ixonia Bank in Wisconsin, now has a second title: president.

Wells Fargo's innovation group has appointed Peggy Mangot for the newly created position of senior vice president of its design and delivery leadership team.

Lakeland Bancorp in Oak Ridge, N.J., has named a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer as two other executives plan to retire.

Credit Union Resources announced that Richfield-Bloomington Credit Union of Bloomington, Minn. has named Gregory Worthen as its new president and CEO, effective Tuesday.

First City Credit Union, a $605-million institution based in Los Angeles, announced it selected Jim Miller as its new president and CEO, succeeding Terry O'Steen, who is retiring after more than 20 years with the credit union.

The Florist Federal Credit Union, an $8.1-million institution based in Roswell, N.M, said it hired Cisco Malpartida Smith as its new president and CEO, succeeding Kenneth Bell, who is retiring.

Get out of the red six months from now. That is Fred Viaud's goal for Glen Rock Savings Bank in New Jersey, which on Tuesday said he would be promoted to president and CEO next week.

Redwood CU hires a new chief financial and risk officer and other credit union advocates in the news.