Career moves

EnerBank USA in Salt Lake City has chosen Charlie Knadler to succeed Louise Kelly as president and chief executive after her retirement next month.

United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., has added a former BB&T executive to its board.

Just as the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues' annual meeting was kicking off on the West Coast, the New York Credit Union Association announced it is calling on the CUNA Board to reconsider a task force's recommendation that the dual CUNA/League membership requirement be eliminated, making it one of the hottest topics on tap at CCUL/NCUL meeting in Palm Desert, Calif.

Heart O' Texas Federal Credit Union, a $55-million institution based in Waco, Tex., named Melissa Hagenbuch as its new president and CEO, effective Dec. 7.

The chief executive of First Capital Bancorp in Glen Allen, Va., plans to resign, about a month after the company agreed to sell itself.

First Banks in Clayton, Mo., has announced that Chairman James Dierberg's son will succeed him, marking the fourth generation of the Dierberg family to lead the company.

The $3.9 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that Bernard Clineberg, 66, will step down as president and chief executive in January. Christopher Bergstrom, Cardinal’s chief credit officer and chief risk officer, will succeed Clineberg as acting president and CEO. Clineberg will remain the company’s chairman.

Claremont Savings Bank in New Hampshire has found a successor to Chief Executive Sherwood Moody.

Board chair to serve on mayoral transition team, former police chief named to supervisory committee and other CU pros and volunteers make headlines.

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has shifted Perry Hilzendeger to head up its mortgage servicing operations from his previous position of running its home loan default business.