Career moves

GTE Financial FCU has tapped Brian Best, who has been acting interim CEO since January, to take the reins permanently at the $1.8 billion institution.

ALVIN, Texas — Chocolate Bayou Community Federal Credit Union on Friday said Gary Angeles will be its new president and CEO effective July 1.

The $2.5 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that Martyn Pell, president of its First Community Bank, had resigned, effective immediately.

Prime Trust FCU elects three to board; Pennsylvania CU Association gives out two awards and more.

The $3.8 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Lynne Fox will succeed Noel Beasley, who decided to step down after retiring from the Workers United union.

Nicolet Bankshares in Green Bay, Wis., disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that Robert Cera, who had shared the chairman, president and chief executive roles with Bob Atwell, was no longer at the company.

Radius Bank in Boston has recruited a team to lead a national push into Small Business Administration lending. Among the new hires is Diane Gallion, a former executive at The Bancorp in Delaware, who will be national director of government-guaranteed lending at Radius.

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The $25 billion-asset subsidiary of First Horizon National said in a press release Wednesday that Louis Allen, executive vice president and manager of commercial banking for the bank's west Tennessee region, will be promoted to regional president June 30.

Fulton Financial in Lancaster, Pa., has hired Lynn Ozer as president of Small Business Administration lending. Before joining Fulton, Ozer led a small-business lending team at Susquehanna Bancshares that was largely dismissed after the company's sale to BB&T.

Valley National Bank in Wayne, N.J., has appointed former PNC executive Robert Bardusch to be its chief information officer.

Shore Community Bank in Toms River, N.J., has called on some old friends to lead the board of directors.

Greylock hires new chief risk officer, Inova names a VP of member experience and other CU professionals and volunteers in the news.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The credit union movement continues to lose leaders with decades of experience, the latest being Mark Hawkins, who has been president and CEO of what now is known as Altura CU since February 1988. Late Monday, Credit Union Journal learned Hawkins will retire in February 2017.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., has selected a former Citigroup executive as its next chief executive.

A former Citibank payments specialist has been appointed to the board of Meta Financial Group in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Citizens Community Bancorp in Eau Claire, Wis., is searching for a new leader after its president and chief executive announced plans to resign this summer.

A proxy advisory firm has sided with Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., in its battle with an activist investor.

Cattaraugus County Bank in Little Valley, N.Y., has named Salvatore Marranca chairman less than two years after he retired as its chief executive.

A former head of the U.S. unit of Dutch-owned insurance company Aegon has been named chairman of a community bank in Illinois.