Career moves

Louise Walker, the head of First Northern Bank in Dixon, Calif., will be wearing an additional hat over the next year — chair of the California Bankers Association.

The $125 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that Kate Randall Danella will lead a team of private wealth management professionals providing banking, trust and investment management services to affluent and high-net-worth individuals and families.

The Summit FCU CEO Mike Vadala and Georgia CU Affiliates CEO Michael Mercer earn special awards and more CU advocates in the news.

The $1.6 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Anders Tomson will succeed Ronald Bentley as its CEO at the end of the year.

The $7.5 billion CU announces Chief Executive Tom Dorety will retire at the end of 2016, and that a successor will likely be named in the fall.

BMO Harris Bank in Chicago has hired a former M&T Bank executive as its chief information officer.

Lots of announcements about the board of Chartway FCU's charitable arm and National Credit Union Foundation's Hyland joins Berenstain Bears Financial Literacy Advisory Board.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- CO-OP Financial Services announced Thursday that Jeff Napper has been elected chairman of its board of directors.

Guaranty Federal Bancshares in Springfield, Mo., has elected James Batten, a director of the company since 2006, as its next chairman.

Can't anybody get along … for even five minutes? JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon called community banking leader Cam Fine a "jerk" on cable television. Fine responded by blasting megabanks for their role in the financial crisis.

Xceed names new CFO, Sikorsky CU promotes new CIO and other credit union officers in the news.

A former cybersecurity expert with the National Security Agency joined the board of directors at Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio.

Enterprise Financial Services Corp. in Clayton, Mo., has named a prominent St. Louis private investor and entrepreneur as its next independent chairman.

National Capital Bank of Washington has a named Richard Anderson its new president and chief executive.

A host of up-and-coming credit union professionals were promoted to vice presidential posts, and other CU personnel in the news.

Signature Bank in New York has added former New York state banking supervisor Derrick Cephas to its board.

Rick Metsger, who was recently elevated from vice chairman to chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, has promoted his senior policy advisor, Michael Radway, to chief of staff.

Serving on a bank board is a tough gig, and the fact that a number of bank directors sit on the boards of four or more public companies is raising questions about whether they are too busy to be good watchdogs.

It didn't take long for Karen Parkhill to re-emerge after her sudden departure from Comerica in Dallas. Parkhill was named chief financial officer at Medtronic, a medical technology company based in Dublin, Ireland.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia has a new chief executive.