Career moves

Fercho will join Wells Fargo in August and report to Mike Weinbach, the bank's CEO of consumer lending.

President and CEO Patty Idol will retire later this year and will be succeeded by EVP Amy Woody. Both have been with the credit union sine 1985.

Less than three weeks after making a $1.05 billion pledge to fight racism, the Pittsburgh company promoted two Black bankers to its top-level management committee.

Danny Varnon will serve as the next CEO of the Alabama-based institution after Monte Hill retires in January.

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Tom Pahl, a former longtime regulator at the Federal Trade Commission, has led key rulemaking efforts for the consumer bureau.

M.J. Neusneger joined the credit union as chief financial officer in May 2019 before being appointed interim CEO five months later.

Nick Darvill, who is currently president of the credit union service organization, will take over as CEO when Jim Gallagher retires from that position.

Craig Leonard, who has spent a decade at Harvard University Employees Credit Union, will take the helm in July following longtime CEO Gene Foley's retirement.

Barry Sommers, a former head of wealth management at the New York bank, is the latest high-level hire by Wells CEO Charlie Scharf.

Michele Dean takes the helm from Ralph Spencer, Jr., who will retire later this month.

President and CEO Vickie van der Have will retire on July 1, capping a 43-year career in credit unions.

Former Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting landed a post with Black Knight, which provides technology solutions to mortgage and real estate companies.

Michael Moyes has been appointed to replace retiring chief executive Preston Sanders.

The longtime CEO of Local Government Credit Union previously served as chairman of the Credit Union National Association.

Tom Shoemaker initially took the helm in 2017 on an interim basis after the Albuquerque, N.M.-based credit union called off a merger.

Patricia Sarne was named CEO of San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union after former chief executive Tim Baldwin retired.

The comptroller of the currency, who is stepping down after two and a half years on the job, ruffled feathers and won some fans in pushing through CRA reform, cutting costs and trying to reshape the agency’s examiner culture.

After nearly two decades with the company, Hanisch is the longest-serving member of the executive team at CO-OP Financial Services.

Lester Owens, who is scheduled to join the bank in July, will report to Chief Operating Officer Scott Powell. He will be charged with implementing a more unified structure across the 260,000-person company.