Horizon Credit Union in Tennessee promotes COO to CEO

Horizon Credit Union in Kingsport, Tennessee, has promoted Mark Drinnon to the role.of president and CEO.

Drinnon, who was serving as the $63 million-asset credit union’s chief operating officer, succeeds Beverly Boling, who retired in September.

“Bev had a good thing going here and we will try to keep it moving forward. Of course, we’ll always work to make things better, but if something isn’t broke, there’s no need to fix it,” Drinnon said in a Q&A posted to the credit union’s website.

Drinnon has worked in the financial services industry for 41 years, including stints with three banks: First American Bank, Bank of Tennessee and First Community Bank. He has been with Horizon since 2013.

Horizon Credit Union earned $547,000 in the third quarter, after losing about $69,000 a year earlier, according to call report data from the National Credit Union Administration.

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