WALLINGFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut CU League yesterday announced it hired Dr. Anthony Emerson, an executive with Maine Savings FCU in Hampden, Maine, as its president and CEO.
Emerson has been serving as chief financial officer at the $175 million credit union, and has authored a number of op/ed columns for the Credit Union Journal.
Emerson will succeed Kevin Chandler, who earlier resigned as head of the Connecticut league.
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