Missouri’s Vantage CU Promotes EVP To CEO

Published September 23, 2013, 7:10 p.m. EDT

Updated August 26, 2020, 10:08 p.m. EDT

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BRIDGETON, Mo. Vantage CU announced that Eric Acree, its executive vice president, has been named president and CEO of the $716-million credit union.

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Acree, who has worked at the credit union for 23 years, has been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Herbert Hoosman a year ago, after 19 years at the helm.

Acree has served a variety of roles for Vantage, including marketing director, and is chairman of the board of Vantage's mortgage and insurance subsidiary, Members Resource LLC. He also is president of TecHatchery, a technology subsidiary.

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