Credit Union 24, Tallahassee, Fla., named Sandy Baker VP of sales and relationship management and Steve Upton VP of finance and administration.
Advance Financial FCU, Schererville, Ind., named Charles Cole CFO.
Watertown FCU, Watertown, Conn., hired John Klimas as CEO.
WESTconsin CU, Western, Wis., named Niki Yarrington chief talent officer and Mike Tomasek chief information officer.
Cathy Hufstetler was promoted to VP at 121 Financial CU, Jacksonville, Fla.
William Mellin, president and CEO of the Credit Union Association of New York, Albany, N.Y., was elected to the CUNA board of directors, representing District 1, Class D.
Michael Piercy was named AVP of the Arrowood office of Founders FCU, Fort Mill, S.C. The CU also appointed Lorrie Ayers AVP of its Springdale Road branch and Jessica Little AVP of its Galleria location.
Card Services for Credit Unions, Tampa, Fla., appointed Jeff York, CEO of CoastHills FCU, Lompoc, Calif., to its board of directors.
Veridian CU, Waterloo, Iowa, promoted Lori Honermann to mortgage loan originator.
Christopher Volpe, a senior at Spaulding High School and teller at Holy Rosary CU, Rochester, N.H., was awarded the school's DAR Good Citizen award by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The CU also recognized Megan Dean as employee of the quarter for the months of October, November and December 2012.
Security Service FCU, San Antonio, promoted Mike Chapman to EVP, chief operating officer.
J. David Motley, president of CU Members Mortgage, Dallas, was re-elected as the chairman of the board of the Mortgage Bankers' Association Residential Board of Governors.
Financial Center CU, Indianapolis, hired Annette Roy as VP of membership development.
Mary Ellen O'Neill, director of the Financial Institutions Division for the Connecticut Department of Banking, was appointed to the NASCUS board of directors.
CUES honored John Weidert, chairman of the board at First Tech FCU, Mountain View, Calif., with its Volunteer Hall of Fame 2012 award.
Madeline Lipka, CEO of Community Trust CU, Gurnee, Ill., received the 2012 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Village of Grayslake Economic Development Commission. Lipka has served on the Grayslake Chamber of Commerce board from 1994 to 2011.
