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The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has promoted Raymond L. Brinkman to vice president and Kenneth J. Good to assistant vice president at its Pittsburgh office.
Mr. Brinkman is responsible for the Federal Reserve's largest savings bond operation, which is housed there. He joined the bank in 1974 and became an assistant vice president in 1984, focusing on savings bonds.
Mr. Good, who had been manager of information technology for the Pittsburgh office, is now responsible for its check operations. He joined the bank in 1986 and has held managerial and analytical positions in information technology and other areas. Before his promotion, Mr. Good also managed EZ Clear, a unit that processes redeemed savings bonds using check processing equipment.
The Cleveland Fed, including its branch offices in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and its check processing center in Columbus, Ohio, serves the Fourth Federal Reserve District. The district includes Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
Commerce Bank in Kansas City, Mo., has hired Aaron Zynczak and put him in charge of marketing international products in its international division.Mr. Zynczak, whose rank is assistant vice president, succeeded vice president Voytek Zmijewski in the job. Mr. Zmijewski left the bank after working for it 17 years.
Mr. Zynczak, 29, came from Bank of America, where he worked for two years, first in Charlotte, N.C., and later in Atlanta. He was most recently a trade finance officer responsible for building and maintaining trade relationships for client portfolios with sales up to $500 million. Earlier he was a systems engineer and product consultant on international software.
He began his banking career in 1996 at the Charlotte, N.C., headquarters of First Union Bank as a specialist in international letters of credit. Later he became an electronic products consultant for the bank.
Commerce Bank's parent company, Commerce Bancshares, has $11.4 billion of assets.
MIDDLE ATLANTICCredit Lyonnais Americas in New York has hired Thomas A. Berkenkamp to be a director in its real estate finance group.
Mr. Berkenkamp is responsible for syndicating large loan transactions, acquiring loans and portfolios originated by others, and assisting on originations nationwide but with an emphasis on the Midwest.
He was executive vice president of Emmes Capital LLC, where he had worked since 1997. Before that he was a senior vice president and national head of Orix USA's real estate finance group.
Mr. Berkenkamp also worked in Chicago at Eastdil Realty Inc. and Continental Illinois National Bank. He has 18 years of experience in real estate.
SOUTHEASTCentura Banks Inc. in Rocky Mount, N.C., has hired Gary S. Austin as its corporate risk manager.
Mr. Austin was a senior vice president and risk oversight manager with National City Corp. of Cleveland. Other positions he held during his 20 years there included controller, tax manager and assistant treasurer.
Centura has $11 billion of assets.
WESTGuaranty Federal Bank in Dallas has promoted Jim J. Johnson and Reagan K. Vidal., vice presidents in its real estate lending group in California, to senior vice presidents of the group.
Their duties did not change. Mr. Johnson, 37, covers commercial real estate lending in Northern California, and Mr. Vidal, 39, in Southern California.
Guaranty Federal has $14 billion of assets.
