Succession planning

George Scharpf had been the New Jersey bank's leader since 1981.

The credit union said that it has hired a firm to find a replacement for longtime President and CEO Joseph Garay.

A. Scott MacKnight is now the president and CEO of Triangle Credit Union after its longtime leader, Maurice Simard, retired.

Less than three years after taking the helm at Baltimore Washington Federal Credit Union, Lester Warby is set to take over at STAR Credit Union in Corpus Christi.

Stephen Raffaele has been the bank's president since 2016.

A number of employees are tackling different challenges with recent promotions and career moves.

The year featured executive shake-ups at the top of several of the industry’s largest institutions.

New CEO John Turner hasn't fully laid out his vision for the future, but it clearly will involve hiring specialized lenders, balancing labor-saving AI with old-fashioned relationship building, and more streamlining.

Denice Schultheiss became director of the Office of Credit Unions in Michigan after John Kolhoff left to lead the Texas Credit Union Commission.

Here's a look at some of the industry’s latest hires and promotions, along with credit union employees who were recognized for their work.

Edward Paternostro will step down Jan. 2, and the institution's current COO, John Deieso, will take the helm.

Christopher O’Malley is set to lead the California-based institution as Ron Berry retires.

BBVA has picked Javier Rodriguez Soler, its head of strategy and mergers, to run its U.S. bank.

David Rupp was CEO of Four Oaks Fincorp in North Carolina when it sold itself to United Community Banks last year.

Kent Greff is retiring after 39 years in the credit union industry, including leading Mill City for almost two decades.

David Araujo, who served as an executive at Digital Federal Credit Union, will join the Portsmouth, N.H.-based institution next month.

Two institutions in Virginia and one in Washington state have named new leadership amid a wave of expected CEO retirements.

David Fearing will take over at Accolade Asset/Liability Advisory Services as Joe Ghammashi retires.

The Alabama bank has named former power company executive Charles McCrary chairman instead of giving the job to new CEO John Turner.

The former head of Heritage Oaks Bancorp says she relishes a chance to reinvent Luther Burbank, a thrift that wants to make more commercial loans — a shift she has deftly orchestrated before.