Succession planning

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.

James Reynolds will become the president and CEO of the New York institution after James Doig retires.

New president Lyndon Matteson is expected to also eventually take on the CEO role once Edward Lopes retires in late 2019.

Mike Walsh, former CEO of Jefferson County Bancshares, has become a director at St. Louis Bank.

Norman Mann II, who has worked for the institution for more than a decade, will take over as president and CEO for Danny Gregg, who is retiring.

Simone Lagomarsino, former CEO of Heritage Oak Bank, will succeed John Biggs next month.

Bernie Winne has been named temporary leader as the trade group searches for a successor to Paul Gentile.