Career advancement

The card network chose the majority-Black city as the site of its new operations center in part to improve the racial makeup of its workforce and create a new path to leadership for minorities.

David Murphy, the credit union's vice president of risk and finance, will succeed Carol Adler, who is retiring.

Mark Kelly will step down next month as president and CEO of the Oklahoma City-based institution. He will be succeeded by the credit union's executive vice president.

Juan Fernandez Ceballos will take the helm at the state league following Paul Stull’s retirement this summer.

Konstantina Baker has been appointed to lead the Fort Wayne, Ind.-based institution following the retirement of longtime CEO Gregory Troutner.

The new leaders include some who succeed retiring chief executives retiring and others stepping in after unexpected departures.

The St. Louis-based institution is the latest in the industry to create an executive-level position focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Rodney Hood, a board member and former chairman for the credit union regulator, was selected to fill a seat previously held by Todd Harper, who was recently appointed NCUA chairman.

Dana DeFilippis will take the helm at the Chalfont, Pa.-based credit union next month. She succeeds retiring CEO David Whitehead.

Donna Young, who has spent more than three decades at the Nashville-based credit union, succeeds Joe Spivey, who retired earlier this year.

The Bridgewater, N.J.-based credit union promoted Frank Almeida to president and CEO, the final step in process it began when he was hired in 2014.

Harper, a Democrat, had long been expected to be promoted to the chairmanship under a Biden administration, but he could face an uphill climb moving his priorities forward.

Chris Hendry has been appointed president and CEO of the Fitchburg, Mass.-based institution, having served the credit union in a volunteer capacity since 2014.

Australia Hoover, who started as a call center employee in 1996, succeeds Betsy Mercier, who is retiring after 22 years at the helm.

This is the first time the agency has had a vice chairman since 2014.

Tonia Clark will leave Las Colinas FCU to take the helm of $116 million-asset Allied.

Ayn Talley will step down in January, to be succeeded by the credit union's longtime executive vice president.

The process will see the state's largest credit union split its president and CEO roles until longtime chief executive John Reed retires in January 2023.

Richard Yeager's promotion comes at a time of growth for the New York-based institution, including having recently been granted a field-of-membership expansion.

Cameron Minges will become president of the Indianapolis-based credit union effective Jan. 1.