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.