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A little more than two years after Community National Bank in Great Neck, N.Y., agreed to sell itself, Stuart H. Lubow, its former chairman and CEO, has jumped back into banking.

New VPs, branch managers, board members and more credit union officers in the news.

Zions Bancorp. has appointed a new CEO at Nevada State Bank.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has a new chief legal officer.

CP Federal CU in Jackson, Mich. and West-Aircom FCU in Beaver, Penn. have both named new leadership in the wake of CEO retirements.

Willard will replace retiring CEO Dick Ensweiler, who has more than 50 years of experience in the credit union movement.

Washington Federal Chairman and Chief Executive Roy M. Whitehead will hand off his CEO duties to Brent Beardall this spring.

Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., has a new president. The $22 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Rudy Schupp had also become chief banking officer at its bank.

Bank stocks have been on a tear since the November elections, but a corresponding surge in profits could still be a few quarters away.

The $605 million-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that Stephen Marsh, its CEO since 2008, retired on Dec. 31.

The chief operating officer of Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., will step down next month.

Mark Wierman, the chief lending officer at Ixonia Bank in Wisconsin, now has a second title: president.

Wells Fargo's innovation group has appointed Peggy Mangot for the newly created position of senior vice president of its design and delivery leadership team.

Almost 40 years ago, a rock music legend asked a question that too many banks are failing to address today.

Lakeland Bancorp in Oak Ridge, N.J., has named a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer as two other executives plan to retire.

Directors today are expected to perform many duties that, even a decade ago, weren't part of the job, from overseeing cybersecurity and the bank's culture to setting online and mobile strategy. Yet the composition of many bank boards hasn't changed all that much. Here's what to do if you have longtime members who lack the skills needed to help a bank compete.

Credit Union Resources announced that Richfield-Bloomington Credit Union of Bloomington, Minn. has named Gregory Worthen as its new president and CEO, effective Tuesday.

Shivan Govindan, chairman of First NBC Bank in New Orleans, has taken on the task of salvaging a bank that is reeling from accounting issues and a substantial capital requirement from regulators.

The phony-accounts scandal at Wells Fargo illustrates how sales quotas can incent bad behavior. Is your bank effectively mitigating the risk of 'managing to metrics'? Or could it be in danger of becoming a 'cargo cult'?