Eight credit unions from coast to coast announced employee hiresand promotions this past week. Check out the latest People newshere.

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The $860 million Los Angeles Federal CreditUnion in Glendale, Calif., hired ArmineMuradyan as vice president of human resources. Muradyanjoins LAFCU with more than 20 years of human resource managementexperience. Muradyan will be responsible for the leadership of thehuman resource department, overseeing employee benefits,compensation, payroll, staffing and training.

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The $1.1 billion Georgia United Credit Union inDuluth, Ga., hired Dan L. Trenary as vicepresident of enterprise program management. Trenary fills anewly-created role that oversees the strategic alignment andexecution of the project portfolio and other program initiatives ofthe credit union. He will be responsible for leading a group ofproject managers, process improvement specialists and businessanalysts.

The $2 billion Truliant Federal CreditUnion in Winston-Salem, N.C., promoted Chief Legal OfficerJoe Clark to the additional role of chiefadministrative officer. In this newly created position, Clark willbe responsible for creating comprehensive strategies for teamsencompassing facilities management and services, vendor management,digital document management, enterprise risk management andbusiness continuity. He retains responsibility for Truliant'slegal, regulatory and compliance functions along with collections,special assets and project management.

The $1.8 billion GTE Financial in Tampa,Fla., promoted five employees and hired another. BradBaker was promoted to EVP and CFO. Baker has workedat GTE for more than 25 years and began as director of accounting.He later became vice president of finance and vice president ofmember services. In his new role, he will oversee marketing andGTE's member experience department. Scott DeThomaswas promoted to EVP and chief experience officer. DeThomaspreviously served as SVP of member sales and services. He willoversee administration, facilities and business continuityplanning. Chad Burney is the chiefinformation officer for GTE Financial and has added COO to histitle and responsibilities. He is a highly accomplished,award-winning, information technology leader with repeated successleading and directing technology and business operations. Mandy Zurbrick was promoted toSVP and chief marketing and strategy officer. Zurbrick beganwith GTE 10 years ago as the credit union's marketingdirector. Six years ago, she was elevated to vice president ofmarketing and promotions. Jennifer Maxfield waspromoted to vice president of marketing. She created thestrategies that have played a pivotal role in developing GTE'sunique brand. Maxfield will oversee the introduction of new companyproducts while assisting the executive team with strategic companyinitiatives. Jasiel Legon was hired as SVP andchief talent officer. He has more than 20 years of experience inbanking and a wealth of experience in human resources. In2012, Legon became the vice president of people and culture forOportun, Inc., where he built the company's human resourcesdepartment.

The $534 million USF Federal Credit Unionin Tampa, Fla., hired Rob Perry as the new managerof the main Tampa branch. Perry's primary responsibilities willinclude directing branch operations while adhering to establishedprocedures and regulations, business development, training branchemployees and leading a highly productive team that meets thefinancial objectives of the credit union.

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The $1.8 billion Royal Credit Union inEau Claire, Wis., promoted Colin Boone tocorporate risk manager. He is responsible for providing leadershipand strategic direction for the risk analyst group in order toprotect Royal and its members from losses related to fraud. He willalso lead the enterprise risk management program, vendor managementprogram, and business continuity and disaster recovery planningprocess.

The $2.9 billion Veridian Credit Union inWaterloo, Iowa promoted Christal Wing tocommercial loan officer at the Blairs Ferry branch in Cedar Rapids,Iowa.

Wing (pictured) has been employed at Veridian for 19years, most recently as a branch manager. She's a graduate ofthe University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor's degree inmarketing and sales.

The $2.1 billion United Federal Credit Union inSt. Joseph, Mich., promoted one employee and hired another.Brett Wier was promoted to the newly-createdposition of vice president of lending. Wier will be responsible forall initiatives related to indirect, mortgage and business salesthroughout UFCU's six-state footprint.

Wier assumes the new position after serving as market vicepresident responsible for retail sales and membership growth insouthern Berrien County, Indiana and Ohio. JamesPecka was hired as business service advisor. Pecka willprovide financial counseling and product awareness to credit unionmembers regarding their business needs and growth objectives.

Pecka has a background in both the financial and realestate industries.

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