The $1.3-billion Centra Credit Union has named Rick Silvers as its new CEO. Silvers most recently served as chief retail officer at $2.9-billion Teachers Credit Union, the state’s largest by assets and members. He spent two years at Teachers and previously held positions with Fifth Third Bank and Huntington Bank.
Silvers succeeds Doug Harris, who spent the last two years of his 14-year tenure at Centra as CEO. Harris took a job with Land of Lincoln Credit Union in Decatur, Illinois, in the summer of 2015.
- In Kokomo, Indiana, Melissa Domingues has been selected as the new president and CEO of the $216-million Solidarity Community FCU. Domingues was previously CFO/VP with Mobiloil Credit Union in Beaumont, Texas, and has more than 19 years of experience in the financial service industry.
- In Biloxi, Miss., the $2.3-billion Keesler FCU has named Andy Swoger as its new president/CEO. Swoger was previously the vice president/chief financial officer of the $1.5 billion Texans Credit Union in Richardson, Texas.
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In Waynesboro, Del., Dupont Community CU said Steve F. Elkins will be its new president/CEO following the retirement of Gerald B. Hershey in March of 2017. Hershey began his career with DCCU in 1989 and held several positions at the credit union before being chosen for the president and CEO role in 2000, a release said. At that time, DCCU had six branches, 31,000 members and $280 million in assets. Under Hershey's leadership, DCCU has grown to 12 locations and an operations center, 80,000 members and approximately $1.1 billion in assets. Elkins is current EVP/COO and has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services, including 13 years with DCCU.