PORTSMOUTH, N.H.–Northeast Credit Union has selected a new president/CEO to succeed the retiring Timothy Collia.
The $1.9-billion Northeast CU has named Chris Parker to lead the organization. For the past 14 years, Chris has been with Partners Federal Credit Union in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., where most recently he served as the interim co‐CEO. Since joining Partners FCU in 2007, Parker has served as chief operations officer, chief member service officer, EVP and chief operating officer.
In those roles Parker has overseen lending, operations, payments, digital services and business transformation areas and was responsible for driving the credit union’s digital and channel delivery strategies, according to the Cooperative Credit Union Association.
“I am excited for the opportunity to work with Northeast Credit Union’s members, staff and board building on the credit union’s strong and successful history” stated Parker.
Additional Experience
Prior to joining the credit union movement, Parker worked for both CitiBank and Capital One Bank. Parker holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of South Florida and a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Collia is retiring after 19 years as the CEO for Northeast Credit Union and the former Woodlands Credit Union.
“We are excited to bring Chris on as our next CEO. He has wonderful experience in the credit union world, and we are sure that under his direction, Northeast will continue to flourish, just as it has under our outgoing CEO, Tim,” said Board Chair Raymond Bald.