LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.–The $2.6-billion Spokane Teachers Credit Union has named a new CEO. Effective Jan. 1, Ezra Eckhardt will lead the organization, succeeding the retiring Tom Johnson, who has been CEO for the past seven years and who oversaw a near doubling of the credit union’s membership.
Eckhardt was previously president of Sterling Bank in Spokane, which recently merged into Umpqua Bank.
“The credit union is playing a critical role in shaping the future of Spokane and the region,” Eckhardt said in a statement.
Eckhardt attended U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served six years in the U.S. Army, before moving into management positions with Honeywell, Microsoft, and Wave Form Systems.