SUNRISE, Fla.—The $429-million BrightStar CU has named Michael Tomko as its new president/CEO. He replaces Coliin Battle, who had been serving as interim CEO.
Tomko was previously SVP-operations with Community First Credit Union in Jacksonville, Fla., and has 29 years’ experience in financial services, including positions as a fraud examiner and working with First Union, Colonial Bank and First National Bank of Florida.
"Mr. Tomko's personal philosophy of providing outstanding member service and always doing what is right for the members fits perfectly with BrightStar Credit Union's philosophy of 'people helping people,'" said BCU Chair Dorothy Orr in a released statement.
The credit union has approximately 54,000 members.
In Maryville, Mo., Amy Bagby has been named president of Northwest Missouri Regional Credit Union. The $8-million CU serves faculty and staff at Northwest Missouri State University, and is also open to 19 Northwest Missouri counties. Bagby has been with the credit union since 2006, starting as a teller.
In Waterloo, Iowa, the $2.6-billion Veridian Credit Union has named Monte Berg as its new CEO following a six-month search. Berg is currently VP-finance with Veridian and will officially take over as CEO on May 26.
He will replace Jean Trainor, the current CEO/chief inclusion officer, who is leaving to “recalibrate” her career to work with her son, Nate. Nate is nonverbal and types to communicate, and his career goal is to teach others to type, according to the credit union. Berg, a certified public accountant and an inaugural winner of The Courier’s Financial Superstar Award in 2012, is a graduate of Iowa State University and earned a master's degree in business administration at the University of Northern Iowa.