ST. PAUL, Minn.– Affinity Plus FCU has tapped three current employees for new leadership positions at the statewide credit union, according to President/CEO Dave Larson.
Nic Peterson has been named vice president of Payment Systems. Natalie Okonek has been named Consumer Lending Manager. And Meggan Schwirtz has been named Assistant Manager at Affinity Plus’ Faribault, Minn., branch.
Peterson, an 18-year employee of Affinity Plus and past director of Card Services, will oversee the diverse systems members use for payment. Those include traditional means such as cash, checking, and credit and debit cards; established means gaining user acceptance like online and mobile banking and fairly recent advancements like person-to-person transfers, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay.
Okonek, based in St. Paul, has worked for Affinity Plus for six years. She has been manager of the Eagan, Minn., and Lakeville, Minn., branches. Her most-recent position has been as Member Relations manager in Faribault.
As Consuming Lending manager, Okonek will provide overall leadership of consumer-lending products and processes, and on continuously improving and growing consumer lending.
She will also be involved in the testing and implementing of a new consumer loan origination system; and rolling out supportive functions for consumer lending to credit-union employees.
Schwirtz has worked for Affinity Plus for five years, first as a member advisor II in Brainerd, Minn. In May 2015 she relocated to the Twin Cities and joined the Vendor Management team as a Vendor Management Specialist. Most recently Meggan assisted at the Nicollet Branch in Minneapolis as Interim Branch Manager.