Pinnacle Financial Strategies, a financial services consulting firm, has named Lawrence E. Doran, chief relationship officer/director of marketing; William C. Bracken chief financial officer; and David Mann, national sales director. Irwin Mortgage Corporation, a residential mortgage lender, has named Frieda Carone credit union lending division regional manager. State National Companies,...

The National Youth Involvement Board, Madison, Wis., has appointed the following officers to its executive committee: LeAnn Achtenburg, secretary; Bobby Lacer, director; Sarah Hamby, vice chairman; John Uchida, chairman; Julia Pehrson, director; Diana Wheeler, treasurer; and Katie Allers, director. US Federal Credit Union, Burnsville, Minn., has named Lon Hand vice...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Since Aug. 31, 2001, the Texas Credit Union Department has approved 29 applications from OmniAmerican CU to add select employee groups to its field-of-membership. The $627-million CU is showing no let up in its FOM expansion plans. Last month, OmniAmerican filed four applications with the Department...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-CUNA and NAFCU both wrote NCUA in support of the proposal to replace "immediate family member" with the term "guest" in the reimbursement of travel for volunteers. Currently, only immediate family members may be reimbursed by the credit union for travel on official business with a credit union volunteer....

ALBANY, N.Y. - Four corporate CUs -Central Corporate CU, Empire Corporate FCU, Southwest Corporate FCU, and SunCorp Corporate CU - announced the launch of their respective Internet banking/bill pay products. The corporates joined forces last year to use their economies of scale to get better pricing from the EBPP vendors,...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. and COVENTRY, R.I. - Meadows Credit Union and Coventry Credit Union have sold their credit card portfolios totaling $20.4 million to Atlanta-based InfiCorp Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska. Under the agreement, InfiCorp will market credit card products to the current and potential membership...

LATHAM, N.Y. - For the entire month credit unions in the Catskill-Hudson District of the New York State Credit Union League will run a local campaign of print, radio, and television advertisements to promote the national CU brand. Participating credit unions from Orange, Sullivan, Ulster and Dutchess counties raised $78,000...

LATHAM, N.Y. - The New York Credit Union League is collaborating with the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) to offer group-counseling sessions to assist persons affected by September 11's terrorist attack with recovery. Psychologist members of NYSPA have volunteered to conduct sessions at no charge with credit union staff...