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CFCU Community Credit Union recently announced several new and promoted employees. MALLORIE DAVID was appointed chief people officer at the credit union. She is responsible for overseeing the human capital and administrative functions of the credit union. David serves on and collaborates with the credit union’s executive leadership team while planning, developing, and executing business […]
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CFCU Community Credit Union recently announced several new and promoted employees.
MALLORIE DAVID was appointed chief people officer at the credit union. She is responsible for overseeing the human capital and administrative functions of the credit union. David serves on and collaborates with the credit union’s executive leadership team while planning, developing, and executing business strategies that support the credit union’s mission, vision, strategic pillars, values, and goals. She provides oversight to the credit union services organizations (CUSOs), while also serving as executive sponsor for the credit union’s Employee Engagement Committee and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. David represents the credit union at various community functions and networking events to develop business and member relationships. She supports the credit union’s efforts toward community involvement, such as board service, volunteering, and participating in fundraising events.
CORTNEY LOWIE has been named executive manager at CFCU Community Credit Union. Serving on the executive-leadership team, she controls and manages administrative, board of directors-related, and strategic functions for the president & CEO and COO/CFO. Lowie also serves the role of office manager for CFCU’s administrative headquarters. She works in conjunction with the VP of information technology to directly supervise the records-management team. MIKE D’ANGELO was appointed VP of member experience. He is responsible for monitoring branch operations and achievement of branch goals. D’Angelo oversees 12 full-service branch offices, as well as two school branches.
BILL SWEENEY has been named VP of member advocacy at CFCU Community Credit Union. He integrates merged entities into CFCU and ensures a successful integration to achieve strategic rationale, value drivers, and synergies. Sweeney provides leadership for merged entities and internal cross-functional teams in developing, implementing, and executing integration plans. He develops and modifies playbooks and applicable programs to enhance the overall merger integration process in accordance with established standards and legal requirements. Sweeney is also responsible for managing advocacy initiatives in support of the industry and the credit union’s goals and objectives.
DEREK THOMPSON was appointed VP of consumer lending. He oversees and monitors the consumer-lending activities of CFCU, including product development, application, processing, underwriting, and settlement. Thompson monitors consumer and indirect activities, tracks loan growth, evaluates credit migration, retention, and sales of credit-union products.
KYLE CHRISTOPHER has been named assistant VP, of learning and development at CFCU Community Credit Union. He is responsible for leading the design and execution of learning strategies to drive a culture of continuous development and growth. He ensures that the credit union’s learning and development plan aligns with its strategic priorities. He oversees the assessment of learning efforts to measure effectiveness.
MARK KENJERSKA has been appointed assistant VP of business origination at CFCU. He manages and directs the activities of the business-lending origination team at the credit union. He contributes to the development and execution of the overall strategic initiatives of CFCU, with a focus on those initiatives directly impacting the origination of business lending and business account activities.

MICHELLE CUTTLER has been promoted to manager of retention for Loretto’s employees. She was Loretto’s first employee coach when the organization launched its coaching program in early 2020. In her new role as manager of retention, Cuttler will lead Loretto’s long-term employee-engagement strategy by developing employee training and retention initiatives that support the organization’s employee-engagement
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MICHELLE CUTTLER has been promoted to manager of retention for Loretto’s employees. She was Loretto’s first employee coach when the organization launched its coaching program in early 2020. In her new role as manager of retention, Cuttler will lead Loretto’s long-term employee-engagement strategy by developing employee training and retention initiatives that support the organization’s employee-engagement strategy. She will help employees navigate career ladders so they can advance within the company, including Loretto’s LPN apprentice program. Cuttler will oversee employee-recognition programs, including benchmark celebrations, graduations, and other programs to help employees remain and flourish at Loretto.

Security Mutual has hired LAURA AMES as an underwriting support. In her role, Ames will provide underwriting support by checking information on and making changes to insurance policies. She formerly worked at Maguire Honda.
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Security Mutual has hired LAURA AMES as an underwriting support. In her role, Ames will provide underwriting support by checking information on and making changes to insurance policies. She formerly worked at Maguire Honda.
The Syracuse Crunch have announced the hiring of ANNIKA TYSON as community & partnership activation manager. Tyson joins the Crunch full time after spending the 2022-23 campaign as a seasonal intern. In her position, she will oversee the Crunch Foundation, the charitable arm of the Syracuse Crunch, which works to positively impact the Central New
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The Syracuse Crunch have announced the hiring of ANNIKA TYSON as community & partnership activation manager. Tyson joins the Crunch full time after spending the 2022-23 campaign as a seasonal intern. In her position, she will oversee the Crunch Foundation, the charitable arm of the Syracuse Crunch, which works to positively impact the Central New York community by providing support and funds to nonprofit groups, educational programs, and community initiatives. She will also assist the VP of corporate partnerships with all aspects of sponsorship proposals and contract fulfillment. Originally from Fayetteville, Tyson graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in economics along with French and Francophone Studies.
JORDAN BERGEN has been hired by the Crunch as merchandise & game operations manager. Bergen joins the Crunch full-time after spending the 2022-23 season as a game-operations intern. In her new role, she will oversee the team’s official merchandise while also assisting in all aspects of the Crunch Authentic Program. Additionally, she will assist with in-arena operations on game days. Bergen graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2023 with her bachelor’s degree in sport management with a concentration in sport sales and marketing.

Loretto employee coach promoted to manage new employee experience
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Loretto recently announced it has promoted Eleanor Williams to manager of new employee experience, a newly created position at the long-term care organization, from her prior role as employee coach. In this role, Williams will lead and manage Loretto’s employee coaches to help connect new employees with internal and external resources needed
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Loretto recently announced it has promoted Eleanor Williams to manager of new employee experience, a newly created position at the long-term care organization, from her prior role as employee coach.
In this role, Williams will lead and manage Loretto’s employee coaches to help connect new employees with internal and external resources needed to succeed on and off the job, according to a Loretto news release. She will also develop new employee orientation and mentorship programs that ensure that new employees are given the training they need to increase employee performance, satisfaction, and retention — as well as student and intern programs to establish “pre-career” and entry level opportunities at Loretto.
“For many new hires, this is their first professional role in healthcare, and this group of new professionals benefits from not only career coaching, but assistance on a wide range of matters,” said Holly Hoehner, interim VP of human resources at Loretto. “Eleanor has been instrumental in guiding and mentoring Loretto’s frontline workers as an employee coach over the past year. This new role is perfect for her as the first point of contact for new employees, helping to ensure that every employee has an exceptional experience working for Loretto.”
Williams is an experienced and compassionate social worker with solid connections to a network of professional services in the community, Loretto said. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Syracuse University. Williams is currently working toward a master’s degree in social work — also at Syracuse University — and is expected to graduate in May 2024.
Loretto said it is the fourth largest health-care provider and the sixth-largest employer in the region, with 2,500 employees at 19 locations delivering care to nearly 10,000 people in Onondaga and Cayuga counties each year.

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