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Signal Financial FCU announces Leadership Team expansion
KENSINGTON, MD (April 27, 2015) — In an effort to further achieve organizational growth, Signal Financial FCU is pleased to announce the recent hiring of the following individuals to its leadership team:
Selena Hourihan has joined Signal as Senior Vice President of Operations and is responsible for Deposit Operations, Member Services, Call Center, Card Services and Collections. Selena has over 20 years of financial services, mortgage and sales experience at Bank of America and Capital One, where she was the Learning & Development Client Manager, Mortgage Sales and Operations.
Christopher Ercole has joined Signal as Senior Vice President of Consumer & Real Estate Lending. He oversees both Consumer lending and Mortgages. Christopher brings over 20 years of experience in mortgage and consumer lending for both credit unions and commercial banks. He was recently the Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer at NIH Federal Credit Union.
Dennis Dunn has joined Signal as Senior Vice President of Business Services. Dennis has over 20 years of experience in the commercial and consumer lending areas for both credit unions and commercial banks. He was recently the Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending for CU Strategic Partners, a CUSO of the United States Senate Federal Credit Union.
William Kowall has joined Signal as Vice President Branch Administration. Bill’s experience spans more than 22 years, with success in both sales and leadership training facilitation, instructional design, business consultation and regional management for both commercial banks and credit unions. Most recently, he was the lead home lending facilitator for Everbank in Jacksonville, Florida.
President/CEO Francois Verleysen commented, “We are very excited to have these dynamic individuals join our growing leadership team. They are all accomplished in their individual areas, bringing business acumen and decades of experience in the Washington Metro area. They will help strengthen the foundation on which the Credit Union will stand for many years to come.”
Established in 1947, Signal Financial FCU currently has assets of $326 million and 26,000 members. It operates eight full-service branch offices in the Metropolitan area, and serves over 200 sponsor organizations, in addition to individuals who live, work, worship or attend school in DC or in Prince George’s County, MD (inside the beltway). Certain family members and businesses (including their employees) are also eligible to join the credit union. For more information about membership at Signal Financial FCU, please call 301-933-9100, ext. 298 or go to www.sfonline.org