March 26th, 2025024Virginia Beach, VA – Chartway Credit Union’s charitable arm, the Chartway Promise Foundation, welcomes seven new members to its all-volunteer board of directors: Sander Casino, Brad Gowans, Shana James, Sherrie Johnson, Desai Madrigal, Ronda Neilson, and Celeste Schwitters. The new members expand our presence in Chartway’s Virginia, southern Utah and northern Utah markets and represent credit union partners and leaders — helping the Foundation reach even more medically fragile children and their families in the communities we serve. The new members were elected during the Foundation’s winter board meeting.
Sander...
March 24th, 2025011Press release courtesy of Energage
Virginia Beach, VA – Chartway Credit Union has announced it has earned the 2025 Top Workplaces USA award. Issued by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces, the award appears in USA Today. The Top Workplaces program has a 15-year history of surveying more than 20 million employees and recognizing the top organizations across 60 markets for regional Top Workplaces awards. It is the fifth consecutive year Chartway has been recognized for this award.
“At Chartway, our team empowers everything we do, and this top workplace recognition is a...
March 12th, 2025017Virginia Beach, VA – Chartway Ventures, the wholly owned Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) of Chartway Credit Union, welcomed Jennifer Addabbo and Samantha Paxson to its board of managers. The two new members were elected during a board meeting held earlier this month at the Governmental Affairs Conference 2025 in Washington, D.C., where industry leaders gathered to discuss key issues shaping the future of credit unions. Addabbo and Paxson will replace outgoing board members Sean Banerjee and Phil Olson.
Jennifer AddabboAddabbo is the CEO and co-founder of Engage fi, an 80-person consulting firm assisting financial institutions...
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., February 27, 2025 – BayPort Credit Union announced the $25,000 sponsorship of Newport News Public Schools’ Office of Youth Development, Family and Community Engagement division for the 2024 to 2025 academic school year. This division of Newport News Public Schools provides research-based programs and initiatives to increase family and community engagement.
The division’s Family Empowerment Series is a quarterly program and will be used to address critical issues affecting families. BayPort is an official sponsor of the series, which includes programs such as Your Mental Health Matters held in October...
February 21st, 2025031Virginia Beach, VA (February 21, 2024) – On February 20, 2025, Chartway Credit Union held its 66th Annual Meeting and elected by acclamation the following individuals to the board of directors:
Paul Annunziata, Incumbent
Annunziata currently serves on the board for Chartway and is also on the board for Chartway’s charitable arm, the Chartway Promise Foundation. Annunziata retired from Chartway in early 2021 after serving for more than four decades in various roles, including chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and corporate development executive. He spearheaded several mergers for Chartway and was instrumental in...
February 6th, 2025017Roanoke, VA, February 3, 2025 – The average cost of a four-year college education in Virginia is more than $100,000. Especially given inflation, paying for higher education remains a struggle. Each year, Blue Eagle ® Credit Union awards $10,000 in scholarships to help alleviate the financial stress of tuition.
The 2025 Alexander Scholarship application is now available at BlueEagleCreditUnion.com. What’s different about this scholarship? It’s not just for graduating high school seniors. This scholarship opportunity is also available for those already in higher education, adults going back to school, or others seeking to further...
February 6th, 2025033Virginia Beach, VA (February 4, 2025) – Chartway Credit Union is proud to announce the promotions of Dana Brock to vice president of credit operations & services, Kelsey Jones to vice president of business intelligence, and Jace White to senior vice president of talent engagement.
Dana Brock
Brock’s career with Chartway began in 2001 as a teller and evolved into progressively more responsible roles in both lending and operations. In her previous role as director of consumer lending, she led initiatives to enhance underwriting and loan servicing, streamline processes, and align lending strategies with credit union goals....
February 5th, 2025028DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) is pleased to announce that it has received a top 5-star rating according to Newsweek’s America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions List for 2025.
Newsweek partnered with Plant-A Insights Group to identify the top regional banks and credit unions in each state. Their methodology utilized a variety of components to measure a financial institution's credit quality. In addition, they reviewed press coverage over the past two years, deployed a large-scale independent customer survey of more than 71,000 U.S. citizens, and studied 1.9 million social media reviews and 129 million Apple App store and...
January 29th, 2025024Roanoke, VA, January 23, 2025 – Each fall, local teachers are invited to apply for a classroom grant from Blue Eagle ® Credit Union. This year, 12 local teachers received a grant to aid in needed creative learning materials and/or programs. “On average, teachers spend $500 annually out of their own pockets for classroom supplies and projects. With education being one of our core values at Blue Eagle
® Credit Union, our team understands the importance of creating a learning environment that sets students up for success,” Senior Brand Specialist Laurissa Thompson shared. “We’re thrilled to announce the 2024 recipients who received...
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