RIGHT MOVES.

Cook Inlet Lending Center

A spinoff of Cook Inlet Housing Authority gained a new CEO for the new year.

* The board of Cook Inlet Lending Center (CILC) named Jeff Tickle as CEO. Tickle had served as the general manager for CILC since 2015. As CEO, he is responsible for expanding residential mortgage lending and small business lending opportunities to underserved people in communities across Alaska. Tickle is a UAA graduate with thirteen years of banking and mortgage experience.

* The CILC team includes Joe Chavez, hired last July as Mortgage Loan Originator. Chavez has seventeen years of banking, consumer lending, and mortgage lending experience. In his role, Chavez supports the growth of CILC's mortgage lending across Alaska by assisting homeowners in their pursuit of homeownership.

Alaska USA

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union added two new vice presidents to its executive leadership team and promoted a current executive.

* Jeff Gregg, previously vice president, Business and Commercial Lending, received a promotion to Executive Director, Business and Commercial Services. In his new role, Gregg is responsible for planning, implementation, direction, and control of all business and commercial lending and deposit activities, including coordination of operations, sales, and administration functions. Gregg has more than 35 years of commercial lending experience and has been with Alaska USA since 2016.

* Bryan Rosbach takes Gregg's place as the new Vice President, Business and Commercial Lending. In his new role, Rosbach manages commercial loan production with a team that spans Alaska; Washington; Maricopa County, Arizona; and San Bernardino County, California. Rosbach has been with Alaska USA for 5 years and started as a commercial loan officer prior to this promotion.

* Noel Gabler was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Relations. In her new role. Gabler is responsible for management of community partnerships, employee engagement, and the administration of the credit union's diversity, equity, and inclusion program. Gabler has been with Alaska USA for 12 years and served as marketing manager before transitioning to the corporate relations team in 2018. Gabler brings experience in nonprofit management, marketing, and advertising to her new role.

GCI

* The first person to hold the position of Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at GCI is a 25-year veteran of the telecom company. In the new role, Deborah Ferrell focuses on...