New hires bring experience to STCU business services and commercial lending team

With demand increasing for business and commercial services, the region’s largest credit union has beefed up its commercial and business division with newcomers bring decades of experience to an already-seasoned team.

Those recently added to the staff are:

- Christie Moore, STCU commercial banking manager, who comes to STCU with 21 years of experience at financial institutions, most recently as a commercial loan officer at Numerica Credit Union.

- Kerri Schoolcraft, business banking administrator, who worked 16 years at Washington Trust Bank, most recently as commercial real estate operations manager. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, management and operations from University of Phoenix.

- Sean Gilbert, STCU commercial banking officer, who was vice president and commercial relationship manager with Banner Bank (previously AmericanWest Bank) for 15 years. A former Marine, Gilbert holds a finance degree from Eastern Washington University and is a graduate of Washington Bankers Association Executive Development Program.

- Walter Coleman, STCU Business Banking Officer, with nine years of retail, business and cash management experience with U.S. Bank.

Founded by educators in 1934, STCU is a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative with more than 171,000 members, $2.7 billion in total assets, and 21 branch locations.