Linda Armyn is now president and CEO of Bethpage Federal Credit score Union, as Wayne Grossé retires.

The credit score union introduced the brand new management late Tuesday afternoon, and is efficient instantly. No additional particulars about Grossé’s retirement have been instantly accessible.

Arymn is the credit score union’s fifth president and CEO, and the primary girl to carry this place on the group, which was launched greater than 80 years in the past to serve Grumman workers.

Grossé has an extended historical past with the credit score union. He served Bethpage for twenty-four years, the final eight of which as president and CEO. Below his tenure, the credit score union grew to $13 billion {dollars} in belongings. He’s acknowledged with establishing Bethpage’s shared service operations in Maryland and Denver and overseeing two mergers, considered one of which expanded Bethpage’s potential to serve members nationwide.

“We provide our due to Wayne for his 24 years of great contributions that led to our success thus far and set us up for the long run,” Vincent Scicchitano, Bethpage Federal’s chairman, mentioned within the information launch concerning the change in management. “We want him properly on his retirement,”

For the final 22 years, Armyn has labored at Bethpage Federal, most not too long ago as chief technique and advertising and marketing officer. She is credited with taking part in an “integral position” in Bethpage Federal’s development, in company branding, and in Bethpage Cares, its community-engagement program.

“The board recognized Linda two years in the past because the potential successor as a part of our long-term management plan,” Scicchitano mentioned. “Linda is a dynamic strategic chief well-known all through Lengthy Island and the Credit score Union Business for her dedication to our 440,000 members, 800 workers, and the communities we serve.”

Armyn mentioned within the information launch that in her tenure, she and her teammates, “targeted on making Bethpage an ideal place to work and financial institution. Our monetary well being stays robust, and I sit up for persevering with our work with the board, senior administration, and all our teammates to stay our imaginative and prescient to complement the lives of our teammates, members, and the communities we serve.

“I’m grateful and humbled to be appointed president and CEO of a company I really like being part of,” she mentioned.

Armyn joined Bethpage in 2001, main company technique, enterprise and group improvement, charitable giving, advertising and marketing, communications, and public and authorities relations. She grew the Bethpage at Work program with corporations all through the tri-state space and spearheaded two “important mergers,” based on the information launch.

Armyn is credited with enhancing Bethpage’s model by means of strategic sponsorships, together with the annual Bethpage Air Present at Jones Seaside, naming rights on the Lengthy Island Geese stadium from 2010 to 2020, and establishing the Bethpage Trip bike-sharing program. She launched the annual Bethpage Turkey Drive, which helps Island Harvest and its community of meals pantries offering Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Lengthy Islanders.

Armyn serves because the co-chair of the Lengthy Island Regional Financial Growth Council, a member of the New York State Parks Fee on Lengthy Island, and Stony Brook College president’s council.  She serves on a number of native boards and nationwide commerce committees.

Over time, she has been acknowledged by quite a few organizations for her company management and Bethpage’s group engagement.