Coastal Credit Union Hires Odene James Vice President of Risk Management

Coastal Credit Union has hired Odene James as its new Vice President of Risk Management, effective Jan. 9. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, her expertise spans both the private and public sectors where she has served in various roles at several financial institutions.

As Coastal’s VP of Risk Management, James will use her leadership and management skills to build a highly engaged team that develops and maintains optimum enterprise risk management programs across all departments and critical functions for integrated risk mitigation.

James is trained in handling financial crisis and business continuity and has contributed to guidance papers and policy development on liquidity recovery management at the national level.