Lender names new top financial executive

DUNEDIN — Achieva Credit Union named longtime credit union executive Janice Hollar CFO.

Hollar replaces Achieva CFO Dennis Holthaus who is taking a new position within the credit union, according to a statement. Hollar will oversee all aspects of financial affairs at the organization, including financial reports, audits, mergers, capital markets and regulatory reporting.

Hollar was most recently a senior vice president at Palm Beach Gardens-based Shared Services for Credit Unions. She previously worked for RP Financial and the Kennedy Space Center Federal Credit Union. She also worked with Dunedin-based Achieva in a consulting role.

“We are thrilled to bring Janice into the Achieva family,” Achieva President and CEO Gary Regoli says in the statement. “She has a tremendous range of experience with projects across the marketplace, and she leads with a positive example that fits perfectly with Achieva's mission of doing good.”

Achieva Credit Union was founded in 1937 in Pinellas County. It now has more than $1.4 billion in assets and 24 branches serving more than 140,000 members, from Collier through Hernando counties.