Chartway Credit Union names chief legal officer

Melissa Stratton Moffa is Chartway Credit Union’s new chief legal officer, the Virginia Beach-based credit union announced Tuesday.

Moffa was most recently Tysons-based Pentagon Federal Credit Union’s senior director, associate general counsel and privacy officer.

“We are thrilled to have Melissa on board. Her experience in mergers and acquisitions and her background working at a large credit union will be invaluable as we continue to grow and expand,” Chartway President and CEO Brian Schools said in a statement.

Prior to joining Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Moffa served as counsel at Capital One Financial. Before that, she was an associate counsel for Gallup, where she negotiated commercial and government contracts.

Moffa has a bachelor’s degree in business and economics and politics from Ursinus College, in Pennsylvania, and a law degree from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, in New York City. She is a National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions certified compliance officer.

Founded in 1959, Chartway serves more than 200,000 members and has branches in Virginia, Utah and Texas. The credit union reported assets of $2.77 billion as of July 31.