MacDill's CEO joins GTE Financial

TAMPA — GTE Financial has hired Retired Col. Scott DeThomas, former CEO of MacDill Air Force Base, as the credit union's senior vice president for products and member sales.

DeThomas had a more than 23-year career in the U.S. Air Force including as accounting and finance officer, director of staff to the secretary of the Air Force, division chief and senior analyst strategy and policy and wing commander and CEO of MacDill Air Force Base. He retired from the Air Force this month.

DeThomas has Master of Arts degrees in management, military operations and science, advanced air and space studies and national security strategy.