Credit Unions in California, Oregon, Virginia, Kentucky and New York recently named new CEOs.
Gary Rodrigues was promoted to president/CEO of the $9.5 billion Star One Credit Union in Sunnyvale, California’s fourth largest credit union by assets.
He succeeded Rick Heldebrant who retired.
Rodrigues brings more than 33 years of banking experience to the leadership positon. He previously served as executive vice president at Star One overseeing finance, administration, and operations. He joined the credit union in 1991 when he was named vice president of lending.
At the Oregon Community Credit Union in Eugene, Executive Vice President Ron Neumann will succeed current President/CEO Mandy Jones who will retire on April 6.
“We envisioned OCCU in 2025 and asked ourselves what skills and qualities would be needed to achieve that vision,” said Beverly Anderson, who chairs OCCU board of directors, “Then we watched Ron demonstrate his leadership abilities. It became increasingly clear that he had exactly what we needed. Ron has the vision, talent, enthusiasm and leadership to take OCCU into the future.”
Under Jones’ 12 years of executive leadership, OCCU grew its assets from $730 million to its current assets of $1.6 billion, while its membership increased from 93,000 to more than 146,000.
OCCU is Oregon’s second largest credit union by assets.
The $917 million Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union appointed Ed Hada president/CEO.
He succeeded Mike Padgett who retired in 2017 after 31 years of service.
Hada previously served for more than 10 years as senior vice president/chief finance officer, finance and administration at LAPFCU.
Before joining the credit union, Hada served seven years at the former Western Corporate Federal Credit Union where he worked as vice president of financial consulting services. He also served as WesCorp’s vice president of investment operations for three years.
“Ed comes to this position with outstanding credentials. He was responsible in great part for helping the credit union to maintain financial stability during the extended recession,” said Lorie Taylor, who chairs LAPFCU’s board of directors. “Additionally, over recent years, we have seen great strides in our efforts to bring technological enhancements to members. Again, Ed led the team that is responsible for those achievements.”
Sean Zimmermann was named president/CEO of the $903 million Congressional Federal Credit Union in Oakton, Va.
He replaced Congressional FCU’s CFO Tony Caccese who served as interim president/CEO for a year.
Zimmermann previously worked at the $4.6 billion Bank Fund-Staff Federal Credit Union in Washington, D.C., where he served as CFO for two years. For more than two decades, he also worked for the $2.9 billion Tower Federal Credit Union in Laurel, Md., where he held a number of executive positions.
The $157 million Service One Credit Union in Bowling Green, Ky., named Rebecca S. Stone as president/CEO.
She succeeded the retired Garth Griese.
Stone joined the credit union in 2016 and served as its COO. She previously worked as the chief funding officer for Kleberg Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In Niagara Falls, N.Y., the $178 million Niagara’s Choice Credit Union appointed Daniel Keleher as its president/CEO.
He succeeded Alfred Frosolone who retired.
