Community First Credit Union
Scott Johnson has held various leadership positions throughout their career. Scott is currently serving as the President & CEO of Community First Credit Union, a position they started in June 2021. Prior to that, they worked at UNIFY Financial Credit Union for nine years, where they held the roles of Chief Revenue Officer & Chief Strategy Officer.
Before their time at UNIFY Financial Credit Union, Johnson worked at Pacific Life Insurance Company for 14 years. During their tenure, they held multiple positions including Vice President - Corporate Technology, Assistant Vice President, HR Technology, and Director - Investment Accounting Systems. In these roles, they were responsible for technology management, overseeing application development and operations teams, and managing budgets for various divisions and projects.
Earlier in their career, Johnson worked as a Senior Consultant at Unisys Corporation and as a Service Director at SEI Corporation.
Scott Johnson completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1989. Scott later pursued further education and obtained a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree from UC Irvine in 2015.
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Community First Credit Union
We put people before profits. For 60 years we have chosen to not behave like a Wall Street bank. A bank is owned by stockholders. They are rarely customers, but bought stock in hopes that its value would increase. The primary role of a bank CEO is to raise stock price. The result? Customers get squeezed, shortcuts get taken, and fees become a profit center. The role of the CEO at a not-for-profit financial cooperative is to create wealth for its Members and the communities it serves. Any would-be profits are pushed back to Members and the cooperative –– like next-gen ATMs, new online conveniences, and additional branches. Community First Credit Union was founded in 1961 by seven LOCAL teachers who were denied home loans by banks. In 2017, Community First merged with Mendo Lake Credit Union, also founded by LOCAL teachers back in 1959. The Mendo Lake Credit Union charter was retained, and because the service area of the not-for-profit financial cooperative expanded to include five Northern California counties (Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma), the Community First name was adopted for the combined credit union. Big banks take local deposits and lend them wherever they get the best return - L.A., Houston, Dubai. A financial cooperative is a better way to bank. At Community First Credit Union, your locally earned dollars must stay in the LOCAL economy. This helps your neighbors, police, parks, paramedics, schools –– in your back yard. What's more, we've been specially designated as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and a Juntos Avanzamos credit union - which means we go above and beyond to serve our LOCAL communities. Check it out!