Valley First Credit Union
Joseph Ledesma has extensive experience in the field of security and loss prevention. Joseph is currently serving as the Director of Security & Loss Prevention at Valley First Credit Union since August 2022. Prior to this, they held positions such as Loss Prevention and Security Manager at Valley First Credit Union from July 2020 to the present, and Security Manager from January 2019 to July 2020.
Before joining Valley First Credit Union, Joseph worked at The TJX Companies, Inc. as an Organized Retail Crime Investigator (Marmaxx National Task Force) from July 2017 to July 2018. Joseph also worked at DICK'S Sporting Goods as a District Loss Prevention Manager from July 2016 to June 2017.
Joseph's career began at The Sports Authority where they served as a District Asset Protection Manager from February 2005 to July 2016. Joseph also gained experience in loss prevention at The Home Depot from June 2003 to June 2004 and K-mart from May 1999 to January 2004.
Joseph Ledesma's education history includes attending Chabot College for Fire Science/Fire-fighting, although the specific start and end years are not provided. Additionally, they attended San Lorenzo High, but details about the field of study are not mentioned. In terms of certifications, Joseph obtained the following: ASIS Member from ASIS International in January 2023, Active Shooter Preparedness: Integrating the Human Element and Smart Technology from ASIS International in March 2022, and Interview & Interrogation Techniques from Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates in April 2007. Information about the obtained month and year for the FEMA certification "IS 907 : Active Shooter: What You Can Do" is not provided.
Valley First Credit Union
Valley First Credit Union provides quality financial services to the growing and diverse communities of Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne Counties of California. We are a not-for-profit financial cooperative that is owned by our members in the many communities we serve. Unlike banks who are in business for their stockholders, we are in business for our members. The money earned by banks is paid out to a few stockholders. We give the money back to our members in the form of higher dividend rates on savings and lower interest rates on loans. Additionally, the money deposited by credit union members is in turn loaned out to other members, incorporating the "People Helping People" philosophy. Our heritage began in 1949 when seven county employees formed the Stanislaus County Employees Federal Credit Union. Seven years later, eight Gallo Winery employees formed Gallo Employees Federal Credit Union. This was followed by the Gallo Glass Federal Credit Union organization in 1959. In an effort to increase assets and loan availability, the two Gallo credit unions merged in 1968 and eventually took on a new name in 1987, Vintage Federal Credit Union. Over the years, Stanislaus County Federal Credit Union and Vintage Federal Credit Union continued to add additional employee groups. In June of 1998, the Board of Directors of Stanislaus Federal Credit Union, along with Vintage Federal Credit Union, agreed to join together to become a new, bigger, and better credit union uniquely positioned to serve it's combined membership. On September 7, 1999 the two credit unions came together and under a State Charter, opened it's first branch at 1419 J Street in downtown Modesto, CA, as Valley First Credit Union.