PEOPLE
O’Connor Named OCTFCU Chairman
Compiled by Meenakshi Viswanathan
Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union elected Adam O’Connor (photo) as chairman of its board.
O’Connor, previously vice chairman of the credit union’s board, is an accounting professor at Fullerton College.
He has served on the credit union board’s executive, finance and risk management committees.
As chairman, O’Connor is set to direct policy, monitor performance and oversee the credit union’s goals.
With more than $4 billion in assets and nearly 300,000 members, OCTFCU is the largest credit union in the county.
“We will focus on serving our existing members and expanding into potential members who are eligible but not yet members of our credit union,” O’Connor said.
At Fullerton Col-lege, O’Connor has served as the director of budget and finance for the past 12 years.
He has a master’s in business administration from Calif-ornia State Univ-ersity, Long Beach, and is a certified public accountant.
He and wife Deborah live in Orange.
Along with O’Connor, Dr. Arthur Croisette, Lynn April Hartline and John Didion were re-elected to serve as members of the board for OCTFCU. Each will serve a three-year term.
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