Michaels named new CEO of multibillion-dollar CU
At 38, Brandon Michaels heads to JSC Federal Credit Union in Houston.
Brandon Michaels was only 32 years old when he was appointed president/CEO of Mazuma Credit Union in 2012, and was one of the first from the millennial generation to lead a cooperative. Now at 38, he will become one of the youngest CEOs — if not the youngest — to take over multibillion-dollar credit union.
Starting on Sept. 4, Michaels will lead the $2.1 billion JSC Federal Credit Union in Houston, the ninth largest cooperative in Texas by assets that serves more than 127,000 members.
“I’m so excited about the opportunity and of course it’s very hard to leave Mazuma,” Michaels said. “I’ve made a lot of friends there and I have an incredible staff.”
Deonne Christensen, COO for the Overland Park, Kan.-based Mazuma CU, will serve as interim CEO until a successor is named.
“JSC is NASA’s credit union and now they are a community credit union, so they have a really unique opportunity to leverage what (JSC CEO) Michael Brown has built over the last 32 years and really propel them,” Michaels said.
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