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Hernandez Runs Three Calif. CUs Without Missing a Beat

For a guy who serves as CEO for three Southern California credit unions CalCom Federal Credit Union, City of Down Federal Credit Union and Mattel Federal Credit Union Jon Hernandez appears anything but frazzled. Neatly separated stacks of papers line one side of his desk in his office at the...

By Natasha Chilingerian | Updated on March 06, 2013

For a guy who serves as CEO for three Southern California credit unions CalCom Federal Credit Union, City of Down Federal Credit Union and Mattel Federal Credit Union Jon Hernandez appears anything but frazzled. Neatly separated stacks of papers line one side of his desk in his office at the El Segundo-based $28 million Mattel FCU’s headquarters, and like many busy CEOs, he relies on a color-coded desktop calendar and an hour-by-hour schedule in his BlackBerry to stay organized. During a 45-minute meeting, he was all laughs and smiles, perhaps inspired by the collection of toy vehicles that sits on a table behind his desk. The credit union serves Mattel employees, after all.

Hernandez began his credit union career as a teller for Mattel FCU in 1990 at age 19. After six months, he became a supervisor, and in 1996, he left Mattel to serve as CEO for the $58 million CalCom FCU in Torrance. Upon completing his finance degree in 2000, Hernandez abandoned his original plan of becoming a stockbroker and pursued a career in credit union management, obtaining graduate degrees through CUES and the CUNA Management School. 

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Natasha Chilingerian

Natasha Chilingerian

Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.

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