California’s Noble Federal Credit Union Appoints New CEO

The board of directors for Noble Federal Credit Union in Fresno, Calif., named Angelino “Gino” Cayanan as its president/CEO.

Last week’s appointment announcement followed the retirement of Susan Ryan, who served the credit union for 28 years, including 22 years as its CEO.

During her CEO tenure, Noble increased its assets from $237 million in 2001 to its current assets of $1.1 billion, while loans grew from $162 million to $746 million and membership expanded from 30,000 to more than 112,000, according to NCUA Call Reports.

Before joining Noble, Cayanan previously served as SVP, CFO for the $1.4 billion Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union in Van Nuys, Calif., which serves 44,000 members.

Throughout his 25-year credit union career, Cayanan has served in several senior executive positions including CFO, vice president of finance, COO, chief lending officer and interim CEO, according to Noble’s prepared statement. Cayanan’s LinkedIn profile page showed he worked at the $1.7 billion Unitus Community Credit Union in Portland, Ore. He also worked at Community One Federal Credit Union in Las Vegas.

“I am excited to join the Noble family and to continue the mission of serving the (112,585) members with dignity, honor and compassion to help the members reach their financial goals,” Cayanan said in a prepared statement. “The credit union has done a remarkable job in its 82 years of creating a strong and financially sound institution its members can trust and be proud to be part of. I view this appointment as an opportunity to champion the ‘Noble way’ and to lead the incredibly talented team to new heights in member and community service.”

Noble’s 222 employees operate nine locations throughout California’s Central Valley.