LIVE OAK, Texas–The $17.8-billion Randolph-Brooks FCU has named a new president and CEO to succeed the retiring Christopher W. O’Connor. The credit union has selected Mark Sekula to lead the organization effective in mid-March 2024.
Sekula has served as executive vice president-chief financial officer since January 2019 and has worked at RBFCU for 23 years.
"We are very pleased with the development of our executive group at RBFCU, and we see the respect they have from our employees," RBFCU Board Chair Edward Polansky said in a statement. "We did not want to disturb the culture of how employees here truly care for other employees and how they care for our members. We are focused on continuing the momentum that Chris generated with his leadership, and we know that Mark will continue to lead RBFCU to even greater heights in the future."
Prior Positions
Sekula was named EVP position at RBFCU in 2011, and has also served as chief lending officer and COO. In his current role as EVP/CFO, Sekula has overseen RBFCU's growth past $10 billion in assets, the credit union stated.
Sekula originally came to RBFCU in 2000 as vice president of the Consumer Lending Department, and he's been a senior vice president for both the consumer lending and business services departments. He and his family are natives of Poth, Texas, and he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State).
Sekula's experience before coming to RBFCU ranged from a regionally based credit union to a role on a national scale with Ford Motor Credit Corp., the CU said.
34-Year Career for O’Connor
The retiring O'Connor has been with RBFCU for more than 34 years, having started at the credit union in 1989 as director for the Internal Audit department. He became president in 2011 and president/CEO in January 2013.
The RBFCU board said it conducted an internal search to fill the president/CEO position.
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