NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif.– Henry Wirz, the well-known and longtime CEO at SAFE Credit Union here, said he will retire at the end of March in 2016.
The credit union said that current President Dave Roughton has been named as Wirz’s successor. Wirz has been with SAFE for 36 years, during which he has overseen growth to more than $2.2-billion in assets and 185,000 members.
After an earlier stint with SAFE CU, Roughton rejoined the credit union as CRO in 1999 and was named president in 2013. The Sacramento Business Journal quoted Roughton as saying the credit union will likely hire a replacement for him as president.
Wirz will continue to work on volunteer boards on behalf of SAFE, including the UC Davis Foundation, Salvation Army and Sacramento Regional Community Foundation.