PLANO, Texas--Robert D. Ramirez, President and CEO of Vantage West Credit Union, has been appointed to Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors.
An Arizona native, Ramirez has been with Vantage West Credit Union (formerly Davis Monthan Federal Credit Union) since 1985 and at its helm since 2000. Prior to his career at Vantage West Credit Union, which is headquartered in Tucson and has assets valued at $1.8 billion, Ramirez worked for Sundt Corporation and Capin Mercantile Corporation.
Ramirez received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Arizona. He also is a graduate of the Financial Management School at the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Credit Union Executive Society (CUES) CEO and Strategic Innovation Institutes. Ramirez is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Active in numerous community organizations, Ramirez currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Mountain West Credit Union Association and is a member of the Credit Union Executive Society and the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Ramirez has served on Catalyst Corporate’s Supervisory Committee since May 2016. He joins other Board members: Lin Hodges, Associated CU; Trevor Tokishi, Valley Isle Community FCU; Ayn Talley, Houston Police FCU; Rick Hein, Oregon State CU; Bobbie Threlkeld, Baptist Health FCU; Connie Cofer, Communication FCU; John Papagno, Alive CU; Michael Hooper, La Capitol FCU; Steven Devan, East County Schools FCU and Syed Dinar, Texas Bay Area CU.
Ramirez resides in the Tucson area with his wife, Katharine; they have a daughter, Gabriella.