Steve O’Connell

California Credit Union
President & CEO

President and CEO at California Credit Union Steve O’Connell leads comprehensive financial operations and digital banking transformations for the multi-billion-dollar institution. Leveraging this record of success, he expanded organizational assets to $5.3 billion while serving more than 200,000 active credit union members across Southern California. This expertise extends to specialized community capital access frameworks where O’Connell secured a formal Community Development Financial Institution certification to invest directly in historically underserved Los Angeles neighborhoods. This leadership trajectory supports his expansive regional fiduciary footprint, which includes holding an active seat on the board of trustees for the Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens. He sustains this momentum by orchestrating localized emergency disaster relief programs during regional wildfire crises and directing targeted philanthropic allocations through the California Credit Union Foundation. Over the past five years of O’Connell’s tenure as chief executive officer, the financial institution has invested over $2.5 million into local Southern California communities to maximize regional impact.