SAN DIEGO — Sandra deChastain, who most recently served as vice president of investment services at the $8 billion SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, has been hired by broker-dealer CUSO Financial Services LP as program manager for the Western region of the country.
In her new role, deChastain will be responsible for assisting credit unions from San Francisco to San Diego and in Hawaii in developing and growing their existing investment programs. She will also oversee the performance of CFS-registered representatives and will help start-up investment programs to get off the ground. Her first clients include USC Credit Union, Priority One Credit Union, L.A. Financial Credit Union and Credit Union of Southern California, according to CFS.
This is not the first time deChastain has worked with CFS. As the former president/CEO of Rockwell Credit Union Services Inc., she was employed by the CUSO in an office of supervisory jurisdiction capacity. SchoolsFirst FCU partnered with CFS for several years while deChastain was there.
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DeChastain is also chairman and one of the founders of the Credit Union Program Managers Association, a volunteer organization focused on raising professionalism standards for investment program managers. She brings more than 20 years of investment, insurance, financial planning and program management experience to CFS, according to the broker-dealer and investment adviser.
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