Mazuma Credit Union President/CEO Rob Givens has announced thathe will retire effective Jan. 1, 2012.

The 25-year credit union industry veteran has held leadershippositions at seven credit unions in California, Nevada and Missourithat varied in asset size from $75 million to more than $2billion.

Since 2001, under Givens' leadership, the Kansas City, Mo.-basedMazuma has grown from $230 million in assets to more than $448million while membership has increased to more than 52,000.

During his tenure, Givens also helped create several CUSOs,including Beyond Marketing, LLC, the country's only marketing CUSO;TruHome Solutions, a mortgage CUSO; a payday lending CUSO, XtraCashLLC; and a statewide business lending CUSO, Heartland BusinessServices. He serves on the board of Beyond Marketing and CU HoldingLLC.

Equally active in the community, he is a member of the businessadvisory board of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Studentsin Free Enterprise and of the business advisory board of ParkUniversity Business School. He is also past president of the boardof directors of Brush Creek Community Partners, a local communityredevelopment partnership. Givens is a Herman A. Johnson mentor andserves on the advisory board of the Diversity Business Connection,both programs through the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. He is acommissioner for the Local Investment Commission, which overseesmore than $10 million in state funding for the underservedcommunities in Kansas City. He was recently appointed chairman ofthe Business Formulation Committee for an economic recovery programin midtown Kansas City.

“I want to express my gratitude and praise for the supporteveryone has provided me throughout my career in the credit unionindustry, especially here at Mazuma,” said Givens. “Working withsuch dedicated and hard-working people has been a joy and an honorI will value for the rest of my life.”

As for his plans after retirement, Givens and Debbie, his wifeof 42 years, plan to stay active in the Kansas City community andtravel.

Mazuma's board of directors has formed a search committee forGivens' successor.