Bruce Leighton, president and chief executive of Members First Credit Union in Manchester, New Hampshire, is set to retire.
The $257 million-asset credit union announced that Leighton, who joined Members First in 2012 as chief financial officer and took on the roles of president and CEO in 2013, will step down in September. Leighton will remain at the helm through Sept. 23, while the credit union begins the search for his successor.
“The Members First board is grateful for Bruce’s years of service to the credit union. … His integrity, leadership, and dedication have been instrumental in our growth,” Paul Beaudoin, chairman of the credit union's board, said in a press release Tuesday.
Leighton has also held roles as chairman of the board of directors of NH Jump$tart Coalition, a local nonprofit providing financial education to students throughout the state, and on the board of the $402 million-asset TriCorp Federal Credit Union in Westbrook, Maine.
“The focus of the team has been serving the membership and the community. … I believe the stronger and safer the community, the better for our members who live, work and play here,” Leighton said in the release. “We recognize that the problems of a community cannot be solved by any one entity or organization, but each of us can do our part.”
