GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, Massachusetts, has selected Mark Hettinger as its new president and CEO.
Hettinger replaces Daniel Waltz, who was named interim CEO of the $658 million-asset GFA following the departure of
Hettinger has more than 30 years of experience in the credit union industry. Most recently, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer for the $288 million-asset First Alliance Credit Union in Minnesota.
"The GFA Board of Directors were thrilled to find a candidate the caliber of Mark Hettinger during our nationwide search," said Doug Delay, GFA Federal Credit Union's chairman, in a press release.
GFA has two wholly owned subsidiaries, one for insurance sales and the other serving the legal, licensed cannabis industry.
The credit union was also among the first to buy a community bank with its
GFA earned $4.9 million in 2022, a 21% increase compared with a year earlier, according to call report data from the National Credit Union Administration.
