UFCU Names Rhonda Pavlicek Executive Vice President – Finance and Risk/Chief Financial Officer

Austin, TEXAS, January 09, 2023 — UFCU, Austin’s largest locally owned financial institution, has named Rhonda Pavlicek executive vice president of finance and risk/chief financial officer. Pavlicek joins the UFCU leadership team with more than 25 years of financial services management experience, including the past 12 years as executive vice president/chief financial officer of TDECU in Lake Jackson, Texas.

As a driven and strategic executive specializing in the credit union and financial services sector, Pavlicek comes to UFCU with experience balancing strategic goals with business requirements to achieve long-term stability and performance. In her new role, she will lead teams responsible for secondary markets, budgeting, profitability, investment portfolio, interest rate risk, mortgage pipeline hedging, and liquidity, as well as lead a cooperative-wide approach to protect financial, physical, and human assets.

“With Rhonda’s financial services experience and understanding of the credit union movement, she will be invaluable in helping UFCU fulfill our responsibility to protect our cooperative’s assets and act as a good steward of our Member-owners’ money,” said UFCU CEO Michael Crowl. “She will play a key role in shaping the future of UFCU.”

Pavlicek is a Certified Public Accountant. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas State University and MBA from Texas A&M University.

About UFCU
As a Member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative, UFCU is passionate about helping people and their Members improve their lives to create a financially healthy community. With more than 360,000 Members in Central Texas and Galveston County and total assets of $4.5 billion, UFCU offers a variety of products, services, and education programs to empower Members in achieving financial health.