Leadership
Jim Ernest
President and Chief Executive Officer
Provident employee since May 1996
Education: Mr. Ernest holds a BA, Economics from San Jose State University and an MBA from St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA. He is also a graduate of the Credit Union Executive Society's CEO Institute.
Mr. Ernest began his career in the savings and loan industry and worked in banking and credit unions for over 33 years. Prior to working for Provident, Mr. Ernest was Vice President and Director of Mortgage Operations at Continental Savings of San Francisco. He managed the mortgage operations for a commercial bank. He was an advisory member of the Fair Lending Consortium of the Bay Area. He was a member of Freddie Mac's National Credit Union Advisory Council. He was a member of the National Advisory Council for the CUNA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Company. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Catalight Foundation and serves as Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair.
Jennifer Lee
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer
Provident employee since August 2012
Education: Bachelor of Science, Santa Clara University, Executive MBA, Santa Clara University
Previous Experience: Jennifer is a CPA and has over 23 years of experience in the credit union industry. For 13 years, she served as a Director for McGladrey & Pullen, providing audit and consulting services for credit unions. Vice President/Controller for two years at Technology Credit Union.
Responsibilities: Accounting, Finance, Account Services, Card Services, Risk Management and Facilities
John Haggarty
Vice President of Marketing and Digital Experience
Provident employee since June 2001
Phone: (650) 508-0300 ext 2611
Fax: (650) 595-2409
Provident is great.
Education: Bachelor of Arts degree Economics, University of California Los Angeles. Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of San Francisco.
Previous Experience: Mr. Haggarty has over 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. Experienced in sales, business development, marketing, and advertising.
Responsibilities: Marketing, advertising, business development, corporate communications, brand management, product development, online and mobile banking.
Shalini Sahdeo Narayan
Vice President of Service Quality and Training
Provident employee since April 2017
The genuine interest that leadership has in improving the employee experience encourages me.
Education: Bachelor of Science from University of California, Davis. Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.
Previous Experience: Over 19 years of experience in the financial services industry including marketing/ advertising, product management, and learning and development.
Responsibilities: Service Quality, Training, and Diversity Equity & Inclusion.
Greg McCurdy
Vice President of Lending and Chief Lending Officer
Provident employee since August 2009
Education: Mr. McCurdy holds a Master of Business Administration from St. Mary’s College. He has a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Utah State University. He is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
Mr. McCurdy began his career in the Savings and Loan industry. He's been involved in residential and apartment lending for over 34 years. He was the director of acquisitions and structured financing for the Lembi Group, an apartment acquisition company. He was the Broker of Record, Manager and an MLO for HomeOwners Finance Center. He was the VP of Secondary Marketing, Regional Sales Manager, and Director of Strategic Growth for Continental Savings of America.
Responsibilities: Real Estate and Consumer Lending (both Production and Operations), Loan Servicing, Collections, Secondary Marketing, Lending System Administration, and Records.
Paul Reilly
Vice President of Retail Banking
Provident employee since December 2002
Education: Bachelor of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Master of Business Administration from St. Mary’s College. Graduate of the Credit Union Executive Society's CEO Institute. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and FAA Certificated Instructor.
Previous Experience: Paul began his banking career in savings and loans. He's worked in retail banking for over 23 years. Paul was the retail operations manager at Pan American Bank, FSB, and held audit and compliance roles. During his spare time, Paul is a Civil Air Patrol volunteer.
Responsibilities: Retail Banking, Contact Center
Christine Keane
Vice President Risk Management
Provident employee since September 1988
Previous Experience: 42 years of financial institution experience, including operations, information technology, training, audit, fraud investigation, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
Responsibilities: Risk management, regulatory compliance, audits, fraud investigation.
Ganesh Raghavan
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure
Provident employee since July 2020
Education: Master's Degree in Computer Science & Management
Previous Experience: Over 23 years of Information Technology experience within the manufacturing, software, media, energy, healthcare, and technology sectors. Held various leadership roles, such as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Infrastructure and Operations. Managed various global teams and implemented a diverse range of information security and infrastructure best practices and solutions.
Responsibilities: Information Security, Infrastructure and Vendor Management
Janelle Huynh
Vice President of Finance
Provident employee since April 2013
Previous Experience: Janelle has over 23 years of experience in the Credit Union industry. Her background is in Finance, Treasury, Accounting, and Data Management, with expertise in financial risk management, financial accounting applications, financial modeling and reporting, and budgeting and financial planning.
Responsibilities: Accounting and Finance
Eric Cardona
Vice President of IT Operations & Development
Provident employee since December 2001
Previous Experience: Over 23 years of Information Technology and Financial Industry experience. Eric started his career as an IT night operator and held various positions from IT operator to Software Developer before transitioning into Leadership Roles. Former VP of Engineering at Chevron Federal CU. Experience in DevOps, Digital Banking Development, Software Development life cycle.
Responsibilities: Core Banking Operations, Software Development, Database Administration, Desktop Support, IT Quality Assurance, Release Management, Project Management, Vendor Management
Paul Shea
Vice President of People
Provident employee since December 2021
Previous Experience: Over 22 years of experience including time with the Florida Department of Labor, HR consulting organizations, private equity healthcare organizations and not-for-profit organizations both in Florida and the Bay Area.
Responsibilities: Human Resources, Employee Retirement & Benefits, Payroll, and Employee Engagement