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 31 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 21 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
Fred Gomes
Senior Vice President
Provident employee since September 2006
Education: Bachelor degree from University of California, Davis and MBA from California State University, Chico, CA.
Mr. Gomes is a CPA and has 22 years of credit union experience with O'Rourke Sacher and Moulton and McGladrey & Pullen. The last eight years was as partner in the Brisbane, California office. His background is in credit union accounting systems, human resources and all areas of operations. Mr. Gomes also serves on the Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Community College Foundation.
Responsibilities: Finance, Information Technology, Risk Management and Projects divisions
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John Haggarty
Vice President of Marketing and Digital Experience
Provident employee since June 2001
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 21 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.
Phone: (650) 508-0300 ext 2611
Fax: (650) 595-2409
EmailThe genuine interest that leadership has in improving the employee experience encourages me.
Shalini Sahdeo Narayan
Vice President of Service Quality and Training
Provident employee since April 2017
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 17 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 32 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.
Connie Finch
Vice President of Information Technology
Provident employee since May 2000
Experience: 42 years experience in technology, including programming, business systems analysis, project management, database management, network management and security. Ms. Finch has served as a technology client advisory board member for Ongoing Operations and ACI Worldwide.
Responsibilities: IT software development, operations, service and support.
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 21 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: 40 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 21 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
Paul Shea
Vice President of People
Provident employee since December 2021
Education: MsC in Human Resources Management and Training from the University of Leicester in England
Previous Experience: Over 21 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